Sustainability matchmaking: Linking renewable sources to electric water heating through machine learning

P Mabina, P Mukoma, MJ Booysen - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
A high penetration of renewable energy sources such as wind power generation and
photovoltaic generation causes some problems in power systems such as the duck curve …

State estimation of resistive domestic hot water heaters in arbitrary operation modes for demand side management

P Kepplinger, G Huber, M Preißinger… - Thermal Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Utilizing domestic hot water heaters (DHWH) for demand side management (DSM) requires
physical models of DHWH dynamic behavior. An ideal dynamic DHWH model is simple as …

How much energy can optimal control of domestic water heating save?

MJ Booysen, JAA Engelbrecht, MJ Ritchie… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scheduled control of domestic electric water heaters, designed to cut energy use while
minimising the impact on users' comfort and convenience, has been fairly common for some …

Field testing of demand side management via autonomous optimal control of a domestic hot water heater

P Kepplinger, G Huber, J Petrasch - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
While many approaches for using domestic hot water heaters (DHWH) for demand side
management (DSM) have been proposed, only few of these approaches, have been …

Battery storage systems as grid-balancing measure in low-voltage distribution grids with distributed generation

B Faessler, M Schuler, M Preißinger, P Kepplinger - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
Due to the promoted integration of renewable sources, a further growth of strongly transient,
distributed generation is expected. Thus, the existing electrical grid may reach its physical …

Optimal schedule and temperature control of stratified water heaters

JAA Engelbrecht, MJ Ritchie, MJ Booysen - Energy for Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water heating is a major component of domestic electrical energy usage, in some countries
contributing to 25% of the residential sector energy consumption. Demand response …

Improving the Load Flexibility of Stratified Electric Water Heaters: Design and Experimental Validation of MPC Strategies

E Buechler, A Goldin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Residential electric water heaters have significant load shifting capabilities due to their
thermal heat capacity and large energy consumption. Model predictive control (MPC) has …

Practically-achievable energy savings with the optimal control of stratified water heaters with predicted usage

MJ Ritchie, JAA Engelbrecht, MJ Booysen - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Residential water heaters use a substantial amount of electrical energy and contribute to
25% of the energy usage in the residential sector. This raises concern for users in countries …

Assessing the energy storage potential of electric hot water cylinders with stochastic model-based control

B Williams, D Bishop, P Docherty - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As electric hot water cylinders (HWCs) have a large capacity for thermal storage, they are
well-suited for Demand Side Management (DSM). This paper compares different methods of …

Harnessing Curtailed Wind-Generated Electricity via Electrical Water Heating Aggregation to Alleviate Energy Poverty: A Use Case in Ireland

C Ahern, R Oliver, B Norton - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ireland experiences high energy poverty rates alongside surplus wind energy resources.
With 77% of Irish households equipped with electrical immersion heaters for domestic hot …