Using customer premises to provide ancillary services for a power grid
First Claim
1. A method of providing ancillary services to a power grid using a customer premises comprising at least one power consumption component, wherein power consumption of the at least one power consumption component can be changed continuously, the method comprising:
- receiving a regulation signal, wherein the regulation signal is associated with an ancillary service for the power grid and indicates a desired change in power consumption at the customer premises from a baseline wherein the desired change in power consumption allocated to the customer premises is determined based on a total amount of power consumption to be adjusted in the power grid and a power adjustment capability of the customer premises; and
based on the regulation signal, modifying at least one operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component so that (1) the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component is changed in accordance with the regulation signal, wherein the at least one operating parameter and the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component are continuously variable, (2) the change of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component causes a deviation of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component from the baseline, and (3) the deviation from the baseline individually tracks the regulation signal.
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Abstract
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.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of providing ancillary services to a power grid using a customer premises comprising at least one power consumption component, wherein power consumption of the at least one power consumption component can be changed continuously, the method comprising:
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receiving a regulation signal, wherein the regulation signal is associated with an ancillary service for the power grid and indicates a desired change in power consumption at the customer premises from a baseline wherein the desired change in power consumption allocated to the customer premises is determined based on a total amount of power consumption to be adjusted in the power grid and a power adjustment capability of the customer premises; and based on the regulation signal, modifying at least one operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component so that (1) the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component is changed in accordance with the regulation signal, wherein the at least one operating parameter and the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component are continuously variable, (2) the change of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component causes a deviation of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component from the baseline, and (3) the deviation from the baseline individually tracks the regulation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing ancillary services to a power grid using a customer premises comprising at least one power consumption component comprising at least one operating parameter that is continuously variable, the method comprising:
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receiving a regulation signal, wherein the regulation signal indicates a desired change in power consumption at the customer premises from a baseline, wherein the desired change in power consumption allocated to the customer premises is determined based on a total amount of power consumption to be adjusted in the power grid and a power adjustment capability of the customer premises; and based on the regulation signal, modifying the at least one continuously variable operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component so that (1) the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component is changed in accordance with the received regulation signal, (2) the change of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component causes a deviation of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component from the baseline, and (3) the deviation from the baseline individually tracks the regulation signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for operating a power grid, the method comprising:
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determining an amount of load to be adjusted in the power grid; allocating to each of a plurality of facilities an adjustment in continuously variable power consumption to achieve a load adjustment based on the determined amount and a power adjustment capability of the facility; and transmitting a plurality of regulation signals to the plurality of facilities, wherein each regulation signal transmitted to a facility indicates the adjustment in continuously variable power consumption allocated to the facility such that different regulation signals are transmitted to different ones of the plurality of facilities and such that each of the different ones of the plurality of facilities individually tracks the respective different regulation signals using at least one control loop. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for controlling at least one power consumption component to provide ancillary services to a power grid, the apparatus comprising:
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circuitry configured to; receive a regulation signal associated with the ancillary service for the power grid, wherein the regulation signal indicates a desired change in power consumption at a customer premises comprising the at least one power consumption component from a baseline, wherein the desired change in power consumption allocated to the customer premises is determined based on a total amount of power consumption to be adjusted in the power grid and a power adjustment capability of the customer premises; receive input indicating at least one continuously variable operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component; and generate a control signal for the at least one power consumption component such that the at least one continuously variable operating parameter of the at least one power consumption component is changed, in accordance with the input and the regulation signal so that (1) the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component is changed, (2) the change of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component causes a deviation of the power consumption of the at least one power consumption component from the baseline, and (3) the deviation from the baseline individually tracks the regulation signal to control power consumption of the at least one power consumption component in accordance with the ancillary service, wherein the control signal is a fan speed control signal. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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