End-User Comfort Oriented Day-Ahead Planning for Responsive Residential HVAC Demand Aggregation Considering Weather Forecasts

There is a remarkable potential for implementing demand response (DR) strategies for several purposes, such as peak load reduction, frequency regulation, etc., by using thermostatically controllable appliances. In this paper, an end-user comfort violation minimization oriented DR strategy for reside...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on smart grid 2017-01, Vol.8 (1), p.362-372
Main Authors: Erdinc, Ozan, Tascikaraoglu, Akin, Paterakis, Nikolaos G., Eren, Yavuz, Catalao, Joao P. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air conditioners
Air conditioning
air conditioning (HVAC) units
Comfort
Demand response
direct load control
Discomfort
Electricity consumption
Frequency control
heating
Home appliances
Household appliances
HVAC
Load management
Peak load
thermostatically controllable appliances
Thermostats
User satisfaction
Ventilation
Water heating
Weather forecasting
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Summary:There is a remarkable potential for implementing demand response (DR) strategies for several purposes, such as peak load reduction, frequency regulation, etc., by using thermostatically controllable appliances. In this paper, an end-user comfort violation minimization oriented DR strategy for residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units is proposed. The proposed approach manipulates the temperature set-point of HVAC thermostats aiming to minimize the average discomfort among end-users enrolled in an DR program, while satisfying the DR event related requirements of the load serving entity. Besides, the fairness of the allocation of the comfort violation among the enrolled end-users is also taken into account. Moreover, maintaining the load factor during the contracted DR period compared to a base case in order to reduce the load rebound effect due to shifting the use of HVAC units is also considered within the proposed strategy. Last but not least, the heat index that considers the impact of humidity is utilized instead of using ambient dry-bulb temperature through a spatio-temporal forecasting approach.
ISSN:1949-3053
1949-3061
DOI:10.1109/TSG.2016.2556619