Assessing the Demand Side Management Potential and the Energy Flexibility of Heat Pumps in Buildings

Alessia Arteconi and Fabio Polonara
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Alessia Arteconi: Università eCampus, via Isimbardi 10, 22060 Novedrate (CO), Italy
Fabio Polonara: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via brecce bianche 1, 60131 Ancona, Italy

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: The energy demand in buildings represents a considerable share of the overall energy use. Given the significance and acknowledged flexibility of thermostatically controlled loads, they represent an interesting option for the implementation of demand side management (DSM) strategies. In this paper, an overview of the possible DSM applications in the field of air conditioning and heat pumps is provided. In particular, the focus is on the heat pump sector. Three case studies are analyzed in order to assess the energy flexibility provided by DSM technologies classified as energy efficient devices, energy storage systems, and demand response programs. The load shifting potential, in terms of power and time, is evaluated by varying the system configuration. Main findings show that energy efficient devices perform strategic conservation and peak shaving strategies, energy storage systems perform load shifting, while demand response programs perform peak shaving and valley filling strategies.

Keywords: demand side management (DSM); energy efficiency; energy storage; demand response (DR); flexibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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