Hierarchical Model-Free Transactive Control of Residential Building Loads: An Actual Deployment

Conference · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT50606.2022.9817561· OSTI ID:1877495

Amasyali, Kadir ^[1]; Winstead, Christopher ^[1]; Chen, Yang ^[1]; Munk, Jeffrey ^[1]; Olama, Mohammed M. ^[1]; Hill, Justin M. ^[2]

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1. ORNL
2. Southern Company Services, Inc.

The transformation of electricity systems into more sustainable configurations brought some new challenges. The uncertain, intermittent, and variable nature of renewable energy sources require a significant amount of load demand flexibility, in which grid-interactive buildings (GEBs) are important flexible assets for electricity systems. In this regard, many demand response (DR) tools have been developed to harness this demand flexibility. However, such tools are mostly simulation-based or deal with a single load, which may not be sufficient to demonstrate their effectiveness. Towards this end, this paper presents a real-world field implementation and testing of a hierarchical model-free transactive DR control approach on actual GEBs. The control implementation incorporates elements of virtual battery, game theory, and model-free control mechanisms. The proposed approach was tested using a total of five GEBs, each having three zones. The results show that the proposed approach can mostly achieve all intended objectives, including flexibility estimation, peak load reduction, power tracking, and controlling GEBs while maintaining occupants’ comfort.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1877495
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English