Peak shaving through optimal energy storage control for data centers

Mehiar Dabbagh, Ammar Rayes, Bechir Hamdaoui, Mohsen Guizani

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Abstract

We propose efficient control strategies for deciding the amount of energy that a battery needs to charge/discharge over time with the objective of minimizing the Peak Charge and the Energy Charge components of the Data Center (DC) electricity bill. We consider first the case where the DC's power demands throughout the whole billing cycle are known and we present an optimal peak shaving control strategy for a battery that has certain leakage and conversion losses. We then relax this assumption and propose an efficient battery control strategy when we only know predictions of the DC's power demands in a short duration in the future. Several comparative studies are conducted based on real traces from a Google DC in order to validate the proposed techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479966646
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 22 May 201627 May 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period22/05/1627/05/16

Keywords

  • convex optimization
  • data centers
  • energy efficiency
  • energy storage
  • peak shaving

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