Question

Assume that 5 kW air conditioner would run 80 % of the time (80% duty cycle) during the peak hour and might be limited by utility remote control to a duty cycle of 65%. Determine the following:

i) The of minutes of operation denied at the end 1 hour of control of the unit.

ii) The amount of reduced energy consumption during the peak hour if such control is applied simultaneously to 100 000 air conditioners throughout the system.

iii) The total amount of reduced energy consumption during the peak.

iv) The total amount of additional reduction in energy consumption in part (iii) if the transformer and distribution losses at peak load is 8%.

Answer 1

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