Generalized Aggregation and Coordination of Residential Loads in a Smart Community

Conference · Mon Nov 02 04:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm.2015.7436278· OSTI ID:1254602

Hao, He; Somani, Abhishek; Lian, Jianming; Carroll, Thomas E.

Flexibility from residential loads presents an enormous potential to provide various services to the smart grid. In this paper, we propose a unified hierarchical framework for aggregation and coordination of various residential loads in a smart community, such as Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs), Distributed Energy Storages (DESs), residential Pool Pumps (PPs), and Electric Vehicles (EVs). A central idea of this framework is a virtual battery model, which provides a simple and intuitive tool to aggregate the flexibility of distributed loads. Moreover, a multi-stage Nash-bargainingbased coordination strategy is proposed to coordinate different aggregations of residential loads for demand response. Case studies are provided to demonstrate the efficacy of our proposed framework and coordination strategy in managing peak power demand in a smart residential community.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1254602
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-110406
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English