Frequency Responsive Demand

Project Status: 
Completed

This project is exploring methods by which loads can be aggregated into a grid-friendly network of actively configured, autonomous responses to self-sense frequency and voltage fluctuations, and provide a full range of ancillary services—including virtual inertia, regulation, ramping, spinning reserve, and emergency curtailment capabilities. The specific objectives of this project are to: a) systematically design decentralized frequency-based load control strategies for enhanced stability performance, b) ensure applicability over wide range of operating conditions while accounting for unpredictable end-use behavior and physical device constraints and c) test and validate proposed control strategies using large-scale simulations and field demonstrations.

Related Publications

Williams, Tess, Karanjit Kalsi, Marcelo A Elizondo, Laurentiu D Marinovici, and Rick Pratt. "Control and coordination of frequency responsive residential water heaters." 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). Boston, MA, USA: IEEE, 2016. 1 - 5.
Lian, Jianming, Jacob Hansen, Laurentiu D Marinovici, and Karanjit Kalsi. "Hierarchical decentralized control strategy for demand-side primary frequency response." 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). Boston, MA, USA: IEEE, 2016. 1 - 5.
Elizondo, Marcelo A, Karanjit Kalsi, Christian Moya Calderon, and Wei Zhang. "Frequency responsive demand in U.S. Western power system model." 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting. Denver, CO, USA: IEEE, 2015. 1 - 5.
Lian, Jianming, Yannan Sun, Laurentiu D Marinovici, and Karanjit Kalsi. "Improved controller design of Grid Friendly™ Appliances for primary frequency response." 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting. Denver, CO, USA: IEEE, 2015. 1 - 5.
Kalsi, Karanjit, T. Williams, Laurentiu D Marinovici, Marcelo A Elizondo, and Jianming Lian. Loads as a Resource: Frequency Responsive Demand. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2015.
Moya, Christian, Wei Zhang, Jianming Lian, and Karanjit Kalsi. "A hierarchical framework for demand-side frequency control." 2014 American Control Conference (ACC). Portland, OR, USA: IEEE, 2014. 52 - 57.