Friday, September 24, 2010

65 way to Increase Efficiency of Electricity Energy

COOKING 

1 Keep the door closed. Ever time you open it the temperature drop about 20 degrees (c)
2 Cook several dishes at the one time.If you are cooking small items use the frypan.
3 When cooking small quantities use one sauce pan with dividers.
4 Keep food warm at 70-80 deg(c) Higher temperatures waste electricity and over cook food.
5 Use oven heat for plate warming.
6 Use utensils with flat bottoms and well fitting lids.Make sure they cover hotplates.
7 To cook vegetables the water doesn't need to be boiling furiously - a gentle simmer is enough.
8 Fan type ovens reduce cooking costs.
9 Use bright clean hotplate reflectors to send the heat upwards where it is wanted.
10 Pressure cookers can save up to 25% of power.
11 Use small appliances eg. griller,crockpot,wok,etc for appropriate foods.
12 Thaw frozen foods before cooking - this saves about 15 minutes cooking per 450 grams (one pound).
13 A microwave is very economical for suitable functions -it is excellent for reconstituting food.
14 Don't use grill-boiler plate on top of range for utensils not large enough to cover it.
15 Don't boil water on a hotplate - use an electric kettle.
16 Make sure your oven door seals properly.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Efficiency of Electricity Energy

How to increase efficiency of  Electricity Ennergy  is a popular question. It involves energy conservation and lessens real dollars and preserves a public resource. Here are some ways to cut energy costs without compromising your lifestyle too much.

Control heating and cooling costs
In some climates, heating and cooling represent the largest part of household energy use. In many climates, running your air conditioner at 78 instead of 72 will earn 40% of your cooling bill. You don't have to freeze or roast to death in order to use less energy and earn money. Here are a few tips:
  1. How to Save Electricity? Make sure your filters are clean. Check with the manufacturer of your equipment or with your utility company to see if filters on your units need to be cleaned.
  2. Don't heat or cool when no one is home. If you are going to be gone for more than a half an hour, you can turn your heating or cooling off or down. Don't turn off the heat in a cold climate because that may result in the pipes breaking.
  3. Supplement your main unit with portable units Running a fan can help you use less air conditioning. Using portable heaters when you are asleep or otherwise staying in one room can mean less use of heat if it means that you don't have to use the main unit.
  4. Try setting your thermostat to run less frequently Turn your air conditioner up a degree or two or your heater down a degree or two and see if you still can be comfortable.
  5. Time your opening and closing of windows and drapes to reduce heading and cooling costs. On cold, sunny days, opening curtains and drapes while leaving windows closed will help you heat your home. Opening the windows on summer nights helps cool your home. Buying storm windows in some climates reduces heating costs.
  6. Check for holes in your roof and in your pipes. This can help reduce up to 10 per cent of your heating and cooling costs.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Capacitor Bank

As I've mentioned previously, the main purpose of a capacitor bank for the purposes of high power experiments is to deliver as much power as possible as quickly as possible, and in order to do that the capacitors have to be able to deliver very large currents. In order for this to be possible the parasitic resistances and inductances of the connections between capacitors need to be minimized. This means wide flat conductors with large cross-sections.

For any budget-minded design the first step is probably going to be locating a source of capacitors. In my mind, two categories of capacitors stand out - electrolytic capacitors and pulse capacitors. Pulse capacitors are typically large and have maximum voltage ratings in the thousands of volts and are generally expensive. Electrolytics, on the other hand, are limited to about 500V, are  smaller, and are reasonably cheap if you can get them as surplus. I went with electrolytic capacitors, as I found a source for 128 Philips 3,600uF 350VDC 400VDC Surge rated capacitors that were recovered from old GE medical imaging equipment on eBay for about $25 per 8 capacitors ($400 total).