This paper describes an approach for performing fast demand response involving a cluster of buildings. This approach is adaptive as well as distributed in nature. The approach is adaptive in the sense that the amount of targeted demand reduction, in an interval, is adjusted based on the performance of demand response actions executed in the last interval. The approach is distributed because the demand reduction is performed in each building in such a way that a global demand reduction target is met while the costs of performing the demand reduction actions are minimized. The developed method was implemented on a cluster of three buildings situated at U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. The results show that the developed approach was able to meet the demand reduction target, which was based on the amount of actual load that were deemed controllable for the DR events.
- Advanced Energy Systems Division
- Solar Energy Division
Fast Demand Response for Building Clusters
Srivastava, S, Song, Z, & Okunev, D. "Fast Demand Response for Building Clusters." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum. Volume 2: Photovoltaics; Renewable-Non-Renewable Hybrid Power System; Smart Grid, Micro-Grid Concepts; Energy Storage; Solar Chemistry; Solar Heating and Cooling; Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation; Symposium on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems; Thermofluid Analysis of Energy Systems Including Exergy and Thermoeconomics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies. San Diego, California, USA. June 28–July 2, 2015. V002T17A004. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2015-49546
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