Actively controlled buildings as an asset in intelligent power grids
The PowerFlexHouse facility at DTU Risø is a collection of three individual houses, which have been equipped with sensors and controllable power and heating equipment and are interconnected in a configurable 400 V micro grid and communication platform.
The Flex house test facility comprises:
- A 120m2 eight room office building
- A 100m2 one story domestic house
- A 150m2 three story domestic house
and are including:
- refrigerators/freezers
- hot water boilers
- electric stoves
- dish washers
- washing machines/dryers
- light installations
- cooling/heating air conditioners with heat pumps
The Test and Demonstration services of the Power Flex Houses facility include:
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Demand side response studies
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Consumption and user behavior simulation
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Control strategy analyses
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Consumer impact studies
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Grid impact studies
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In terms of power, heating, ventilation and hot water supply the houses appear as islands to the rest of DTU Risø Campus buildings
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Possible parallel operation on the SYSLAB power grid
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Houses can be operated as single entities or as combined loads to the grid