An Assessment and Design of a Distributed Hybrid Energy System for Rural Electrification: The Case for Jamataka Village, Botswana

Table 1

Load demand calculation for Jamataka.

S. no.	Category	Appliance	Power rating of appliances (W)	Number of appliances	Operating hours	AC load (kWh/d)
1	Households	Television	150	40	3	18
		Decoder	14	40	3	1.68
		Irons	1500	30	2	90
		Radios	100	70	3	21
		Washing machine	1300	10	2	26
		Hair dryers	1000	20	1	20
		Hair clippers	15	50	2	1.5
		Electric stoves	1200	30	6	216
		Electric kettles	1500	40	2	120
		Fridges	250	25	24	150
		Food blenders	250	70	5	87.5
		Electrical sewing machine	50	15	6	4.5
		Electrical welding machine	250	10	1	2.5
		Laptops	60	20	10	12
		Mobile phones	5	320	11	17.6
		Light bulbs	20	600	5	60
2	School	Printer	50	2	1	0.1
		Fan	90	10	3	2.7
		Fridge	250	1	5	1.25
		Desktop computer	100	3	8	2.4
		Lamps	20	40	12	9.6
4	Businesses	Fan	90	15	3	4.05
		Fridge	250	5	24	30
		Lamps	20	20	6	2.4
		Printer	50	3	9	1.35
		Speaker	2000	6	12	144
		TV	150	6	3	2.7
5	Churches	Fan	90	20	3	5.4
		Lamps	20	20	12	4.8
		Speaker	2000	5	3	30
6	Health post	TV	150	1	9	1.35
		Fan	90	10	4	3.6
		Fridge	250	1	24	6
		Desktop computer	100	2	16	3.2
		Lamps	20	20	12	4.8
		Printer	50	2	4	0.4
		Microscope	100	2	6	1.2
7	Police post	Desktop computer	100	2	8	1.6
		Lamps	20	15	12	3.6
		Fan	90	5	4	1.8
Total load (kWh/d)						1116.58