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Title: Coordination of thermostatically controlled loads

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1637769

Apparatus and methods for a market-based control framework to coordinate a group of autonomous thermostatically controlled loads (TCL) to achieve system-level objectives with pricing incentives is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of providing power to a load via a power grid by submitting bids to a coordinator includes determining an energy response relating price data for one or more energy prices to quantity data for power to be consumed by the load, sending a bid for power for a finite time period based on the energy response to the coordinator, and receiving a clearing price based on: the bid, on bids received from a plurality of additional loads, and a feeder power constraint. In some examples, the energy response is based at least in part on an equivalent thermal parameter model and a control policy indicating one or more power states for the load.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA); OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION (Columbus, OH)
Patent Number(s):
10,607,303
Application Number:
14/866,404
OSTI ID:
1637769
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/25/2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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