Research on Quantitative Assessment Method of Multi-Time Scale Regulation Capability of Heat Source Tower Heat Pump for Grid Regulation Demand

In the context of power saving, the increasing energy consumption of air conditioning and the limited energy demand has become an urgent problem. Therefore, according to the feature that the accuracy of grid load forecasting improves gradually with the shortening of time scale and the flexible intra-day regulation characteristics of heat pump units, a multi-timescale regulation model of a heat pump system is developed. Aiming for the lowest operating costs and best performance, three system scheduling scenarios were developed: day-ahead, mid-day, and real-time, respectively. Through the coordination of multiple time scales, it is ensured that the output of the system meets the requirements of the grid. Taking the Wuhan area with four heat source tower units as an example, a simulation experiment comparing the performance of the multi-timescale scheduling method with the day-ahead scheduling method was conducted in the same system, which showed that compared to the day-ahead scheduling method, the multi-timescale scheduling method can reduce the system energy consumption by 13.1% and improve the system performance factor by 12.4%.