USING CUSTOMER PREMISES TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY SERVICES FOR A POWER GRID

摘要

Techniques for providing ancillary services to a power grid using customer premises such as commercial buildings. The techniques may involve receiving a regulation signal from a grid operator that is specific to a commercial building and modifying power consumption by at least one power consumption component in the building based on the regulation signal. The power consumption component may be a fan of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Conducted experiments demonstrate that up to 15% of fan power capacity may be deployed for regulation purposes while maintaining indoor temperature deviation to no more than 0.2° C. The regulation signal may be tracked in a frequency band from about 4 seconds to 10 minutes.

主权项

1. A method of providing ancillary services to a power grid using a customer premises comprising at least one power consumption component, the method comprising:
receiving a regulation signal; and based on the received regulation signal, modifying at least one operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component so that power consumption by the at least one power consumption component is changed in accordance with the received regulation signal, wherein the regulation signal is associated with an ancillary service for the power grid and indicates a change in power consumption at the customer premises to implement the ancillary service.