Deployment of Electric Induction Technologies into Cooktops Plates as a Part of Energy Sustainability
- 1 International University Center of Barcelona (UNIBA), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
For a long time now, humanity has been facing the phenomenon known as “climate change”, a major challenge of which we must be aware of what we are doing so as not to affect ourselves or future generations. It is evident that, if what is sought is a s ustainable energy future , the current energy model implemented in certain countries and regions of the world is not the most adequate and makes the achievement of this goal unfeasible. This situation threatens to greatly alter our ecosystems and our social structures, and one of the key ac tions to mitigate it is, undeniably, the generalization of the use of renewable energy sources; and specifically, the non-conventional sources, referring to solar and wind, technologies that comply with the principle of energy complementarity; however, there are other possible solutions such as the deployment of programs that consider efficient cooking technologies; involving with it is everything related to energy security and equity, as well as environ mental protection. In this article, as a technology to be considered to reduce and mitigate the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions , an analysis of the efficiency assessment of electric induction cooktop s and the determination of their poten tial energy savings are carried out . The impact of these results is taken into con sideration and a series of conclusions and recommendations for improve ment are issued.
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