• DocumentCode
    2378650
  • Title

    Voltage Control of Aggregate Electric Water Heater Load for Distribution System Peak Load Shaving Using Field Data

  • Author

    Jia, Runmin ; Nehrir, M. Hashem ; Pierre, Donald A.

  • Author_Institution
    Montana State Univ., Bozeman
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    Sept. 30 2007-Oct. 2 2007
  • Firstpage
    492
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a set of field data is used to show that proper voltage control of electric water heaters (EWHs) during peak-demand hours can reduce aggregate EWH power demand without sacrificing many customers´ comfort level. Also, viable voltage-control implementation methods are proposed. The proposed control methods can be extended to some other thermostatically controlled devices.
  • Keywords
    load regulation; power distribution control; voltage control; water treatment; aggregate electric water heater load; distribution system peak load shaving; field data; peak-demand hours; voltage control; Aggregates; Energy management; Load flow control; Load management; Power demand; Power system management; Resistance heating; Thermal management; Voltage control; Water heating; demand-side management (DSM); load control; load management; power management; thermostatically controlled appliances; voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Symposium, 2007. NAPS '07. 39th North American
  • Conference_Location
    Las Cruces, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1726-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1726-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NAPS.2007.4402355
  • Filename
    4402355