Distributed Load Algorithms

1. Distributed Load Algorithms Internet OpenADR Client Weather data Siemens Smart Energy Box Energy Simulation BMS Adapter 3rd Party Plug-in Jay Taneja Nathan Murthy UC Berkeley Distributed Load Control Gateway APOGEE BAS WattStopper Air handlers/fans Chillers DIADR Mid-Project Demonstration, April 27, 2011 LBNL Demand Response Automated Server

2. Distributed DR Algorithms • Goal: Testing and evaluation of distributed DR strategies • Dense deployment of metering devices on appliances and office equipment, with actuation by the energy gateway • Thermostatically-controlled loads (e.g. refrigerators, space heaters, etc.) • Battery-powered loads (e.g. laptop computers, desktop computers with UPS units, etc.) • Lighting (e.g. overhead lights, lamps, etc.) • Other office equipment (e.g. printers, routers, etc.)

3. Smart Office (464 SDH)

4. Sensor Data Management: sMAP http://green.millennium.berkeley.edu:8080/media/graph/demo.html Interface for gathering and storing heterogeneous, unsynchronized physical data Includes data from zone lights and two types of plug meters

5. Skipping Refrigerator Cycles

6. Devices with Onboard Batteries • Case Study: Laptops • Collected traces to build empirical model of charge and discharge behavior • Power delivered is a function of battery capacity • Developing metrics to design laptop charge schedule during DR period • Mix of known state (power consumption, maybe battery capacity) and unknown state (mobility, computation load)

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8. Curtailment of Battery Charging in a DR Event Assume N laptops with uniform distributed capacity states Assume laptops leave and enter zone both at a Poisson rate with λ=1 Define duration of DR Event Throughout DR event, set curtailment ratio c (% of baseline load) and select laptops to charge Choose c to minimize projected peak power for remainder of DR event

10. Charging Curtailment Simulation Results 30% curtailment possible Choice of curtailment ratio is crucial to how load management throughout DR event Aggressive initial curtailment may offset peak load reduction towards end of DR event Aggregate distributed load in a zone can be shaped using device energy storage

11. Desktop Power Management • Desktop + UPS is similar to laptop • Collaboration with Dhaani Systems • Using network appliance to manage state (and power) of Windows machines • Machines put to sleep remotely when not in use • During DR event, aggressiveness can be increased

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13. Lighting • Lighting zones on SDH 4 • Actuate using Wattstopper via BACnet • High (50W) and low-power (25W) ballasts in each zone

14. Other Loads • Printers • High peak-to-idle ratio (> 75:1) • Idea: DR-aware print queue • Avoid concurrent printing (and resulting high peak load) • Modify existing print server

15. Next Steps Application of techniques to similar loads Integrated management of heterogeneous loads Occupant light control

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