Seminar 76 -- Smart Controls and Optimization for Thermal Storage Systems and Connected Communities

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Smart controls and thermal storage are solutions to increase grid flexibility and reduce energy use but its implementation requires careful planning and coordination. This becomes more challenging in a connected community, as most studies have focused on single building. The aggregation of cooling loads with a campus or connected community provides increased opportunities to achieve cost and energy savings. This session presents four energy conservation applications of optimized controls, with and without thermal storage, across multiple scales - from district cooling plants to residential HVAC. Using example case studies, cost-energy tradeoffs of the optimization scenarios are presented.

1. Controlling Cool Thermal Energy Storage to Increase Grid Penetration of Renewables
   Amy Van Asselt, Ph.D., Associate Member, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2. Holistic Optimization Using Model-Based Approach for Central Chiller Plants in Connected Communities
   Mohammad Hassan Fathollahzadeh, Student Member, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
3. Optimizing the Location and Operation of Distributed Thermal Storage in a Diverse Connected Community
   Karl Heine, Student Member, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
4. Optimal Phase Change Temperature and Size to Minimize Residential HVAC Energy Cost and Peak Demand
   Navin Kumar, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN