Measurement of Energy Consumption of ICT Solutions Applied for Improving Energy Efficiency in Transport Sector
Zia, Ahsan (2016)
2016
Teknisten tieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Engineering Sciences
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2016-12-07
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201611264804
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201611264804
Tiivistelmä
In the recent times, energy efficiency is an important field in manufacturing and transport sector, mainly due to ecological concerns and ever rising energy prices. Rapid increase in population is causing an energy overload and rise in level of Green House Gases (GHG), which should be dealt in an energy efficient and smart way. We are liv-ing in the information age, where broadband, internet and data center saturates the world of information. Information is available through all possible mediums, wired as well as wireless. Data transmission and data storing capacities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructures are growing very fast and continu-ously, which are helpful in developing effectual Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and will reduce various social and environmental problems caused by modern transportation.
This thesis is based on evaluating the share of energy consumed by ICT in a smart city for the transportation domain. The use of ICT in the transport sector has been increased for the last few decades where ICT is helping on developing more energy efficient sys-tems. Due to extensive ICT equipment used, it is necessary to calculate the energy con-sumption of the ICT equipment itself to identify, how much energy has been reduced in the consumption. Consecutively, calculating the energy consumption and estimating how much energy efficiency is achieved with ICT equipment in the infrastructure. However, there is not a single widely approved methodology that can be implemented for appropriately estimating the energy consumption of the ICT infrastructure, which can yield correct and fruitful results. Apart from the methodologies followed for the work conducted, this thesis will also look into a number of other energy measurement methodologies.
All the entities involved in power consumption for ICT solutions in transportation are calculated and justified with visualizing the data collected. These results will help in evaluating the energy expenditure of the implemented systems and it will be possible to compare these values with the energy savings that are obtained. Finally, a JAVA based energy calculator is developed to accompany the test results collected.
This thesis is based on evaluating the share of energy consumed by ICT in a smart city for the transportation domain. The use of ICT in the transport sector has been increased for the last few decades where ICT is helping on developing more energy efficient sys-tems. Due to extensive ICT equipment used, it is necessary to calculate the energy con-sumption of the ICT equipment itself to identify, how much energy has been reduced in the consumption. Consecutively, calculating the energy consumption and estimating how much energy efficiency is achieved with ICT equipment in the infrastructure. However, there is not a single widely approved methodology that can be implemented for appropriately estimating the energy consumption of the ICT infrastructure, which can yield correct and fruitful results. Apart from the methodologies followed for the work conducted, this thesis will also look into a number of other energy measurement methodologies.
All the entities involved in power consumption for ICT solutions in transportation are calculated and justified with visualizing the data collected. These results will help in evaluating the energy expenditure of the implemented systems and it will be possible to compare these values with the energy savings that are obtained. Finally, a JAVA based energy calculator is developed to accompany the test results collected.