EE-802(d)-ENERGY AUDIT & CONSERVATION |
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Energy resources, renewable and non renewable resources, necessity of conserving energy resources. Alternative sources, energy
recycling- Cogeneration. Comparison of various resources in view of capital and running cost, significance of alternative resources,
limitations of these resources.
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Simple payback period analysis, advantages and limitations of payback period. Time value of money, net present value method.
Internal rate of return method, profitability index for cost benefit ratio. Study and selection of proper tariff. Fixed and variable
components in tariff. |
Concept of energy management- energy inputs in industrial Residential, commercial , agriculture and public sectors- comparison of
different energy inputs on the basis of availability, storage feasibility , cost (per unit output) etc. Electrical Energy Managementenergy
Accounting, Measurement and management of power factor, voltage profile, current energy requirement, power demand
monitoring, target setting etc.
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Concept of Supply Side Management and Demand Side Management( DSM), Load Management , Voltage profile management from
receiving end. Methods of implementing DSM. Advantages of DSM to consumers, utility and society.
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Energy audit , a pre-requisite of energy conversion, Principals of energy audit, preliminary energy audit and detailed energy audit.
Procedures for carrying out energy audit. Energy- production relationship, specific energy consumption, least square method, Cusumtechnique,
data energy flow diagram. Sankey diagram. Instruments used for energy audit.
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Objectives of energy conservation, planning for energy conservation. Potential for saving electrical energy- in motors, lighting,
heating process, cooling system.
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Energy conservation in industrial, agricultural, commercial, domestic municipal sectors.
Energy conservation in generation, transmission and distribution. Effective measures to reduce the T&D losses.
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Books: |
Electric energy utilization and conservation- S.C.Tripathy
Energy technology - S.Rao
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