Optimal Price Based Demand Response of HVAC Systems in Commercial Buildings Considering Peak Load Reduction

Ah-Yun Yoon, Hyun-Koo Kang and Seung-II Moon
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Ah-Yun Yoon: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul 08826, Korea
Hyun-Koo Kang: Department of Electrical and Electronic Enginnering, Hannam University, 70 Hannam-ro, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon 34430, Korea
Seung-II Moon: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Seoul 08826, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Electric utility companies (EUCs) play an intermediary role of retailers between wholesale market and end-users, maximizing their profits. Retail pricing can be well deployed with the support of EUCs to promote demand response (DR) programs for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in commercial buildings. This paper proposes a pricing strategy to help EUCs and building operators achieve an optimal DR of price-elastic HVAC systems, considering peak load reduction. The proposed strategy is implemented by adopting a bi-level decision model. The nonlinear thermal response of an experimental building room is modeled using piecewise linear equations, which helps convert the bi-level model to the single-level model. The pricing strategy is implemented considering a time-of-use (TOU) pricing scheme, leading to low price volatility. Case studies are conducted for two types of load curves and the results demonstrate that the proposed strategy helps EUC promote the price-based DR of the commercial buildings for conventional load curves. However, EUC cannot reduce the peak load on duck curve caused by the large introduction of photovoltaic generators, even with price-sensitive HVAC systems in commercial building. This will be addressed in future studies by inducing DR participation of HVAC systems in residential buildings.

Keywords: bi-level decision model; demand response (DR); electric utility companies (EUCs); heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; load leveling; peak load reduction; retail price (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: 2020
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