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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Prabir Barooah, Gainesville, FL (US);
Sean Meyn, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Techniques for providing ancillary services to a power grid using customer premises such as commercial buildings. The techniques may involve receiving a regulation signal from a grid operator that is specific to a commercial building and modifying power consumption by at least one power consumption component in the building based on the regulation signal. The power consumption component may be a fan of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Conducted experiments demonstrate that up to 15% of fan power capacity may be deployed for regulation purposes while maintaining indoor temperature deviation to no more than 0.2° C. The regulation signal may be tracked in a frequency band from about 4 seconds to 10 minutes.