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Energy Management (PGDEM) Introduction Course Contents Detail Syllabus Course Information

Academic Courses | One Years Post Graduate Diploma Course | Energy Management (PGDEM) | Detail Syllabus
Semester I General Aspects of Energy Management and Energy Audit Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities Energy Performance Assessment Semester II Renewable Sources of Energy Energy Audit & Management Energy Instrumentation and Information Analysis Energy Audit Assignments and Report Presentation

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Energy scenario Commercial and non-commercial energy, primary energy resources, commercial energy production, final energy consumption, energy needs of growing economy, long term energy scenario, energy pricing, energy sector reforms, energy and environment, air pollution, climate change, energy security, energy conservation and its importance, energy strategy for the future, energy conservation act 2001 and its features. Basics of energy & its various forms Electricity basics DC and AC currents, electricity tariff, load management and maximum demand control, power factor. Thermal basics fuels, thermal energy content of fuels, temperature and pressure, heat capacity, sensible & latent heat, evaporation, condensation, steam, moist air, humidity and heat transfer, units and conversion. Energy management and audit Definition, energy audit need, types of energy audit, energy management (audit) approach understanding energy costs, benchmarking, energy performance, matching energy use to requirement, maximising system efficiencies, optimising the input energy requirements, fuel and energy substitution, energy audit instruments. Material and energy balance Facility as an energy system, methods for preparing process flow, material and energy balance diagrams.

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Energy action planning Key elements, force field analysis, energy policy purpose, perspective contents, formulation, ratification, organising, location of energy management, top management support, managerial function, roles and responsibilities of energy manager, accountability, motivating motivation of employees, information system designing barriers, strategies, marketing and communicating, training & planning. Financial management Investment need, appraisal and criteria, financial analysis techniques simple pay back period, return on investment, net present value, internal rate of return, cash flow, risk and sensitivity analysis, financing options, energy performance contracts and role of ESCOs. Project management Definition and scope of project, technical design, financing, contracting, implementation & performance monitoring, implementation plan for top management, planning budget, procurement procedures, construction, measurement & verification. Energy monitoring and targeting Defining monitoring and targeting, elements of monitoring and targeting, data and information analysis, techniques energy consumption, production, cumulative sum of differences (CUSUM) Global environmental concerns United nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCC), Kyoto protocol, conference of parties (COP), clean development mechanism (CDM), prototype carbon fund (PCF), sustainable development.
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Energy Efficiency inThermal Utilities

Fuels and combustion Introduction to fuels, properties of fuel oil, coal and gas, storage, handling and preparation of fuels, principals of combustion, combustion of oil, coal and gas. Boilers Types, combustion in boilers, performance evaluation, analysis of losses, feed water treatment, blow down, energy conservation opportunities. Steam system Properties of steam, assessment of steam distribution losses, steam leakages, steam trapping, condensate and flash steam recovery system, identifying opportunities for energy savings. Furnaces Classification, general fuel economy measures in furnaces, excess air, heat distribution, temperature control, draft control, waste heat recovery. Insulation & refractory Insulation types and applications, economic thickness of insulation, heat savings and application criteria, refractory types, selection and application of refractory, heat loss. FBC boilers Introduction, mechanism of fluidised bed combustion, advantages, types of FBC boilers, operational features, retrofitting FBC system to conventional boilers, saving potential. Cogeneration definition, need, application, advantages, classification, saving potentials. Waste heat recovery Classification, advantages and applications, commercially viable waste heat recovery devices, saving potential.
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Energy Efficiency In Electrical Utilities

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Electrical system E lectricity billing, electrical load management & maximum demand control, power factor improvement & its benefits, selection & location of capacitors, performance assessment of pf capacitors, distribution & transformer losses. Electric motors Types, losses in induction motors, motor efficiency, factors affecting motor performance, rewinding & motor replacement issues, energy saving opportunities with energy efficient motors. Compressed air system Types of air compressors, compressor efficiency, efficient compressor operation, compressed air system components, capacity assessment, leakage test, factors affecting the performance & efficiency. HVAC & refrigeration system Vapour compression refrigeration cycle,refrigerants, coefficient of performance, capacity, factors affecting refrigeration & air conditioning, system performance & savings opportunities. Vapour absorption refrigeration system : working principle, types and comparison with vapour compression system, saving potential. Fans and blowers Types and applications, fan characteristics and performance curves, fan laws, performance evaluation, efficient system operation, flow control strategies, energy conservation opportunities. Pumps and pumping system Types of pumps, significance of head flow curve & operating point of a pump, factors affecting pump performance, performance evaluation, efficient pumping system operation, various flow control strategies, energy conservation opportunities in pumping system. Cooling towers Cooling tower system, types, performance parameters range, approach, cycles of concentration, effectiveness, cooling tower losses, factors affecting performance, cooling tower losses, efficient system operation, flow control strategies, energy saving opportunities, performance assessment and trouble shooting. Lighting system Light source, choice of lighting, luminance requirements, terminologies used in lighting systems, recommended illuminance standards, methodology of energy efficiency audit in lighting systems, good practices, energy conservation avenues. DG set system basics of internal combustion engines, factors affecting selection & performance, waste heat recovery to enhance cost effectiveness of DG sets, energy performance assessment, energy conservation avenues and troubleshooting. Energy efficient technologies in electrical system Maximum demand controllers, automatic power factor controllers, energy efficient motors, soft starters with energy saver, variable speed drives, energy efficient transformers, electronic ballast, occupancy sensors, energy efficient lighting controls, energy saving potential of each technology.
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Energy Performance Assessment

