Demonstration of Smart Building Controls to Manage Building Peak Loads: Innovative Non-Wires Technologies

Katipamula, Srinivas ; Hatley, Darrel D.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Buildings;    Energy Conservation;    32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;    Load Management;    Peak Load;   

DOI  :  10.2172/899155
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14983
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  899155

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

As a part of the non-wires solutions effort, BPA in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is exploring the use of two distributed energy resources (DER) technologies in the City of Richland. In addition to demonstrating the usefulness of the two DER technologies in providing peak demand relief, evaluation of remote direct load control (DLC) is also one of the primary objectives of this demonstration. The concept of DLC, which is used to change the energy use profile during peak hours of the day, is not new. Many utilities have had success in reducing demand at peak times to avoid building new generation. It is not the need for increased generation that is driving the use of direct load control in the Northwest, but the desire to avoid building additional transmission capacity. The peak times at issue total between 50 and 100 hours a year. A transmission solution to the problem would cost tens of millions of dollars . And since a ?non wires? solution is just as effective and yet costs much less, the capital dollars for construction can be used elsewhere on the grid where building new transmission is the only alternative. If by using DLC, the electricity use can be curtailed, shifted to lower use time periods or supplemented through local generation, the existing system can be made more reliable and cost effective.