the possibility of a ‘smart’ home - household electrical appliances

Our home is full of electrical and electronic equipment, all of which are done exactly according to its design.
The air conditioner cools the air temperature and reduces the humidity in the area;
When we press the "start" button, the washing machine will wash our clothes;
In order to keep the food fresh, the fridge works 24/7 quietly;
When we turn on the TV and choose the channel, the TV will entertain us with programs;
A smoke detector in a residential building will warn us when it detects smoke.
India has 211 gigawatts of electricity to power all these appliances
The world's fifth largest electricity producer.
However, nearly 0. 4 billion Indians still lack electricity supply, and even for those with electricity supply, the electricity supply is unstable and the quality is poor, especially in rural India.
The demand for electricity during the day tends to peak, and the demand for electricity at night has decreased;
Producers are forced to overbuild power generation facilities to meet peak demand, but there is a lot of spare capacity in a slower period.
In October 2012, according to the ministry of electricity, the deficit was 9.
Between electricity demand and supply, 7. 654 billion is equivalent to a station.
Further tight supply
Consumers, businesses and industries in India are looking for more demand for electricity.
Experts predict that India's demand for electricity will double by 2035.
Today, we pay more for the electricity we need, and more importantly, for a long time
We will use more power than the Earth can support.
Everything has to be "smarter": smarter appliances, smarter homes, smarter cars and smarter cities.
In fact, we need to live in a smarter world where everything is connected through the "Internet of Things" instead of working in isolation, each machine, equipment, home and car should be able to share information with neighbors, infrastructure and service providers.
By enabling everything to communicate, the smart network will enable power suppliers to balance the peaks and lows of demand, reduce costs, significantly reduce energy use, and use energy more efficiently.
Washing machine is a good example.
Today, when we press the start button, the machine starts the washing cycle.
It doesn't know what other appliances are in the house, not to mention on or near the street, but it may in the near future.
In smart homes, washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners will communicate with each other and will also communicate with smart meters, home gateways and power suppliers, with homeowner input on priorities, it will determine which devices should operate at what time to optimize energy use and reduce peak demand.
This will reduce the cost of utilities and consumers.
A typical solution may delay the start of the cleaning cycle until the air conditioner and refrigerator confirm that it is not powered on before the cleaning is completed.
In other words, the air conditioner "knows" that the humidity and temperature of the room will not rise significantly, and the refrigerator "knows" that the food will remain fresh when the washing machine is running, so that three electrical appliances will not be attracted to provide electricity at the same time.
The good thing for us, utilities and the world is to be closer to the matching of electricity demand and supply.
This is very valuable because mains cannot be stored, so it is necessary to generate mains to support peak demand.
In fact, utility companies today complement their main power stations with smaller power stations that only operate when demand is expected to surge.
In big cities in India, air conditioning alone consumes up to a lot of electricity.
At the end of July 2012, the country had its worst time.
There was a power outage, leaving more than seven states in the dark for 48 hours.
In India, about 27,000 megawatts of electricity are wasted every day.
By ensuring the simultaneous operation of washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners to minimize total power consumption, smart home will reduce waste.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Imagine if our power supplier is able to communicate with every smart home in the community, constantly check the temperature settings and sync with each air conditioner to keep the homeowner's preferred temperature.
While only half of households are allowed to use electricity at any time, peak demand will fall, costs will fall, bills will decrease and millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions will decrease.
While this is not a sci-fi novel, unfortunately it is not yet a commercial reality.
However, we are getting closer: all key technologies including wireless and power line communications and low level Communicationspower/low-cost high-
High-performance embedded processors that already exist, and now leading chip companies are working with other leaders in the smartphone space
The family ecosystem will accelerate this important next step to improve the quality of our lives and the efficiency of using electricity. (
The author is deputy regional
President of India business Greater China and South Asia, director of Italian semiconductor India Design Center. )