Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads
The integration of large-scale renewable energy poses great challenges for the operation of power system because of its increased frequency fluctuations. More load frequency control (LFC) resources are demanded in order to maintain a stable system with more renewable energy injected. Unlike the cost...
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| author | Lei Zhou Yang Li Beibei Wang Zhe Wang Xiaoqing Hu |
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| description | The integration of large-scale renewable energy poses great challenges for the operation of power system because of its increased frequency fluctuations. More load frequency control (LFC) resources are demanded in order to maintain a stable system with more renewable energy injected. Unlike the costly LFC resources on generation side, the thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) on the demand side become an attractive solution on account of its substantial quantities and heat-storage capacity. It generally contains air conditioners (ACs), water heaters and fridges. In this paper, the supplementary LFC is extracted by the modeling and controlling of aggregated ACs. We first present a control framework integrating the supplementary LFC with the traditional LFC. Then, a change-time-priority-list method is proposed to control power output taking into account customers’ satisfaction. Simulations on a single-area power system with wind power integration demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The impact of ambient temperature changes and customer preferences on room temperature is also involved in the discussion. Results show that the supplementary LFC provided by ACs could closely track the LFC signals and effectively reduce the frequency deviation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b48752f99034bb682f35d4a9f0141cc2022-12-22T01:56:44ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732015-12-01812140981411710.3390/en81212417en81212417Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning LoadsLei Zhou0Yang Li1Beibei Wang2Zhe Wang3Xiaoqing Hu4Department of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, No. 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, No. 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, No. 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, No. 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, No. 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, ChinaThe integration of large-scale renewable energy poses great challenges for the operation of power system because of its increased frequency fluctuations. More load frequency control (LFC) resources are demanded in order to maintain a stable system with more renewable energy injected. Unlike the costly LFC resources on generation side, the thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) on the demand side become an attractive solution on account of its substantial quantities and heat-storage capacity. It generally contains air conditioners (ACs), water heaters and fridges. In this paper, the supplementary LFC is extracted by the modeling and controlling of aggregated ACs. We first present a control framework integrating the supplementary LFC with the traditional LFC. Then, a change-time-priority-list method is proposed to control power output taking into account customers’ satisfaction. Simulations on a single-area power system with wind power integration demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The impact of ambient temperature changes and customer preferences on room temperature is also involved in the discussion. Results show that the supplementary LFC provided by ACs could closely track the LFC signals and effectively reduce the frequency deviation.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/12/12417demand responsethermostatically controlled loads (TCLs)air conditioner (AC)load frequency control (LFC)change-time-priority-list methodrenewable energy integration |
| spellingShingle | Lei Zhou Yang Li Beibei Wang Zhe Wang Xiaoqing Hu Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads Energies demand response thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) air conditioner (AC) load frequency control (LFC) change-time-priority-list method renewable energy integration |
| title | Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads |
| title_full | Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads |
| title_fullStr | Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads |
| title_full_unstemmed | Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads |
| title_short | Provision of Supplementary Load Frequency Control via Aggregation of Air Conditioning Loads |
| title_sort | provision of supplementary load frequency control via aggregation of air conditioning loads |
| topic | demand response thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) air conditioner (AC) load frequency control (LFC) change-time-priority-list method renewable energy integration |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/12/12417 |
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