COORDINATION OF THERMOSTATICALLY CONTROLLED LOADS
First Claim
1. A method of providing power to a load via a power grid by submitting bids to a coordinator, the method comprising:
- determining an energy response relating price data for one or more energy prices to quantity data for power to be consumed by the load, the load being coupled to receive power from the power grid; and
sending a bid for power for a finite time period based on the energy response to the coordinator.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for a market-based control framework to coordinate a group of autonomous thermostatically controlled loads (TCL) to achieve system-level objectives with pricing incentives is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of providing power to a load via a power grid by submitting bids to a coordinator includes determining an energy response relating price data for one or more energy prices to quantity data for power to be consumed by the load, sending a bid for power for a finite time period based on the energy response to the coordinator, and receiving a clearing price based on: the bid, on bids received from a plurality of additional loads, and a feeder power constraint. In some examples, the energy response is based at least in part on an equivalent thermal parameter model and a control policy indicating one or more power states for the load.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of providing power to a load via a power grid by submitting bids to a coordinator, the method comprising:
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determining an energy response relating price data for one or more energy prices to quantity data for power to be consumed by the load, the load being coupled to receive power from the power grid; and sending a bid for power for a finite time period based on the energy response to the coordinator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of allocating power to a plurality of loads coupled to a power grid, the method comprising:
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receiving one respective bid for each of the loads, each of the plurality of received bids being generated based on an energy response relating a price and a quantity of power bid for a bidding time period for the respective load; determining a clearing price for the plurality of received bids; and transmitting the clearing price to each of the loads. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A market-based control system configured to coordinate a group of thermostatically controlled loads to achieve system-level objectives with pricing incentives, the system comprising:
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a market coordinator configured to generate clearing price data based on a plurality of bids specifying a quantity and a price for consuming power; a plurality of thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs), each of the TCLs being configured to transmit bid data for their respective bids to the market coordinator specifying a bid quantity and a bid price for power received via a power grid for a predetermined time period, each of the TCLs being further configured to consume or not consume power from the power grid based at least in part on the clearing price data and the TCLs'"'"' respective bid for the predetermined time period; and a computer network configured to transmit the bid data and the clearing price data between the market coordinator and each of the TCLs. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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