Boilers Boiler performance terms and definitions, methods of boiler performance evaluation direct & indirect, planning for efficiency evaluation, steam to fuel ratio, key monitoring parameters, calculations for actual delivered capacity, S / F ratio, various losses in boilers, fuel combustion, etc Furnaces Furnace performance terms and definitions, methods of furnace performance evaluation direct & indirect, key monitoring parameters, calculations for actual heat requirement & various losses, factors affecting furnace performance. Cogeneration & turbines ( gas, steam ) Cogeneration performance terms and definitions, calculations for turbine efficiency, plant heat rate, feasibility analysis for captive power generation.

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Heat exchangers Terminologies, performance tests, nomenclature of heat exchangers, determination of heat transfer coefficient for liquid liquid, surface condenser, vaporizer and air heaters. Motors and variable speed drives Methods of determining motor loading, evaluating performance of rewound motors, variable speed drives principles, applications, estimation of savings potential, measuring loses in variable speed drives. Fans and blowers Flow and pressure measurement locations, determination of traverse points for round and rectangular duct, instruments for velocity measurement pitot tube and anemometer, static pressure, dynamic pressure and total pressure, velocity and flow measurement, evaluation of fan efficiency. Water pumps Performance terms and definitions, estimation of actual flow rate, estimation of head and system resistance, estimation of pump efficiency. Compressors Measurement / estimation of actual free air delivered by compressor, computation of isothermal power requirement and volumetric efficiency of compressors, estimation of specific power consumption of compressors. HVAC system Estimation of net refrigerating capacity, measuring performance of refrigeration plant, measuring performance of air conditioning system. Lighting system Lighting performance terms and definitions, determination of lux measuring points, calculations of installed load efficacy ratio ( ILER), illuminance recommendations for various work places. Performing financial analysis Calculations for simple pay back period, return on investment, net present value, internal rate of return, sensitivity analysis. Non conventional and renewable energy sources Identifying applications and advantages of renewable energy in process, investigate the substitution possibilities of conventional energy with renewable energy, explore the availability of bio energy in and around the industry. Waste minimization and resource conservation Identify types of wastes and associated costs in industry, design and conduct of awareness program on the need of waste minimization, waste minimization techniques, study and implement waste minimization measures for converting waste to wealth.
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Semester II Renewable Sources of Energy

New & renewable energy sources Solar, biomass, wind, tidal, geothermal, microhydel, etc. their availability & potential. Conversion of solar energy into various forms of energy (heat, electricity, mechanical etc.) Geothermal & tidal energy basic principles, systems used in practice and applications, resource assessment criteria, status in India . Solar thermal energy Solar thermal devices : Radiation geometry, various types of solar collectors, flat plate & concentrating collectors, their construction working & application, hot water & hot air systems, industrial hot water systems, low pressure steam generation, solar dryers, solar pond, space heating & space conditioning, design criteria and methodologies for solar thermal applications. Solar concentrator and their applications, solar thermal power generation. Use of solar thermal systems with existing systems, economic analysis of solar thermal systems, example of hybrid systems.

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Photovoltaic Solar photovoltaic conversion: Basic principle of SPV conversion, types of solar cells, fabrication of SPV cells, modules. SPV systems Different configurations, SPV system components and their characteristics, applications, hybrid SPV system. SPV system designing Block diagram of general SPV system, load estimation, selection of inverter, battery sizing, array sizing, wiring for SPV system. Case studies.

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Wind energy Wind energy conversion technologies, aerodynamics of wind turbine rotor, site selection. Wind resource assessment, various models to predict wind pattern and their analysis, concept of wind farms, various aspects of wind turbine design, hybrid wind energy systems Wind + diesel power, wind + conventional grid, wind + photovoltaic system etc.

Hydrogen & fuel cell Hydrogen as a renewable energy source, source of hydrogen, fuel for vehicles. Hydrogen production Direct electrolysis of water, direct thermal decomposition of water, biological and biochemical methods of hydrogen production. Storage of hydrogen Gaseous, cryogenic and metal hydride. Utilization of hydrogen fuel cell Principle of working, construction and applications.

