All have a role to conserve power
Consumers in bangladesh
still are largely hooked to incandescent bulbs (IBs). But the compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) can give the same illumination as that of an IB with 80 per cent less energy. Moreover, the life span of CFLs are10 times higher
than IBs
The present power supply position in Bangladesh has many dimensions. However, it is too simplistically, wrongly and widely seen as a case of governmental failure only in generating less power compared to the demand.
But this is an oversimplification of the problem. There is certainly a compulsive requirement to look at it without a mind-set. Both power generation and supply capacities have increased a great deal. Serious load shedding is now more in the imagination of people than a reality. But the dilapidated transmission systems frustrate efficient distribution of power. Even after additional generation of power, users cannot have the benefits of the same all the time at all places as worn out transmission lines fail to supply the additionally available power efficiently to them ; the lines are found frequently getting disabled by accidents.
One may be astounded to know how much of power is simply wasted every day from keeping light bulbs switched on carelessly as the users have underhand deals with meter readers to pay fixed amounts in bills no matter how much power they consume.
Shopping malls remain lighted up long beyond authorized hours and even the publicly operated street lights can be seen burning in the day time because someone has had no time to switch them off from a central control point.
Easy bikes that run on power suck up freely hundreds of megawatts of power from the lines for charging their batteries. There is no regulation in the matter. Unauthorized and temporary connections are taken from power supply lines and there seem to be hardly control over such thievery. In sum, only from stopping such lack of care and stealing, nearly one fourth of the current effective demand for electricity in the country can be met. Approximately 60per cent of our countrys daily electric power consumption is used to run electric motors. The digital intelligent motor controllers (IMCs) when installed with an induction motor provides optimal power management and results in energy savings up to 40 per cent.
An IMC also can increase a motors life by decreasing its operating temperature. It is estimated that with the application of IMCs, we can save up to 720 MW electricity daily.
Consumers in Bangladesh still are largely hooked to incandescent bulbs (IBs). But the compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) can give the same illumination as that of an IB with 80% less energy. Moreover, the life span of CFLs are 10 times higher than IBs.
