Modeling and analysis of a variable speed heat pump for frequency regulation through direct load control

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 397-408

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Norford, Leslie K ^b   Kirtley, James L ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building occupant comfort; direct load control (DLC); grid frequency regulation (GFR); indoor air temperature; long term device performance; small signal analysis; variable speed heat pump (VSHP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919928456     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2319310     Document Type: Article

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