TY - JOUR
T1 - Power electronics enabling efficient energy usage
T2 - Energy savings potential and technological challenges
AU - Popović-Gerber, Jelena
AU - Oliver, Jesus Angel
AU - Cordero, Nicolás
AU - Harder, Thomas
AU - Cobos, José A.
AU - Hayes, Michael
AU - O'Mathuna, Seán Cian
AU - Prem, Erich
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Power electronics is a key technology for the efficient conversion, control, and conditioning of electric energy from the source to the load. In this paper, the potential of power electronics for energy savings in four major application fields, buildings and lighting, power supplies, smart electricity grid, and industrial drives, is investigated. It is shown that by wider adoption of power electronics in these areas, the current European Union electricity consumption could be reduced by 25%. The technology challenges for exploiting this potential for all the four areas are identified in the paper.
AB - Power electronics is a key technology for the efficient conversion, control, and conditioning of electric energy from the source to the load. In this paper, the potential of power electronics for energy savings in four major application fields, buildings and lighting, power supplies, smart electricity grid, and industrial drives, is investigated. It is shown that by wider adoption of power electronics in these areas, the current European Union electricity consumption could be reduced by 25%. The technology challenges for exploiting this potential for all the four areas are identified in the paper.
KW - Buildings
KW - electric vehicles (EVs)
KW - energy conversion
KW - energy savings
KW - lighting
KW - power electronics
KW - power supplies
KW - smart grids
KW - variable speed drives (VSD)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84858016921
U2 - 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2171195
DO - 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2171195
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858016921
SN - 0885-8993
VL - 27
SP - 2338
EP - 2353
JO - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IS - 5
M1 - 6045347
ER -
