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

Abstract

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:: Fri Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (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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  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.},

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