IDR2021: Industrial Demand Response: Methods, Best practices, Case Studies, and Applications |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idr2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | June 30, 2021 |
Submission deadline | October 1, 2021 |
SynopsisFor decades, the traditional power systems were operated safely and securely with no problems related to their stability and security. This view of power systems has been changed during the last decade due to environmental challenges and energy security risks which enabled the movement towards the feasible implementation of the smart grid concept. In the last decade, the penetration level of renewable energy sources (RESs) has been highly increased. Although RESs reduce the environmental concerns, but have negative impacts on the stability and security of existing power systems. For instance, the high share of renewables in modern power systems has reduced the total rotating inertia and as consequences, the frequency variable has been affected. In conventional power systems, the frequency which is a global variable was controlled by well-operating and managing primary and secondary reserves came from the generation side. However, this is not yet valid due to changes in the power system situation and high reduction of the rotating inertia, therefore the operators need a faster reserve that can not be available from generation side. It has been found that the best source of such reserves is the demand-side. Later, new topics have been initialised which are demand-side management and demand response for controlling the intelligent appliances that can provide some of their capacities as source for the necessary reserves. As a consequence, it has been suggested to take advantage of demand response for providing ancillary services in power systems. There are specific types of loads and smart appliances that can provide ancillary services to power systems. These loads should not affect the conformable of the consumers and at the same time, the management of these appliances should be done based on reserve and energy markets. For instance, there are great research activities these days on building practical aggregators of electrical vehicles so that they can participate in the ancillary services market by well-controlling their charging and stage of charge situation during a specific period of time. Likewise, researchers have suggested models the participation of air conditioners, refrigerators, water heaters and other thermostat appliances for considering them as good storage aggregators that can provide some services to power systems. It is clear that there is a need for a comprehensive book on demand-response topics that can cover the latest methods, best practices, case studies, and applications for encouraging researchers and governments for supporting the movement towards the smart grid concept. It is obvious that the penetration level of renewable energy sources is highly increasing over the world. Solar and wind energy are among the most percentage shares of renewables in modern power systems. By nature of the photovoltaic cells, they provide zero inertia to power systems. This means that increasing the power generation from solar power plants would at least reduce the inertia with the same percentage of their active power generation share increase. As aforementioned, this high reduction in inertia would bring new challenges and technical issues to the operators of modern power systems where the main problems related to stability and security of energy systems. On the other hand, different types of wind turbines provide neglectable inertia (almost zero) to modern power systems bringing the same problems that would be arisen from solar energy systems. Therefore, there is a serious need for new sources to keep the balance in power system operation especially in the view of providing ancillary services. With the low inertia in future power systems, the traditional and conventional reserve sources would not act accurately and properly in the aim of maintaining the power system stability, therefore, it is highlighted that the demand side can be considered as a good source of such services based on demand response programs. The main advantage of demand response over energy and reserve sources in the generation sides is its flexibility which is the most important feature to the operators. Different types of demand-side loads can provide demand response services to power systems, where this book will focus on industrial demand response and the types of demands that have the feasibility of implementation. List of TopicsThis book aims at establishing a common ground to provide solutions and best practices around industrial demand response for future smart power systems. The following focus areas could be considered (not limited to):
Academics, researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and professionals are invited to contribute with book chapters. They should consider submitting a full chapter within the timeline provided hereunder. Important Dates / Deadlines
PublicationThe Book will be published by IET, UK. EditorsH. Haes (alhelou@ieee.org) Antonio Moreno-Muñoz (el1momua@uco.es) Pierluigi Siano (psiano@unisa.it) Submission ProcedureChapter proposal submissions (Title Submission & brief introduction) are invited from researchers and practitioners on or before the deadline. Proposals should be limited to between 250-1000 words, explaining the mission and concerns of the topics and how it fits into the general theme of the book. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered. Please submit it through EasyChair using the following submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idr2021 and/or send your proposal through email to the editors (h.haesalhelou@gmail.com with cc to el1momua@uco.es, psiano@unisa.it). ContactAll questions about submissions should be emailed to editors. |