A Priority-Based Control Strategy and Performance Bound for Aggregated HVAC-Based Load Shaping

Hu, Xiaolin; Nutaro, James J.

doi:10.1109/tsg.2020.2977203

Title: A Priority-Based Control Strategy and Performance Bound for Aggregated HVAC-Based Load Shaping

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Air conditioning systems have been recognized as a potential, cost-effective resource for shaping electrical load in a power system. This work presents a new priority-based control strategy that explicitly addresses three requirements for using a collection of air conditioning units in this capacity. These are 1) tracking a regulation signal, 2) maintaining the building temperature near its set point, and 3) satisfying a cycling constraint of the air conditioners. After introducing the control strategy, we derive a bound for the regulation signal within which tracking is guaranteed while also satisfying the temperature requirement. These results are illustrated with simulations.

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Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-02-28

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1659636

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1949-3053

Publisher:: IEEE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; Load shaping; HVAC; control strategy; performance bound; smart grid

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                    Hu, Xiaolin, and Nutaro, James J. A Priority-Based Control Strategy and Performance Bound for Aggregated HVAC-Based Load Shaping.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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  title        = {A Priority-Based Control Strategy and Performance Bound for Aggregated HVAC-Based Load Shaping},

  author       = {Hu, Xiaolin and Nutaro, James J.},

  abstractNote = {Air conditioning systems have been recognized as a potential, cost-effective resource for shaping electrical load in a power system. This work presents a new priority-based control strategy that explicitly addresses three requirements for using a collection of air conditioning units in this capacity. These are 1) tracking a regulation signal, 2) maintaining the building temperature near its set point, and 3) satisfying a cycling constraint of the air conditioners. After introducing the control strategy, we derive a bound for the regulation signal within which tracking is guaranteed while also satisfying the temperature requirement. These results are illustrated with simulations.},

  doi          = {10.1109/tsg.2020.2977203},

  journal      = {IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 11,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2020},

  month        = {2}

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