Flexibility categorization, sources, capabilities and technologies for energy-flexible and grid-responsive buildings: State-of-the-art and future perspective

H Tang, S Wang, H Li - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid development of remote telemetry, control and communication technologies in
smart grids enables the demand side to provide energy flexibility for power grid economy …

Peak load shifting control using different cold thermal energy storage facilities in commercial buildings: A review

Y Sun, S Wang, F Xiao, D Gao - Energy conversion and management, 2013 - Elsevier
For decades, load shifting control, one of most effective peak demand management
methods, has attracted increasing attentions from both researchers and engineers. Different …

Demand reduction in building energy systems based on economic model predictive control

J Ma, J Qin, T Salsbury, P Xu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper proposes and demonstrates the effectiveness of an economic model predictive
control (MPC) technique in reducing energy and demand costs for building heating …

Ancillary service to the grid through control of fans in commercial building HVAC systems

H Hao, Y Lin, AS Kowli, P Barooah… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The thermal storage potential in commercial buildings is an enormous resource for providing
various ancillary services to the grid. In this paper, we show how fans in Heating, Ventilation …

Experimental investigation of demand response potential of buildings: Combined passive thermal mass and active storage

Y Chen, P Xu, Z Chen, H Wang, H Sha, Y Ji, Y Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, combined with the internal
thermal mass of buildings, have been deemed to be promising means of providing demand …

Quantification of electricity flexibility in demand response: Office building case study

Y Chen, Z Chen, P Xu, W Li, H Sha, Z Yang, G Li, C Hu - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Electric demand flexibility in buildings has been deemed to be a promising demand
response resource, particularly for large commercial buildings, and it can provide grid …

Peak load reductions: Electric load shifting with mechanical pre-cooling of residential buildings with low thermal mass

WJN Turner, IS Walker, J Roux - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This study uses an advanced airflow, energy and humidity modelling tool to evaluate the
potential for residential mechanical pre-cooling of building thermal mass to shift electricity …

Introduction to Commercial Building Control Strategies and Techniques for Demand Response--Appendices

N Motegi - 2007 - escholarship.org
This section provides additional technical details on HV AC DR strategies that are not
covered in the main report. Although section 4.3 of the main report discusses statistical data …

Trial results from a model predictive control and optimisation system for commercial building HVAC

SR West, JK Ward, J Wall - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results from two real-world trials of an optimised supervisory model
predictive control (MPC) system for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in …

Study on Auto-DR and pre-cooling of commercial buildings with thermal mass in California

R Yin, P Xu, MA Piette, S Kiliccote - Energy and Buildings, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper discusses how to optimize pre-cooling strategies for buildings in a hot California
climate zone with the Demand Response Quick Assessment Tool (DRQAT), a building …