The DC House project: An alternate solution for rural electrification

Author

Taufik, Taufik

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo, AZ, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

179

Abstract

The DC House project started in 2010 which aims to provide an alternative solution to rural electrification, especially for geographically hard-to-reach areas. The DC House offers an individual or family-based as opposed to the community-based rural electrification. This makes the DC House solution scalable, affordable, and flexible. It does this by operating its components and system based on low-power, low-voltage DC electrical system to directly run DC loads; thus, bypassing losses associated with the traditional AC voltage system. The DC House also uses human-powered energy sources, making it even more sustainable in producing electricity. The development of the DC House system along with its components will be presented. Recent status of the DC House including the various projects undertaken to construct it and plans for its field testing will also be summarized.

Keywords

electric power generation; static electrification; sustainable development; AC voltage system; DC electrical system; DC house project; DC loads; human-powered energy sources; rural electrification; Electricity; Fossil fuels; Generators; Prototypes; Renewable energy sources; Sociology; Statistics; DC power; housing; human-powered energy; off-grid power; renewable energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC.2014.6970278

Filename

6970278