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Regular Paper | Open Access

Distributed Real-time Temperature and Energy Control of Energy Efficient Buildings via Geothermal Heat Pumps

Xiaotian Wang1, Lei Liang1, Xuan Zhang1( ), Hongbin Sun2
Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Abstract

Geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) are a type of heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that use low-temperature resources from soil and groundwater for heating/cooling. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in GHP systems due to their high energy efficiency and abundant geothermal resources. Thus, the optimization and control design of the GHP system has become a hot topic. On the other hand, as the GHP system is an ideal responsive load, mechanism design for the GHP system to realize demand response (DR) in a virtual power plant (VPP) without affecting user comfort is particularly essential. In this paper, we propose a distributed real-time temperature and energy management method via GHP systems for multi-buildings, where both floor and radiator heating/cooling distribution subsystems in multiple thermal zones are considered. We design an energy demand response mechanism for a single GHP to track the given energy consumption command for participating in VPP aggregation/disaggregation. Besides, a coordination mechanism for multiple GHPs is designed for the community-level operator in joining VPP aggregation/disaggregation. Both designed schemes are scalable and do not need to measure or predict any exogenous disturbances such as outdoor temperature and heating disturbances from external sources, e.g., user activity and device operation. Finally, four numerical examples for the simulation of two different scenarios demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Keywords

HVACdistributed controldisaggregationBuilding temperature and energy managementGHPVPP

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CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
Volume 9 Issue 6,
November 2023
Pages 2289-2300
DOI: 10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.05840
Cite this article:
Wang X, Liang L, Zhang X, et al. Distributed Real-time Temperature and Energy Control of Energy Efficient Buildings via Geothermal Heat Pumps. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2023, 9(6): 2289-2300. https://doi.org/10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.05840

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Received: 04 November 2020
Revised: 05 February 2021
Accepted: 25 March 2021
Published: 09 July 2021
© 2020 CSEE.

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