IEEE Kitchener - Waterloo Section
&
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Presents
a
Seminar
on:
Utilizing
Thermal
Storage
to
Enable
High
Penetration
of
Renewables
in
Canada
Dr.
Steven
Wong
T&D
Renewable
Integration
Specialist
CanmetENERGY
–
Natural
Resources
Canada
Invited
by:
Professor
Kankar
Bhattacharya
Abstract
Thermal
energy
storage
can
be
used
to
reshape
electric
heating
demand
without
affecting
comfort.
At
the
residential
level,
there
are
two
major
opportunities
for
using
thermal
energy
storage:
space
heating/cooling
and
water
heating.
Thermal
energy
storage
from
space
heating
can
be
captured
by
using
either
electric
thermal
storage
(ETS)
units
(thermal
bricks
in
an
insulated
container)
or,
as
also
the
case
for
space
cooling,
from
the
house
itself.
Electric
water
heaters
(EWHs),
ranging
from
conventional
units
with
add-on
load
controllers
to
plastic-polymer
tanks
with
integrated
‘smart’
units,
can
be
used
to
utilize
the
thermal
storage
potential
from
water
heating.
This
presentation
will
provide
an
overview
of
the
work
done
in
the
realm
of
residential
and
what
remains
to
be
done.
This
includes
device
modelling;
individual
and
population
simulation
including
user
behaviour;
prototype
development
and
testing;
products
on
the
market;
potential
assessment
and
market
sizing;
applications
(with
particular
attention
to
renewables
integration);
and
other
energy
alternatives
(and
its
respective
advantages/disadvantages).
Finally,
some
innovative
smart
grid
implementations
of
residential
thermal
storage
by
Canadian
utilities
will
be
discussed.
Speaker
Steven
Wong
has
been
a
researcher
with
the
Department
of
Natural
Resources,
Government
of
Canada,
in
the
CanmetENERGY
Laboratory
since
2010.
Within,
he
is
a
member
of
the
Renewable
and
Distributed
Energy
Resources
Group
whose
activities
include
working
with
partners
in
government,
industry,
and
academia
to
“act
as
a
supplier
and
catalyst
for
a
sustainable
energy
future
for
Canada”.
Dr.
Wong
obtained
a
Master’s
of
Management
Sciences
and
a
PhD
in
Electrical
Engineering
in
2005
and
2009
respectively,
from
the
University
of
Waterloo,
where
he
pursued
studies
in
electric
power
systems
and
operations
research.
His
research
experience
spans
the
fields
of
renewable
integration
and
smart
grid,
including
distribution,
bulk,
and
remote
community
system
operation,
electric
and
thermal
storage,
wind
and
solar
generation,
and
innovative
energy
markets.
Most
recently,
his
work
has
focused
on
assessing
the
roles
of
residential
demand
response
for
renewables
integration.