Pacific Northwest GridWise Testbed Demonstration Projects; Part II. Grid Friendly Appliance Project.

Hammerstrom, D. J. ; Oliver, T. V. ; Carlon, T. A. ; Pratt, R. G. ; Marek, W.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Energy efficiency;    Residential buildings;    Load management;    Electric power;    Electric appliances;   

RP-ID  :  DE2008926122

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Fifty residential electric water heaters and 150 new residential clothes dryers were modified to respond to signals received from underfrequency, load-shedding appliance controllers. Each controller monitored the power-grid voltage signal and requested that electrical load be shed by its appliance whenever electric power-grid frequency fell below 59.95 Hz. The controllers and their appliances were installed and monitored for more than a year at residential sites at three locations in Washington and Oregon. The controllers and their appliances responded reliably to each shallow underfrequency eventan average of one event per dayand shed their loads for the durations of these events. Appliance owners reported that the appliance responses were unnoticed and caused little or no inconvenience for the homes occupants.