The University of Texas System

Panganamala R Kumar

Le Xie

Prasad N Enjeti

Sivaranjani Seetharaman

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for thermal load management of a collection of power consumers managed by an electric power aggregator. In some examples, a system includes a scheduling subsystem, implemented on one or more processors, configured for determining a plurality of cooling or heating control schedules for the collection of power consumers by forecasting one or more wholesale electricity price peaks. The system includes a control system implemented on one or more processors. The control system is configured for carrying out the cooling or heating control schedules at the individual consumer-level. The control system is configured for guaranteeing, for each power consumer of the collection of power consumers, a comfort constraint specified by a bilevel thermostat for the power consumer, wherein the comfort constraint comprises a lower level bound temperature and an upper bound temperature that the power consumer is willing to tolerate.

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for model-free privacy preserving thermal load management

A device includes an input converter, an output converter, and a controller. The input converter is electrically coupled to an electrical meter and an energy production array. The output converter is electrically coupled to the energy production array and a load. The controller is communicatively coupled to the input converter, the output converter, the energy production array, and the load. The input converter and the output converter are positioned between the electrical meter and the load.

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College Station, TX, United States of America

Panganamala R Kumar