Evaluation of Equivalent Battery Model Representations for Thermostatically Controlled Loads in Commercial Buildings
Models for thermostatically controlled loads in commercial buildings often include many parameters and variables compared to residential buildings. As such, it is beneficial to use reduced-order models to represent these resources. A classic example of such a model is the Virtual Battery or Equivalent Battery Model (EBM). In this paper, the typical EBM is extended to higher-order commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning (HVAC) models and adapted for electric water heaters. Finally, we compare the performance of EBMs with detailed thermal models using three classic optimization problems - energy maximization, energy minimization, and power reference tracking. Our results show that the EBM-constrained and detailed thermal model-constrained problems produce similar outcomes in terms of temperature, power, and total energy consumption.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1915255
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-85101; MainId:85874; UUID:ae99a91f-8280-4462-9530-b878dc25081f; MainAdminID:68523
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2022 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), 9-14 October 2022, Detroit, Michigan
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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