Emulating batteries with deferrable energy demand

We investigate the ability of a collection of deferrable energy loads to behave as a battery; that is, to absorb and release energy in a controllable fashion up to fixed and predetermined limits on volume, charge rate and discharge rate. In a previous paper, we derived upper bounds on the parameters...

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Main Authors: Madjidian, Daria, Roozbehani, Mardavij, Dahleh, Munther A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129759
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Summary:We investigate the ability of a collection of deferrable energy loads to behave as a battery; that is, to absorb and release energy in a controllable fashion up to fixed and predetermined limits on volume, charge rate and discharge rate. In a previous paper, we derived upper bounds on the parameters of the batteries that can be emulated, and showed that there is a fundamental trade-off between the abilities of collective load to absorb and release energy at high rates. Here, we introduce a novel class of dynamic priority-driven feedback policies that balance these abilities, and characterize the batteries that they can emulate.