Energy System Management

Objective & Outcome of learning To emphasize the important problem of integrated energy management. This involves the improving efficiencies & economics of equipment used including retrofitting. It includes the life cycle savings & pay back period & return of investments. Energy audit is another important area which may be handled here. At the end of the course a student will be better equipped to think in terms of over all system efficiencies & economics.

I. Energy Resources Perspective on energy resources, Utilization and demand projections, Energy resource definition & classification, Causes of Energy scarcity and social disparity, Energy as a parameter of Techno-Socio-Economic development, Factors solving the energy crunch, Energy system model - Description & qualitative analysis, Acceptability Index and its significance.

II. Concept Of Energy Management Definition and Significance, Benefits, Classifications, Key Issues - Techno economic Issues, Programmatic and Institutional Issues, Energy management implementation criteria, Approaches of Energy management: Procedural Energy Management Opportunities (PEMOS), Equipment Modifications, Additions or Replacement EMOS (Retrofit EMOS), Research and Development and New Installation (R&DEMOS), Resource or Fuel Substitution (Substitution EMOS), Examples for each. Comparative features.

III. General Principles Of Energy Management- Proper/Optimal Control, Optimize Capacity, Reduce Loads, More Efficient Equipment and Appliances, More Efficient Processes, Employ Special Techniques to Reduce Losses, Energy Containment, Cascade Energy Use, Energy Conversion & storage Principle. (Introduction with examples & comparative features).

IV. Energy Efficiency Analysis- Different types of losses involved in Process and industry. First Law of Efficiency, simple examples & calculations, Limitation, Efficiency and its significance Second law of Efficiency - Quality of Energy form, Available work, Coefficient of Performance (COP), Effectiveness, Simple calculations.

V. Energy Economics- Comparison of alternatives options; Simple economic calculations, Life cycle casting, Life cycle savings, payback period and return of investments. Break Even Analysis & its limitations, Benefit / Cost analysis, Time value of money , Calculation of present worth & present worth factor, Simple calculation of Payback period, solar energy economics.