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Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Analysis of the benefit of introducing hot water buffer tanks to heating pumps in environmental justice communities.Using detailed data from Holyoke, MA, a majority-Latinx community, we are performing an analysis on the use of hot water buffer tanks in conjunction with heat pumps. Given the presence of heat pumps, hot water buffer tanks provide an extremely low-cost and non-invasive way to participate in demand-side-management through preheating water. This in turn presents opportunities for marginalized communities to capture some of the benefits of demand-side management. In initial work, we estimated the impact on the grid of heat pump adoption and increased rooftop solar, using data from a single day. We find this results in demand that would extremely challenging for the electric grid. In addition, we have found that hot water buffer tanks can provide significant value, with 100 gallon tanks significantly reducing peak load and large ramps. The purpose of this REU project is to extend this analysis to all of the cold months of the year.

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Food Server:Serve foodServe drinksEvents Team:Organize and plan eventsRun events held onsiteMerchandise:Manage inventoryOrganize merchandise

Bachelor Of Science, Statistics And Data Science, Junior

Minor in Applied Psychology

Associate Of Science - As, Mathematics, Computer Science

AS in Mathematics AS in Computer Science Deans List