California Polytechnic State University - Bicycle Power Generator Design for DC House
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In today’s modern society, most people just flip a switch or push a button, and everything we depend on is readily available. Cell phones, computers, televisions, heated water, lights, and so much more, are all the backbone of any modern society’s functionality. The electricity powering all these systems is something most people rarely think about until the power is no longer available for use. The extensive system that allows for an instant and near constant supply of conditioned power is referred to as the ?grid?. This grid is usually supported by government and/or private in developed countries; a government must have enough financial resources to establish and support a significant investment to provide the service of electricity. With this idea in mind, it may be hard to believe that nearly 80% of all people living in third world countries have no access to electricity. That is an estimated 1.5 Billion people with no electricity.
This power crisis will not be getting better in the future. The U.S. Energy Information Administration stated in their International Energy Outlook Report for 2010 that the world energy consumption will increase by 49 percent, or 1.4 percent per year, from 495 quadrillion Btu in 2007 to 739 quadrillion Btu by 2035, as shown in Figure 1.1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD for short, is an international organization, which includes a majority of the world’s most advanced countries. Historically, OECD member countries have accounted for the largest share of current world energy consumption; however, in 2007—for the first time—energy use among non-OECD nations exceeded that among OECD nations as depicted in Figure 1.2. If any growth in the world’s energy supply and infrastructure is to occur in the future, it is likely the majority of this energy will go to these developed countries before any
developing or third world country. This will only exasperate the needs and deficiency of these developing and third world countries.
Format: PDF | Language: English | Size: 2 MB
In today’s modern society, most people just flip a switch or push a button, and everything we depend on is readily available. Cell phones, computers, televisions, heated water, lights, and so much more, are all the backbone of any modern society’s functionality. The electricity powering all these systems is something most people rarely think about until the power is no longer available for use. The extensive system that allows for an instant and near constant supply of conditioned power is referred to as the ?grid?. This grid is usually supported by government and/or private in developed countries; a government must have enough financial resources to establish and support a significant investment to provide the service of electricity. With this idea in mind, it may be hard to believe that nearly 80% of all people living in third world countries have no access to electricity. That is an estimated 1.5 Billion people with no electricity.
This power crisis will not be getting better in the future. The U.S. Energy Information Administration stated in their International Energy Outlook Report for 2010 that the world energy consumption will increase by 49 percent, or 1.4 percent per year, from 495 quadrillion Btu in 2007 to 739 quadrillion Btu by 2035, as shown in Figure 1.1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD for short, is an international organization, which includes a majority of the world’s most advanced countries. Historically, OECD member countries have accounted for the largest share of current world energy consumption; however, in 2007—for the first time—energy use among non-OECD nations exceeded that among OECD nations as depicted in Figure 1.2. If any growth in the world’s energy supply and infrastructure is to occur in the future, it is likely the majority of this energy will go to these developed countries before any
developing or third world country. This will only exasperate the needs and deficiency of these developing and third world countries.
