smart grid demonstrations show energy efficiency potential · power delivery and utilization ......

Omar Siddiqui

Director, Energy Utilization

U.S. – Poland Energy Roundtable

April 24, 2013

Energy Utilization

RD&D to Benefit Society

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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity

EPRI’s Mission

To conduct research,

development and

demonstration on key

issues facing the

electricity sector on

behalf of our members,

energy stakeholders,

and society


EPRI’s Role

Stimulate innovation and help accelerate technology to commercial development


Research Areas

Environment & Renewables

• Air Quality

• Energy and Environmental Analysis

• Land and Groundwater

•Occupational Health and Safety

•Renewable Energy

• T&D Environmental Issues

•Water and Ecosystems

Generation

• Advanced Coal Plants, Carbon Capture and Storage

•Combustion Turbines

• Environmental Controls

•Major Component Reliability

•Materials and Chemistry

•Operations and Maintenance

• Power Plant Water Management

Nuclear

• Advanced Nuclear Technology

•Chemistry, Low-Level Waste, and Radiation Management

• Equipment Reliability

• Fuel Reliability

• Long-Term Operations

•Materials Degradation/Aging

•Nondestructive Evaluation and Material Characterization

•Risk and Safety Management

•Used Fuel and High-level Waste Management

Power Delivery and Utilization

• Transmission and Substations

•Grid Operations and Planning

•Distribution

• Energy Utilization

•Cross-Cutting Technologies


EPRI is advancing EE & DR technology through

the development pipeline

Technology

Scouting Assessment

&

Lab Testing

Field Tests

& Demos

Coordinated

Early

Deployments

Full

Program

Rollout

EE Demo

Early

Deployments P170 TI Utility

Technical Risk

Market Risk

Economic Risk

Certainty of:

• Performance

• Energy Savings

• Reliability

• Cost & Scalability

• Customer Acceptance

Each successive stage

increases certainty…

… and mitigates risk

Time


Sampling of End Use Technologies Under EPRI

Evaluation – Current Snapshot

Technology Scouting

Assessment & Lab Testing

R&D Field Tests/Demos

Early Deployments

Program Rollout

Thin Film Electrochromic Windows

Heat Pump Water Heaters

VRF Heat Pumps

LED Street and Area Lighting

Data Center DC Power

Virtual Audits

High Efficiency Refrigerators

Eco-cute Heat Pumps

Data Center Dynamic Power Management and Efficient Power Supplies

Data Center Airflow Management

Voltage Optimization

HPWH Commercial

2X Incandescent

Controllable High Bay Lighting

Data Centers Immersion Technology

Phase-Change Wallboard Materials

Evaporative Pre-Cool for Rooftop Air Conditioning

Efficient , DR-Ready Products

Plasma Lighting

Desiccant Dehumidification

Dimmable CFLs and LEDs

Automated DR and Energy Management

Wireless Lighting

Non-intrusive load monitoring

Low torque, high speed motors

Micro-scale DR Aggregation

Next generation Heat Pump Water Heater (Res)

Variable Capacity Space Conditioning

Variable Speed Circulation Pumps

Process Heating Electrotechnologies

Integrated Whole Building


Addressing Key Industry Challenges

Enhance Productivity via Electrification

Coordinate Cross-Functional DR Research

Advance Emerging EE & DR Technologies

Scout Test Demo Deploy Program

Rejuvenate Load Research


Variable-Capacity Space Conditioning Lab Analysis of Performance

Lab Test of 2-ton Air Source Heat Pumps

• Single Speed 13 SEER

• Variable Capacity 19.5 SEER

Variable Capacity Heat Pumps Yield Greater Efficiency and Energy Savings at Most Ambient Temperatures


2013 Research

Residential

Res & Com

Specialized

Office

Manufacturing

/ Assembly

Warehouse /

High Bay

Unique

Technology

Unique

Technology

Advanced Lighting Technologies

2014 2015 2016 2013

Next 3 Years of Progressive Research

Liquid-

Cooled

LED

Edge-Lit

Office LED

Backlighting

LED

LED

Screw-In

Induction

Lighting Within

Offices

OLED based

Commercial Lighting

Longer Life HID and

Linear Fluorescents

120 Lumens

per Watt LED’s

2nd and 3rd

Generation

Incandescents

Lower Cost

LED’s

High Bay

LED

LED

Troffer

Ceiling

Mount LED Field-Induced

Polymer

Based

Lighting

Wide

Availability of

Color Shifting

Lighting


LED – Energy Savings of 25 – 70 %

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Site Number

Actual Energy Savings

Calculated Energy Savings

*Site 13 uses estimated usage values for actual energy savings. The other sites use an initial measurement from the first site visit.

Ready for Early

Deployment? Yes No


Efficient Data Centers – 2012 Test Result

Total Data Center Cooling Energy Use versus

Fan Speed per Unit of Computing Power

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0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

100% Manual

90% Manual

80% Manual

70% Minimum,

Under Vigilent Control

60% Minimum,

Under Vigilent Control

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Total DX CRAC Units Energy Use Versus Fan Speed

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26.5

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19.7

%

32.0

%

Results

• Significant energy savings in data center cooling with variable-speed fans

• As expected, compressor power reduces with reduced fan speed

• Temperature control mapping and automated control compounds energy savings


Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters

– Energy Savings of 50% for 2 Models

Ready for Early

Deployment? Yes No

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