The Wireless Kitchen: Introducing Inductive Power Transfer in the Kitchen Environment

The Wireless Kitchen: Introducing Inductive Power Transfer in the Kitchen Environment

De Vreede, J.

Keyson, D.V. (mentor)
De Jong, A.M. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Integrated Product Design

2013-01-23

Inductive power transfer is a technique to transfer power between two systems by using induction. Philips has started the development of a standard for this wireless power transfer technique for products with high power, such as kitchen appliances. The Wireless Kitchen graduation project was started to investigate this introduction of inductive power transfer for the kitchen environment from the perspective of the consumer. The project started with a literature research, after which five future scenarios for the wireless kitchen were presented to the consumer in a user research. From these interviews, the main benefits and drawbacks were identified and two concepts were further developed. The final ‘RIALTO’ concept has been chosen because it is the most interesting for the user and the business in the current transition phase from the wired to the wireless kitchen. The RIALTO is an induction cooktop element for both wireless kitchen appliances and cooking.

kitchen
wireless
inductive power transfer
cooktop
user research

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d72d006e-5cae-4b37-8e95-8c28bfa032f3

2014-01-23

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2013 De Vreede, J.