Kinds Of Home Appliances Research Articles

Design and Construction of Infrared Remote Controller for Multiple Home Appliances

The infrared (IR) remote control devices are used to operate in the most of modern household applications, such as television, DVDs, Set top box, Home theatre and air conditioner etc. With the development of the society and smart home, there are more and more home appliances and more infrared remote control devices used to operate them. A single IR remote controller can’t be used to manipulate the different kinds of home appliances; as they are not compatible which leads to the wastage of resources. This paper propose an applications and design of Arduino based IR remote control system, which can control multiple devices, code and decode all of the infrared remote control protocol. In this system, we are using IR based wireless communications for controlling home appliances. Arduino is used for controlling whole the process. The remote control transmits a beam of light using an infrared light emitting diode; this light is picked by the IR sensor. After receiving signal from IR remote, Arduino sends related signal to relays which are responsible for switching ON or OFF of the home appliances through a relay driver. The circuit present in this work is designed to control the six electrical devices such as TV, fan, motor, electric bulb, light tube, and CFL to turn on or turn off from a distance using remote control. The program for this project is written in C language and uploaded into the memory of the microcontroller on Arduino board by Arduino IDE window software.

Validating Simulation Analysis of Solar PV System Assessment for Residential Buildings using Homer Software

The local supply and supply scheme called micro grid will become a significant chance due to the latest development of small scale distributed generators such as OV on demand side. Renewable energy structure has been far reaching due to ecological demands. The essence of the structure for renewable energy is very efficient in using distributed generation within the structure of the power scheme. The low voltage DC distribution system is becoming essential as the amount of DC applications is increasing in our regular needs. Power provided through the AC distribution mechanism of low voltage requires both AC/DC converter to delivers the DC batteries. MGs would be fitted battery like energy storage devices. Since PVs and batteries primarily operates through DC, it is possible to emphasize the benefit of the DC distribution scheme over AC production. This article recommends an ideal MG layout including AC and DC distribution device choice. This article also describes qualitatively the benefit of micro grid with DC production, termed as DCMG through housing client studies assuming different kinds of home appliances.

Environmental and economic evaluation of pre-disaster plans for disaster waste management: Case study of Minami-Ise, Japan

Although it is important that disaster waste be demolished and removed as soon as possible after a natural disaster, it is also important that its treatment is environmentally friendly and economic. Local municipalities do not conduct environmental and economic feasibility studies of pre-disaster waste management; nevertheless, pre-disaster waste management is extremely important to promote treatment of waste after natural disasters. One of the reasons that they cannot conduct such evaluations is that the methods and inventory data required for the environmental and economic evaluation does not exist. In this study, we created the inventory data needed for evaluation and constructed evaluation methods using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) methodologies for future natural disasters. We selected the Japanese town of Minami-Ise for the related case study. Firstly, we estimated that the potential disaster waste generation derived from dwellings would be approximately 554,000t. Based on this result, the land area required for all the temporary storage sites for storing the disaster waste was approximately 55ha. Although the public domain and private land area in this case study is sufficient, several sites would be necessary to transport waste to other sites with enough space because local space is scarce. Next, we created inventory data of each process such as waste transportation, operation of the temporary storage sites, and waste treatment. We evaluated the environmental burden and cost for scenarios in which the disaster waste derived from specified kinds of home appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioners and TV sets) was transported, stored and recycled. In the scenario, CO2, SOx, NOX and PM emissions and total cost were 142t, 7kg, 257kg, 38kg and 1772 thousand USD, respectively. We also focused on SOx emission as a regional pollution source because transportation and operation of the temporary storage sites generates air pollution. If the treatment of all waste were finished in 3years, the environmental standard would be satisfied by setting work duration to 4.8h/d.

A Study of Smart Power Control Algorithm Using RF Communication in Smart Home Environment

Today's technologies in the IT area face the era of combination and convergence of technologies in many different areas. Through the natural interaction between people and devices in the environment where various kinds of devices are connected over a single network, they have been developing from human-oriented service technologies to smart and futuristic home technologies. Smart home technology is one of them. It is a technology of establishing a digital home in which various kinds of home appliances are connected over a home network and diverse services are provided for users regardless of time and place. Technologies in the IT area are combined with technologies in many different areas, creating and producing numerous technologies. Also, much research on smart home, the theme of this work, has actively been conducted. In this work, the use of a current booster, an AC/DC converter, and a DC/DC converter to operate electric lights; this work implements the smart power control system using standby power and RF communication, among smart home technologies.

Advanced universal remote controller for home automation and security

There has been inconvenience in controlling each digital home appliance which requires its own remote controller. In this paper, we present an advanced universal remote controller (URC) with the total solution for home automation and security. All kinds of home appliances can be controlled with the URC, which can be also connected to a PC dealing with Internet as well. To use the URC, we need several receivers with wired or wireless communication methods to be connected to all appliances. The receivers have many channels and IDs to control many appliances at the same time and to support multi-zone services. In addition, we propose a PC-based interface for end-users to use the URC conveniently. With the proposed URC, we can easily construct a ubiquitous home automation and security environment with the total solution. Furthermore, this solution can be applied to the automated control of all kinds of appliances installed within buildings for companies, schools, hospitals, and so on.

中間処理プロセス・業界の現状と課題 家電製品のリサイクル

Law for the Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances (Home appliances recycling law) was enforced in April, 2001. Air-conditioners, television sets, refrigerators and washing machines are in scope of this law. Manufacturers have not only collected and recycled these appliances, but also removed and treated hazardous materials such as CFC and Cathode-ray tube glass containing lead under this law.The home appliances recycling law has been going fine even after 6 years passed since the enforcement of law. We will explain the situation and the issue of these appliances recycling at this section.

Material flows of end-of-life home appliances in Japan

In Japan, the Law for the Recycling of Specified Kinds of Home Appliances came into effect in April 2001. This law aims to introduce appropriate waste treatment and promote the efficient use of resources so that we can achieve a sound material-cycle society. The law introduces a new framework for recycling that places obligations principally on the manufacturers and retailers of home appliances. Material flow analysis of this new framework is essential for evaluation of the system and for finding any problems that may exist. We therefore analyzed the material flows in facilities that recycle electrical home appliances. The mass balances in the recycling facilities were appropriately estimated. Then the potential destinations were surveyed and analyzed, even though the legal framework does not include flows after the recycling facilities. The potential destination after the facilities varies and depends on both the economy and the related regulations. Currently, considerable amounts of recovered materials are exported and recycled. However, the sustainability of these trades is unknown. Therefore, we should keep a close eye on the situation and make sure that our recycling system is adaptable to meet any future changes.

Comparison of the law for recycling specified kinds of home appliances and the EU Directive

Comparison of the law for recycling specified kinds of home appliances and the EU Directive

State-of-the-art recycling plant

Consumer electronics giant Matsushita has opened up the METEC (Matsushita Eco Technology Center Company) recycling plant in Japan. The center, the largest of its kind in Japan, opened in 2001 in response to Japan's new law for recycling specific kinds of home appliances. The Hyogo plant recycles all four appliances specified in the law: television sets, refrigerators, air conditioners, and washing machines. For the most part, it recycles these products in kind-that is, crushed glass from TV tubes is used to make new TV tubes; reprocessed plastic from refrigerators is used to make parts for new refrigerators; metals from air conditioner compressors are used to make new compressors; and polypropylene from washing machines is extracted from the other plastics and used to make the bases of new washing machines.

Outline of law for recycling specified kinds of home appliances in Japan

Outline of law for recycling specified kinds of home appliances in Japan