Cooling-demand controls look good

Journal Article · Thu Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Electr. World; (United States)

OSTI ID:7339763

Field attempts to examine and quantify reductions in system peak load by controlling residential air conditioning got under way last summer with tests at Georgia Power, Arkansas P and L, and Detroit Edison. Three other projects are now under way. On June 1, Mississippi P and L began to control air-conditioning and water-heating loads of 200 residential customers between 2 and 6 P.M. each weekday, using a ripple control system. The air-conditioning compressor will be shut off for 15 minutes of every hour when temperatures are 90/sup 0/F or higher. The system will also be used to control demand at a major shopping center (50 stores) and about six selected industrial customers; their production will not be affected. The Cobb County (Ga) Rural Electric Membership Corp has about 4,200 demand controllers installed on its system to control air-conditioning loads on a voluntary basis, with an additional 10,000 installed in time for the 1977 summer peak. The co-op expects to be able to shave 5 MW from its peak load (thus saving $250,000) this summer and a total of 10 MW ($500,000) next summer. The radio-controlled equipment will shut off the compressors for 7 of every 28 minutes during peak loads. The Southwest Public Power District, in Nebraska, has installed about 300 ripple-control switches, primarily on irrigation pumps; about 40 of them, however, are installed on air conditioners and water heaters, on a voluntary basis.

• OSTI ID: 7339763
• Journal Information: Electr. World; (United States), Journal Name: Electr. World; (United States) Vol. 186:2; ISSN ELWOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101 -- Energy Conservation
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ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
GAS APPLIANCES
HEATERS
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
WATER HEATERS