Syllabus - Energy Conservation, Management & Audit (ME 803(B))

Mechanical Engineering

Energy Conservation, Management & Audit (ME 803(B))

VIII-Semester

UNIT-I

Energy Management

Concept of energy management, energy demand and supply, economic analysis; Duties and responsibilities of energy managers. Energy Conservation: Basic concept, energy conservation in Household, Transportation, Agricultural, service and Industrial sectors, Lighting, HAVC.

UNIT-II

Energy Audit

Definition, need and types of energy audit; Energy management (Audit) approach: Understanding energy cost, bench marking, energy performance, matching energy use to requirement, maximizing system efficiencies, optimizing the input energy requirement; Fuel & energy substitution; Energy audit instruments; Energy conservation Act; Duties and responsibilities of energy manager and auditors.

UNIT-III

Material energy balance

Facility as an energy system; Method for preparing process flow; material and energy balance diagrams. Energy Action Planning: Key elements, force field analysis; Energy policy purpose, perspective, content, formulation, rectification

UNIT-IV

Monitoring and Targeting

Definition monitoring & targeting; Data and information analysis. Electrical Energy Management: energy conservation in motors, pumps and fan systems; energy efficient motors.

UNIT-V

Thermal energy management

Energy conservation in boilers, steam turbine and industrial heating system; Application of FBC; Cogeneration and waste heat recovery; Thermal insulation; Heat exchangers and heat pump; Building Energy Management.

Course Objective

After studying this course, students will be able to; Understand the concepts of energy management and conservation. Able to conduct energy audit and report. Concepts of Energy policy its purpose and formation. Able to do Electrical Energy Management in different electrical systems

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Murphy & Mckay, Energy Management, BSP Books Pvt. Ltd.

  • Smith CB; Energy Management Principle, Pergamon Press, New York.

  • Rajan GG, Optimising Energy Efficiency in Industry, TMH.

  • Callaghan P O, Energy Management, McGraw-Hill Book Company.

  • Amit Kumar Tyagi, Handbook on Energy Audit and Management, Tata Energy Research Institute. 6.

  • Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Study material for energy Managers and Auditors: Paper I to V.

  • Hamies; Energy Auditing and Conservation: Method, Measurement, Hemisphere, Washington.

  • Witty, Larry C, Industrial Enegy Management Utilisation, Hemisphere Publishers, Washington

  • Kreith & Goswami, Energy Management and Conservation Handbook, CRC Press