This book focuses on building air conditioning demand response and power storage batteries as the resources that make up the virtual power plant. The research and its outcomes presented in this book provide an overview of virtual power plant technology. The contents focus on both fundamentals and advanced topics such as role of central power supply control office, battery charge and discharge control system, power system simulation, system design for practical application, etc. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing insight to students, engineers, and researchers in the field of power systems

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Prof. Chuzo Ninagawa is Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan. Dr. Ninagawa has been Executive Chief Engineer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., which is one of the largest hi-tech manufacturers in Japan. His research interests span various topics of smart grid, with special focus on virtual power plant (VPP) with a large-scale aggregation of fast automated demand responses. He has published over 110 academic papers and three advanced research books.

Inhalt

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 Smart Grid

1.1 What is power system?

1.2 Supply and demand control of power system

1.3 Smart grid

Chapter 2 Power Supply and Demand Balance

2.1 What is the supply and demand adjustment of power system?

2.2 Role of central power supply control office

Chapter 3 Virtual Power Plant System

3.1 Virtual power plant concept

3.2 Communication systems in virtual power plant

Chapter 4 Components of Virtual Power Plant

4.1 Power storage battery

4.2 Battery charge and discharge control system

4.3 Demand response

4.4 Baseline estimation

Part 2 Development Technology

Chapter 5 Battery Control in Virtual Power Plant

5.1 Supply and demand adjustment by storage battery system

5.2 Supply and demand adjustment service using battery

Chapter 6 Demand Side Equipment Control in Virtual Power Plant 6.1 FastADR response prediction for building air-conditioning

6.2 Building air-conditioning FastADR room temperature variation

6.3 Negawatt aggregation of building multi-type air-conditioners

6.4 Compensation for building air-conditioner FastADR using storage battery

Chapter 7 Virtual Power Plant Performance

7.1 Building multi air-conditioning power control model

7.2 Office building thermal load simulation model 7.3 Power System Simulation of Virtual Power Plant

7.4 Evaluation of control performance evaluation of virtual power plant

7.5 Building air-conditioning Fast ADR and room temperature preservation

7.6 Virtual power plant communication and traffic evaluation

Chapter 8 Communication Standards in Virtual Power Plant

8.1 OpenADR Communication Standard

8.2 IEC 61850 Communication standard

8.3 IEEE 1888 Communication standard

Chapter 9 Outlook of Virtual Power Plant

9.1 Potential Resources

9.2 System design for practical application

9.3 The key to social systems