Smart Charging Technologies for Portable Electronic Devices

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Smart Charging Technologies for Portable Electronic Devices
المؤلفون: Hild, Stefan, Leavey, Sean, Gräf, Christian, Sorazu, Borja
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: Computer Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Computer Science - Other Computer Science
الوصف: In this article we describe our efforts of extending demand-side control concepts to the application in portable electronic devices, such as laptop computers, mobile phones and tablet computers. As these devices feature built-in energy storage (in the form of batteries) and the ability to run complex control routines, they are ideal for the implementation of smart charging concepts. We developed a prototype of a smart laptop charger that controls the charging process depending on the locally measured frequency of the electricity grid. If this technique is incorporated into millions of devices in UK households, this will contribute significantly to the stability of the electricity grid, help to mitigate the power production fluctuations from renewable energy sources and avoid the high cost of building and maintaining conventional power plants as standby reserve.
Comment: Updated version with a new section describing a software based charging control of a laptop
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5931
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1209.5931
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv