AC Power Routing System in Home Based on Demand and Supply Utilizing Distributed Power Sources

To help reduce consumption of fossil fuels, renewable, natural and distributed power sources are being adopted. These alternative energy sources inevitably show fluctuations in the amount of output power, frequency, and voltage. The suppression of such fluctuations is a key issue to avoid disturbanc...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 717 - 726
Main Authors Takuno, Tsuguhiro, Kitamori, Yutaro, Takahashi, Ryo, Hikihara, Takashi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2011
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Summary:To help reduce consumption of fossil fuels, renewable, natural and distributed power sources are being adopted. These alternative energy sources inevitably show fluctuations in the amount of output power, frequency, and voltage. The suppression of such fluctuations is a key issue to avoid disturbances in power grids. A similar situation arises as far as the regulation of in-home power flow is concerned. We focus on the quality of supplied and demanded power in particular. In this paper, an in-home power distribution system based on information of power is proposed. The system is developed in order to integrate power dispatch and communication. The experimental results show the feasibility of new flexible and efficient power management approaches.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en4050717