A Demand Response Implementation with Building Energy Management System

Prasertsak Charoen, Nathavuth Kitbutrawat and Jasada Kudtongngam
Additional contact information
Prasertsak Charoen: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 112 Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Nathavuth Kitbutrawat: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 112 Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Jasada Kudtongngam: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 112 Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: The demand response (DR) program is one of the most promising components in the development of the Smart Grid. However, there are many challenges in practical operation to improve the existing and outdated system to comply with the DR programs. In Thailand, the major pain point of the office building owner in the DR program is the additional equipment, modification and operation cost of the existing equipment. Moreover, the sophisticated solution and control are other obstacles that need more measurements and data, and they make the operation difficult to work with. In this paper, we implemented a simple yet cost-effective hardware and software solution targeting an outdated air-conditioning system without voiding the warranty of the outdated equipment and without installing any additional measurements. In addition, the proposed operation is designed to be easy to operate under the equipment limitation and unskilled labor. More importantly, indoor temperature setpoint schedules during the DR event are forecasted with some public datasets to determine the capacity of the energy management system that can reduce the power consumption in the office building without an effect on the occupants’ comfort. To confirm the practicality of the proposed solution, the actual operation of the proposed solution can achieve the maximum power reduction at 19.80 kW (43.79% of the maximum power consumption) while keeping only 1 °C of difference from the typical room temperature (26–28 °C).

Keywords: building energy management system; demand response; interruptible load program; OpenADR; temperature setpoint (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: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/1220/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/1220/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:3:p:1220-:d:744045

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().