TY - GEN
T1 - Can Modifications Make Electric Pressure Cookers 'Minigrid Friendly?'
AU - Zimmerle, Daniel
AU - Quinn, Casey
AU - Quinn, Jason
AU - Clark, Maggie
AU - Volckens, John
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PY - 2020/10/29
Y1 - 2020/10/29
N2 - A large fraction of the developing world utilizes biomass fuels for cooking. Air pollution from these stoves represents a significant health hazard. Electric cooking has been identified as a potential method to deliver clean, cost-effective, cooking in the developing world, with particular emphasis on electric pressure cookers (EPCs) that are more energy-efficient than cooking in unpressurized vessels. Most EPCs in use today are designed for fast, on-grid, cooking using large heating elements, and it is unclear how these large, cyclic, power loads would impact minigrids. This study uses an electro-thermal model to investigate how a range of EPC power ratings would impact their use in minigrids. Results indicate that the lower efficiency of lower-power units increases minigrid energy requirements in a non-trivial way relative to higher-power units. Finally, this study also indicates that periods of higher power consumption for higher-power units occurs infrequently, and thus minigrids may be capable of handling EPCs for cooking staples such as rice and beans.
AB - A large fraction of the developing world utilizes biomass fuels for cooking. Air pollution from these stoves represents a significant health hazard. Electric cooking has been identified as a potential method to deliver clean, cost-effective, cooking in the developing world, with particular emphasis on electric pressure cookers (EPCs) that are more energy-efficient than cooking in unpressurized vessels. Most EPCs in use today are designed for fast, on-grid, cooking using large heating elements, and it is unclear how these large, cyclic, power loads would impact minigrids. This study uses an electro-thermal model to investigate how a range of EPC power ratings would impact their use in minigrids. Results indicate that the lower efficiency of lower-power units increases minigrid energy requirements in a non-trivial way relative to higher-power units. Finally, this study also indicates that periods of higher power consumption for higher-power units occurs infrequently, and thus minigrids may be capable of handling EPCs for cooking staples such as rice and beans.
KW - clean cooking
KW - electric pressure cooker
KW - microgrids
KW - minigrids
KW - offgrid systems
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85101190195
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/70a06a19-ece6-31e9-8e7d-0404b6228220/
U2 - 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342947
DO - 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342947
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85101190195
SN - 9781728173887
T3 - 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
SP - 1
EP - 5
BT - 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th Annual IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
Y2 - 29 October 2020 through 1 November 2020
ER -