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Title: Control Strategies of Thermostatically Controlled Appliances in a Competitive Electricity Market

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OSTI ID:881948

This paper discusses the setpoint-control strategies for thermostatically controlled appliances (TCAs) in a competitive electricity market with electric water heater used as an example. By varying the TCA thermostat settings, the TCA power consumption can be shifted from the high-price period to the low-price period to reduce the peak-load and energy cost. Economic benefits and impacts on distribution feeder load shapes when applying different setpoint-control strategies are studied.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
881948
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-48554; TRN: US200613%%132
Resource Relation:
Conference: Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, PPR# PESGM2005-000071.pdf):1-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English