Title :
Low voltage DC distribution system compared with 230 V AC
Author :
Amin, M. ; Arafat, Y. ; Lundberg, S. ; Mangold, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EEE, Int. Islamic Univ. Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Abstract :
In this work low voltage DC distribution systems for a home are investigated by evaluating the advantages and disadvantages to 230V systems. The aim of the work is to connect the systems with local generation such as solar cell, micro turbine and energy storages at the end user level. Data obtained from measurements of power consumption for different household appliances such as refrigerator, microwave oven, rice cooker, dish washer etc. have been used to evaluate the systems. The performance of the 230V AC system and the proposed low voltage DC system is analyzed by considering factors such as losses in the wire, internal loss of the device itself, investment cost for new wiring, energy consumption cost.
Keywords :
distribution networks; energy storage; power consumption; power system measurement; solar cells; turbines; dish washer; energy consumption; energy storages; household appliances; local generation; low voltage DC distribution system; micro turbine; microwave oven; power consumption measurements; refrigerator; rice cooker; solar cell; voltage 230 V; wiring; Cable TV; Energy consumption; Ovens; Power cables; Washing machines; Wires; AC DC systems comparison; DC house; DC systems feasibility; Losses in AC systems; low voltage DC;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Winnipeg, MB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0405-5
DOI :
10.1109/EPEC.2011.6070222
