Title :
Simulation of Rural Electrification via Cellular-Enabled Micro-inverter
Author :
Unger, Kurtis ; Kazerani, Mehrdad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
Rural electrification, specifically in Africa and parts of Asia, is of major importance as it relates to development. This paper outlines how a cellular-enabled micro-inverter might facilitate access to electricity without depending on the standard power grid growth models. Using the infrastructure made available by the cellular phone industry, this device could be instrumental in developing rapid and economically beneficial rural electrification through consumer-based demand and organic growth.
Keywords :
digital simulation; invertors; power engineering computing; cellular phone industry; cellular-enabled microinverter; consumer-based demand; organic growth; power grid growth models; rural electrification simulation; Batteries; Biological system modeling; Economics; Electricity; Industries; Inverters; Lighting; distributed generation; micro-inverter; mobile banking; renewable energy; rural electrification;
Conference_Titel :
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-634-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4595-0
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2011.9