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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of study, problem statements and objectives. In addition, the scope and the report outline are also provided in this chapter.
1.1 Background of Study
The usage of electricity becomes higher because of the increase electrical equipment like air conditioner, personal computer and more. Consumers do not aware how
the electricity has been wasted by them. But they noticed on increasing of electrical consumption that needs to pay every month [21]. So if any possibly save money on their
electrical consumption, absolutely they will interest.
Nowadays, lots of energy saving device ESD has been offered to the consumer. The product is so easily install and run, but consumer does not know how the device
function and it will significantly minimized costs [22].
ESD basically improve power factor by doing power factor correction. The device have been designed and applied for small signal low power loads [22]. The devices that
will increase power quality by stabilizing the voltage, improve power factor, and reduce the impact of electrical surges. This project will represent how the ESD is functioning. The
characteristic and performance of the device on different load also will be studies.
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1.2 Problem Statement
Based on observation, consumers have been introduce d with ‘energy saving
device ’. However, the effectiveness of energy saving device ESD comes with several
problems to the consumer. The problem summarized as follow:
1. Consumer does not know how the ESD operates and how it can reduce
electricity. 2.
Consumer do not exposed with the safety precaution while using the ESD. 3.
Consumer argue about the amount of electricity consumption save after install the ESD.
4. Either true or not that the ESD can stand on different type of loads.
1.3 Objectives
Specifically this study embarks the following objectives:
1. To study the components and the operations of the ESD.
2. To investigate the effectiveness of ESD when operate on different power
usages. 3.
To investigate either there are reduction in the cost of electricity after the installation of the ESD.
1.4 Scope
