Design of an Automatic Hybrid Water Heating System

Precious Kgomotso Maine; Omowunmi Mary Longe

doi:10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219821

Design of an Automatic Hybrid Water Heating System

Precious Kgomotso Maine
, Omowunmi Mary Longe

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning (HVAC) accounts for about 30-50% of energy consumption and expenditure in residential premises. Hence, the need to meet this essential demand affordably and in an environmentally friendly manner. Therefore, an automatic hybrid water heating system (AHWHS) is proposed in this work, to heat up water for bathroom and kitchen use, using power supply from either the utility grid or an installed solar panel depending on certain factors such as availability and cost of solar resource, availability and cost of utility grid supply, water demand by consumers, etc. The AHWHS was designed and constructed by charging a battery from either the utility grid or solar panel, which then powers the direct current coil element to heat up the water needed for use in the home. The AHWHS was found to reduce household energy expenditure by 68.33% and 71.59% during low and high demand seasons respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728167466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219821
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020
Event	7th Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2020 - Virtual, Nairobi, Kenya Duration: 25 Aug 2020 → 28 Aug 2020

Publication series

Name	2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020

Conference

Conference	7th Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2020
Country/Territory	Kenya
City	Virtual, Nairobi
Period	25/08/20 → 28/08/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Automatic Hybrid Water Heating System (AWHS)
Battery
Grid Electricity
Solar Energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Geography, Planning and Development
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Maine, PK & Longe, OM 2020, Design of an Automatic Hybrid Water Heating System. in 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020., 9219821, 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7th Annual IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2020, Virtual, Nairobi, Kenya, 25/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerAfrica49420.2020.9219821

Design of an Automatic Hybrid Water Heating System. / Maine, Precious Kgomotso; Longe, Omowunmi Mary.
2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9219821 (2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2020).

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