Trajectory tracking with an aggregation of domestic hot water heaters: Combining model-based and model-free control in a commercial deployment

DOI10.1109/TSG.2018.2890275arXiv1805.04228MaRDI QIDQ6301451FDOQ6301451

Stef Peeters, Duncan S. Callaway, Mingxi Liu, Bert J. Claessens

Publication date: 10 May 2018

Abstract: Scalable demand response of residential electric loads has been a timely research topic in recent years. The commercial coming of age or residential demand response requires a scalable control architecture that is both efficient and practical to use. This work presents such a strategy for domestic hot water heaters and present a commercial proof-of-concept deployment. The strategy combines state of the art in aggregate-and-dispatch with a novel dispatch strategy leveraging recent developments in reinforcement learning and is tested in a hardware-in-the-loop simulation environment. The results are promising and present how model-based and model-free control strategies can be merged to obtain a mature and commercially viable control strategy for residential demand response.

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