General energy problems, Energy use patterns and scope of conservation.
Energy management principles, need, organising, initiating and managing an energy management program.
Energy Auditing: Elements and concepts, type of energy audits, instruments used in energy auditing with respect to industries like
sugar, paper, power plant, etc.
Economic analysis: cash flows, time value of money, formulae relating present and future cash flows - single amount, uniform series.
Financial appraisal methods: Payback period, Net present value, Benefit - cost ratio, internal rate return and life cycle costs, benefits,
numericals.
Thermodynamics of energy conservation, energy conservation in boilers, furnaces, in steam and condensate systems.
Cogeneration: Concepts, types of cogenerating systems, performance evaluation of cogenerating systems.
Waste heat recovery: Potential, benefits, equipment, industrial insulation - materials, selection, economical thickness. Numericals.
Electrical energy conservation: Industrial uses of electrical power, load curve analysis, energy efficient motors, energy conservation - pf
improvement methods.