Primary Frequency Control with an Air Handling Unit

Autor: Niko Karhula, Seppo Sierla, Heikki Ihasalo, Jaakko Ketomäki, Matti Huotari, Valeriy Vyatkin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 17, Iss 15, p 3777 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en17153777
Popis: The green energy transition threatens stability of the power grid due to associated reduction in grid synchronous inertia. Primary frequency control (PFC) can compensate for the challenge; however, sufficient procurement of primary frequency capacity could depend on more extensive employment of demand-side loads for PFC. Ventilation fans in particular present a promising class of such loads because of ubiquity of variable-frequency drives and relatively slow thermal and ventilation dynamics of indoor spaces. This research proposes a novel method for PFC by an air handling unit: the open loop control is shown to have favorable dynamic characteristics, and its impact on indoor climate is shown to be tolerable. This study suggests that the largely unused primary frequency capacity of ventilation fans could be exploited to provide primary frequency response for low inertia power grids.
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