Using Synchronization as an Indicator of Controllability in a Fleet of Water Heaters

Eve Tsybina; Viswadeep Lebakula; Justin Hill; Jeff Munk; Helia Zandi

doi:10.1109/NAPS58826.2023.10318550

Using Synchronization as an Indicator of Controllability in a Fleet of Water Heaters

Eve Tsybina, Viswadeep Lebakula, Justin Hill, Jeff Munk, Helia Zandi

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Abstract

Peak reduction is an important concern that can help reduce the growing stress on distribution grid and allow to defer investments in new capacity. However, the growing concern for customer privacy and comfort may impact the performance of load control for residential devices. Water heaters represent a convenient way of reducing peak due to their ability to store thermal energy for future use. In this paper, we developed a methodology to help utilities gain more insight with respect to the impact of load control efforts for shaving peak with no necessary information about the water heaters except the device status (on/off). To this end, we use a fleet of water heaters in a controlled residential neighborhood in Atlanta, GA. Our findings show that convergence in device status can serve as a proxy for peak shifting during hours of the evening peak.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350315097
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS58826.2023.10318550
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023 - Asheville, United States Duration: Oct 15 2023 → Oct 17 2023

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Name	2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023

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Conference	2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Asheville
Period	10/15/23 → 10/17/23

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Buildings Technologies Office, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Keywords

Demand response
peak reduction
smart grid
synchronization
water heater

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Tsybina, E , Lebakula, V, Hill, J, Munk, J & Zandi, H 2023, Using Synchronization as an Indicator of Controllability in a Fleet of Water Heaters. in 2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023. 2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023, Asheville, United States, 10/15/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAPS58826.2023.10318550

Using Synchronization as an Indicator of Controllability in a Fleet of Water Heaters. / Tsybina, Eve ; Lebakula, Viswadeep; Hill, Justin et al.
2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2023).

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