Communal residential laundry washing and drying : can it provide demand-side electrical load flexibility?
Borg, Simon Paul and Kelly, Nicolas and Markopoulos, Anastasios and Strachan, Paul and Porteous, Colin and Sharpe, Tim (2011) Communal residential laundry washing and drying : can it provide demand-side electrical load flexibility? In: 2nd International Conference in Microgeneration and Related Technologies, 2011-04-04 - 2011-04-06.
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Abstract
Changes in lifestyle have led to increased use and ownership rates of domestic appliances resulting in increasing electrical consumption in the residential sector. An important element of this consumption is due to domestic washing and drying of laundry. Given current and predicted ownership rates, the market for drying facilities is still not fully saturated and electrical demand for these functions will therefore increase. This paper looks at energy loads for laundering in high density housing such as blocks of flats and explores the benefits of communal facilities. Benefits of such facilities include reduced high humidity levels and the mitigation of decreased indoor air quality associated with indoor drying of laundry in individual dwellings. However from the perspective of integrating microgeneration into buildings, communal facilities may facilitate increased flexibility in the electrical demand profile, hence better complementing low carbon and localised energy supplies. In order to investigate the possible effects on the electric demand load profile, this paper presents the scenario of a hypothetical housing block and analyses the effect of moving from washing and drying in individual households to communal facilities. The study includes the effects of appliance energy-efficiency improvements and increased ownership rates. Results obtained show that communal laundering is successful in terms of time-shifting and hence lowering of peak electrical demand but is ineffective in reducing consumption.
ORCID iDs
Borg, Simon Paul, Kelly, Nicolas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-5942, Markopoulos, Anastasios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9680-852X, Strachan, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4280-2880, Porteous, Colin and Sharpe, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-5351;-
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Item type: Conference or Workshop Item(Paper) ID code: 36940 Dates: DateEvent4 April 2011PublishedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Environmental engineeringDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faculty of Engineering > ArchitectureDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jan 2012 11:16 Last modified: 16 Oct 2024 00:58 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36940