Nexus of Power Systems Reliability, Economics and Air Quality during High Energy Demand Days

PI: 
Zhang, Max
Project Status: 
Completed

The scope of the project was to develop strategies to achieve the co-benefits of maintaining power systems reliability and protecting public health (from air pollution) during high electricity demand days (HEDDs). HEDDs are typically hot summer days when the demand for electricity is highest and the atmosphere is conductive to pollution formation such as ozone. Meeting high electricity demand during HEDDs requires dispatch of all generation resources, and demand response programs often lead to firing up of diesel backup generators. Those generation resources lead to high NOx emissions contributing to exceedingly high ozone pollution during HEDDs.

Related Publications

Zhang, Xiyue, and K. Max Zhang. "Demand Response, Behind-the-Meter Generation and Air Quality." Environmental Science & Technology 49.3 (2015) 1260 - 1267.
Kircher, Kevin J, and K. Max Zhang. "Model predictive control of thermal storage for demand response." 2015 American Control Conference (ACC). Chicago, IL, USA: IEEE, 2015. 956 - 961.
Palacio, Santiago Naranjo, Kevin J Kircher, and K. Max Zhang. "On the feasibility of providing power system spinning reserves from thermal storage." Energy and Buildings 104 (2015) 131 - 138.
Palacio, Santiago Naranjo, Keenan F Valentine, Myra Wong, and K. Max Zhang. "Reducing power system costs with thermal energy storage." Applied Energy 129 (2014) 228 - 237.
Valentine, Keenan F, W. G Temple, and K. Max Zhang. "Electric vehicle charging and wind power integration: Coupled or decoupled electricity market resources?." 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. San Diego, CA: IEEE, 2012. 1 - 7.
Valentine, Keenan F, William G Temple, and K. Max Zhang. "Intelligent electric vehicle charging: Rethinking the valley-fill." Journal of Power Sources 196.24 (2011) 10717 - 10726.
Valentine, Keenan F, Jonathan Acquaviva, Earl J Foster, and K. Max Zhang. "Transmission network-based energy and environmental assessment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles." Journal of Power Sources 196.6 (2011) 3378 - 3386.
White, Corey D, and K. Max Zhang. "Using vehicle-to-grid technology for frequency regulation and peak-load reduction." Journal of Power Sources 196.8 (2011) 3972 - 3980.