Model-Free Control of Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Under Communication Time Delays

Conference · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EDT 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM52009.2025.11225433· OSTI ID:3002734

Telsang, Bhagyashri ^[1]; Olama, Mohammed M ^[2]; Djouadi, Seddik ^[1]

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1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
2. ORNL

Grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) have recently been used to enhance the reliability and stability of the electric grid through demand response (DR) programs. However, most existing DR control strategies require accurate modeling of the various building thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) and are computationally expensive. To address these challenges, a model-free control (MFC)-based strategy has recently been introduced for coordinating and controlling GEBs. MFC is a data-enabled control strategy that is computationally efficient and does not require the analytical models of the various building equipment. In this paper, we numerically investigate the impact of communication time delays on the performance of MFC in maintaining the TCLs' temperatures within the desired comfort levels while meeting the assigned power allocation constraint.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 3002734
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English