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BE05000431
Code: BE05000431
Credits: 2
Semester 5
Env. Engg
Energy Audit and Management
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The official GTU curriculum for Energy Audit and Management (subject code BE05000431) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 112 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05000431)Unit 1 Energy Scenario, Policy and Legislative Framework
- Energy scenario in India and Gujarat: electrical energy consumption patterns
- sector-wise analysis (industrial
- Energy Conservation Act (EC Act) 2001 — key provisions
- designated consumers
- Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022: Carbon Credit Trading Scheme
- Non-Fossil Consumption Obligations (RCO/RPO)
- sustainability building codes
- Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE): structure and programmes — Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme
- Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts)
- Standards and Labelling
- National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE)
- State-level energy policies: GUVNL
- Gujarat Solar and Wind policies
- GERC tariff orders
- Electricity Act 2003 — relevance to metering and distribution
- India's COP-26 commitments and SDG 7
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: All (Except Electrical Engineering and Allied Branches) Subject Code: BE05000431 Subject Name: Energy Audit and Management
Unit 2 Electrical Energy Audit
- Instruments and Procedures Definition and need of energy audit
- types — preliminary (walk- through)
- detailed (diagnostic)
- investment-grade audit
- Energy audit team
- scope and boundaries
- Data collection
- historical energy bills analysis
- load profiling
- electricity tariff structures (ToD, ToU, HT/LT tariffs)
- Energy performance indicators (EnPIs)
- benchmarking and Specific Energy Consumption (SEC)
- BEE-certified Energy Manager (EM) and Energy Auditor (EA): qualifications
- accreditation process
- statutory duties and responsibilities under EC Act 2001
- Measurement instruments: energy analysers (IEC 61557-12 and IS 15884)
- clamp meters
- data loggers
- IR thermographic cameras
- lux meters
- power quality analysers
- Measurement of: kWh, kVAh
- power factor
- load factor
- demand factor
- Sub-metering surveys and feeder loss estimation
- Energy audit report structure as per BEE format
- Numerical problems on energy consumption analysis and benchmarking
Unit 3 Power Quality Assessment and Improvement
- Power quality — definition
- importance and financial cost of poor power quality
- Voltage sags/swells: causes and classification (IEEE 1159)
- Harmonics: generation by non-linear loads (VFDs, UPS, rectifiers)
- Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
- harmonic spectrum
- limits as per IEEE 519-2022
- Harmonic filters — passive
- Voltage unbalance: causes and effects on motors (IEC 60034-26)
- Flicker: PST, PLT
- Power factor improvement: effect on losses and tariff penalty
- capacitor bank sizing and placement (IS 13925 / IEEE 18)
- Automatic Power Factor Controllers (APFC)
- Power quality measurement instruments: Class A analysers per IEC 61000-4-30
Unit 4 Energy Efficiency of Electrical Equipment and Systems
- Electric motors: efficiency classes IE1–IE4 (IS 12615 / IEC 60034-30- 1)
- efficiency testing (IEEE 112)
- motor rewinding losses
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFD): energy savings
- selection criteria and harmonic impact
- Pumps and fan systems: affinity laws
- system curve
- Best Efficiency Point (BEP)
- specific energy consumption
- audit methodology (IS 9137)
- Distribution transformers: energy- efficient amorphous-core types (IS 1180)
- K-factor transformers for non-linear loads
- loading optimization
- (Note: transformer loss theory is not re-taught here
- only audit-relevant assessment is covered.) Lighting systems: luminous efficacy (lm/W)
- BEE star rating for LED luminaires
- lux-level audit
- ECBC lighting power density requirements Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: All (Except Electrical Engineering and Allied Branches) Subject Code: BE05000431 Subject Name: Energy Audit and Management (IS 3646)
- HVAC systems: EER, COP and ISEER ratings
- BEE star labels
- chiller and split-AC energy audit (secondary reference for electrical audit context only)
Unit 5 Demand-Side Management, Supply-Side Efficiency and Grid
- Technologies Demand-Side Management (DSM): objectives and strategies — load levelling
- load shifting
- peak-load management
- Time- of-Day (ToD) tariff and smart metering (IS 16444)
- prepaid metering
- Smart grid: Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
- demand response
- Volt/VAR optimization
- Power distribution feeder audit: feeder-level loss calculation
- capacitor placement optimization
- reconductoring economics
- Renewable energy integration — overview: rooftop solar PV energy yield estimation (CUF
- performance ratio)
- net metering (Gujarat policy
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for peak-shaving (IEC 62933)
- financial analysis: LCOE
- simple payback, NPV, IRR
- Non-Fossil Consumption Obligation (RCO) for designated consumers (EC Amendment Act 2022)
Unit 6 Renewable Energy Integration and Energy Storage for Audit and
- Management Rooftop and ground-mount Solar PV systems: components
- MNRE/SECI guidelines
- grid-connection as per CEA regulations and CEIG norms
- IEC 61215 (PV module testing)
- net metering
- gross metering — Gujarat net metering policy
- Wind energy: capacity factor
- wind resource assessment
- integration issues
- IS 61400 series
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): technology comparison (Li-ion
- flow batteries
- Non-Fossil Consumption Obligation (RCO) compliance for designated consumers under EC Amendment Act 2022
- Green hydrogen (introductory) and its role in industrial energy management
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