Analysis on experience and preparedness about power failure in the residential sector (in Korea)

Anna Won, Won Hwa Hong

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Abstract

A survey was carried out on 2,250 households around the nation for the purpose of examining power failure experience and measure in the household sector. Implications of this study are as follows. 90% of the subjects had experience of power failure, among which about 50% had longest time of power failure between 5 ~ 30 minutes, 38% between 1 ~ 12 hours, and 3% over 12 hours. The biggest cause of power failure was "Natural disasters during summer such as typhoon", and natural disasters during winter showed relatively low ratio of 2%. Causes other than natural disasters included aged electric facilities in shared apartment complexes experienced by 18% of households and power failure from electricity supply failure experienced by 18%. While 40% of households selected ⌈Discomfort of living caused by darkness⌋ as the biggest difficulty of power failure, over 50% of households did not have any special preparations about power failure. 87% of households responded ⌈Batteries⌋ as the most important goods to be secured during power failure 30% of households responded that ⌈There is no need to prepare for any goods⌋, showing lack of active preparedness about power failure situation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation II
PublisherTrans Tech Publications
Pages1709-1712
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783038350781
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation, ICMRA 2014 - Zhuhai, China
Duration: 8 Mar 20149 Mar 2014

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume536-537
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2014 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation, ICMRA 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityZhuhai
Period8/03/149/03/14

Keywords

  • Power failure
  • Preparation
  • Questionair
  • Residential sector

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