Crawley, Jennifer;
Vilaseca, Adria;
Wingfield, Jez;
Gill, Zachary;
Shipworth, Michelle;
Elwell, Cliff;
(2023)
Demand response with heat pumps: Practical implementation of three different control options.
Building Services Engineering Research and Technology
, 44
(2)
pp. 211-228.
10.1177/01436244221145871.
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Abstract
The electrification of heating and transport and decarbonisation of supply creates a need for demand side flexibility to balance the grid. Heat pumps are expected to form a major part of heat delivery, and many modelling studies have investigated the technical potential of heat pump demand response. However, little empirical work has been reported on the practical implementation of such demand response in occupied homes. This paper presents a cross-case comparison of three early adopters of heat pump demand response in the UK. The aim was to reduce heat pump electricity consumption during the same peak period, but each employed a different control strategy: lowered air temperature setpoints, lowered flow temperature and blocked heat pump compressor. A 56–90% electricity reduction during the peak period was observed; the success of the demand response depended on how the control strategy affected the heat pump and the rest of the heating system. However, no one stakeholder is responsible for all these system components. The fabric, heating distribution and control system and heat pumps installed are highly heterogeneous across the stock, highlighting that flexibility mechanisms must be developed that can be tailored to or work across their range.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Demand response with heat pumps: Practical implementation of three different control options |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/01436244221145871 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244221145871 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page |
| Keywords: | Case study, demand response, empirical, flexibility, heat pumps |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161636 |
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