This kitchen – The laboratory, developed by the European joint research center, aims to provide effective tools to evaluate the common operation of all the equipment in the smart home, and also for another purpose.
This other objective is to collect the data generated by the testing of smart devices made by many companies to find future solutions, as Antonios Marinopoulos, who is also an electrical engineer, from the Joint Research Center, informs us.
Marinopoulos points out that by collecting these data “We will be able to create a database. Later, we will be able to use this database to find solutions to possible problems related to specifications or equipment work. Thus, we will provide manufacturers with possible future solutions and new ways to improve their products“.
Researchers in this laboratory predict a future in which our home will be connected to an integrated intelligent digital system. Interconnected power plants connect to each other and to sustainable energy systems. Where electric cars run on smart batteries. And citizens produce energy as they consume it. So this research laboratory is interested in facilitating energy storage.
Catalan electrical engineer Felix Kovrig leads us to a container for a large battery. Inside there are many boxes. This engineer informs us that each of these boxes “Capable of securing energy for a house. Inside each box we find lithium-ion batteries. There are different energy technologies. As for here we have lithium ion material, this material is more responsive and more fast. It's the future“.
Of course, Europeans will benefit from the ongoing research in this Dutch laboratory. But scientists hope to contribute to the creation of a more innovative industry and an open market that can better protect the rights of consumers.
As Kovrig emphasizes, every electric machine you will buy will be equipped with an electronic system that allows it to be connected with other gadgets in the smart home, according to “Clear standards and information provided by the manufacturer“.
These researchers, who are still in the early stages of their work, say that what they will provide will contribute to the development of EU-specific policies aimed at digitizing energy consumption.