Hydel & integrated energy systems Mini & micro hydel power (MHP) generation, classification of hydel plants, concept of micro hydel, merits, MHP plants components, design & layout, turbines, efficiency etc, status in India. Integrated energy systems & their cost benefit analysis. Bio energy Bio fuels : Types of bio fuels, production processes and technologies, bio fuel applications, ethanol as a fuel for IC engines, relevance with Indian economy. Bio based chemicals and materials Commercial & industrial products, biomass feed stocks, chemicals, plastics, fibres, etc. Government policy and status of bio fuel technologies in India .

Bio mass Bio mass generation & utilization, properties of bio mass, agriculture crop & forestry residues used as fuels. Bio chemical & thermo chemical conversion, combustion gasification, biomass gasifiers and types, etc. Application of gasifiers to thermal power and engines, biomass as a decentralized power generation source for villages.

Bio gas Importance of biogas technology, different types of biogas plants. Aerobic and anaerobic bioconversion process, various substrates used to produce biogas (cow dung, human and other agricultural waste, municipal waste, etc.) Individual & community operated biogas engines and their use.
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Energy Audit & Management

General aspects General philosophy and need of energy audit & management. Definition, general principles and types of energy audits, energy management approach understanding energy costs, bench marking, energy performance, matching energy use to requirement, maximizing system efficiencies, optimising the input energy requirements, fuel and energy substitution, energy audit instruments. Procedure and techniques

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Data gathering : Level of responsibilities, energy sources, control of energy and uses of energy get facts, figures and impression about energy / fuel and system operations, past and present operating data, special tests, questionnaire for data gathering. Analytical techniques: Incremental cost concept, mass and energy balancing techniques, inventory of energy inputs and rejections, heat transfer calculations, evaluation of electric load characteristics, process and energy system stimulation. Evaluation of saving opportunities : Determining the savings in RS, non-economic factors, conservation opportunities, estimating cost of implementation. The plant energy study report : Importance, contents, effective organization, report writing and presentation.

Energy balance (including case studies) First law efficiency and second law efficiency, facility as an energy system, methods for preparing process flow, material and energy balance diagram, identifying losses, improvements. Energy balance sheet and management information system. Case studies of typical industries (textile, cement, pharma, paper, etc.)

Energy monitoring, targeting review and evaluation Definition monitoring and targeting, elements of monitoring and targeting, data and information analysis, techniques-energy consumption, production, cumulative sum of difference (CUSUM), review and evaluation. Energy audit / management case studies Energy analysis techniques for energy optimisation. Study of 4 to 6 cases of thermal energy audit and management. (Boilers, steam system, furnaces, insulation and refractory, refrigeration and air conditioning, co-generation, waste heat recovery, etc.) Study of 4 to 6 cases of electrical energy audit and management (power factor improvement, electric motors, compressed air systems, pumping systems, fans and blowers, cooling towers, industrial / commercial lighting system, diesel based power generation system, etc.) Study of energy audit reports for various industries and organizations. Project management Definitions and scope of project, technical design, financing, contracting, implementation and performance monitoring. Implementation plan for top managements, planning budget, procurement procedures, construction, measurement and verification. Energy policy planning and implementation Key elements, force field analysis, energy policy purpose, perceptive, contents, formulation, ratification, organizing location of energy management, top management support, managerial functions, role and responsibilities of energy manager, accountability, motivating motivation of employees. Information system designing barriers, strategies, marketing and communicating training and planning.
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Energy Instrumentation & Information Analysis

Energy audit instruments Basic measurements electrical measurements, light, pressure, temperature and heat flux, velocity and flow rate, vibrations, etc. Instruments used in energy systems Load and power factor measuring equipments, wattmeter, flute gas analysis, temperature and thermal loss measurements, air quality analysis. Mathematical and statistical modeling and analysis.

Control systems

Transducers used for energy related parameter measurements. Various ways of conversion and modification of signals. Analog to digital signal conversion and modification of signals. Digital systems for indication and control. Microprocessor introduction and architecture. Data acquisition systems.

Computerization Use of computers in energy audit and management. Analysis of data using numerical and statistical methods, spread sheets, etc. Energy optimisation using computers, energy management software and their use in industry. Report writing & presentation. Management information system Use of statistical data, monitoring of specific consumption norms. Trend analysis. Energy balance sheet and management information system (MIS)

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Report writing & presentation with case studies.

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Energy Audit Assignments & Report Presentation

Thermal system energy audit, electrical system audit, HVAC system audit, compressed air system audit, water system audit, cogeneration plant audit. One audit of each typical industry to include textile, rayon, bottling plant, paper, cement,etc.
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Online examination will be conducted for above subjects. Student will have to submit two assignments for each subject. Online examinations carry 70% and assignments carry 30% weightage.
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