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Title: A model-free method for learning flexibility capacity of loads providing grid support
Flexible loads are a resource for the Balancing Authority (BA) of the future to aid in the balance of power supply and demand. In order to be used as a resource, the BA must know the capacity of the flexible loads to vary their power demand over a baseline without violating consumers' quality of service (QoS). Existing work on capacity characterization is model-based: They need models relating power consumption to variables that dictate QoS, such as temperature in the case of an air conditioning system. However, in many cases the model parameters are not known or are difficult to obtain. In this work, we pose a data driven capacity characterization method that does not require model information, it only needs access to a simulator. The capacity is characterized as the set of feasible spectral densities (SDs) of the demand deviation. The proposed method is an extension of our recent work on SD-based capacity characterization that was limited to the case where the loads dynamic model is completely known. Numerical evaluation of the method is provided, which compares our approach to the model-based solution of our past work.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1934322 1646229
NSF-PAR ID:
10281468
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
American Control Conference
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2881 to 2886
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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