Co-simulation Based Platform for Thermostatically Controlled Loads as a Frequency Reserve

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

Aadil Latif AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Sohail Khan AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
P. Palensky Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS
Wolfgang Gawlik Technische Universität Wien
Research Group
Intelligent Electrical Power Grids (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Sustainable Energy

Research Group

Intelligent Electrical Power Grids

Abstract

The rise in the intermittent power generation from renewables shall increase the secondary frequency reserve requirements in the future power system. Complimenting the support from the generators in providing frequency reserve, the active demand response can result in a cost effective contribution to this resource. Among demand response resources, the thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) connected to the medium voltage networks poses an interesting potential. This work develops a co-simulation environment for the TCLs based demand side management scheme that can be used to assess the network impacts of using this service. An equivalent battery model with dynamic charging rate limits models the TCL aggregation and tracks a realistic frequency regulation signal. The co-simulation platform is tested for the IEEE 119 node distribution test feeder.