Energy Conservation and Management
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Energy Conservation and Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Energy Conservation and Management (subject code 3161919) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 85 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 (3161919)Unit 1 Energy Scenario
- Classification of Energy
- Indian energy scenario
- Sectorial energy consumption (domestic
- industrial and other sectors)
- energy needs of growing economy
- energy intensity
- long term energy scenario
- energy pricing
- energy security
- energy conservation and its importance
- energy strategy for the future
- Energy Conservation Act 2001 and related policies: Energy conservation Act 2001 and its features
- notifications under the Act, Schemes of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) including Designated consumers
- State Designated Agencies
- Electricity Act 2003
- Integrated energy policy
- National action plan on climate change
- ECBC code for Building Construction
Unit 2 Financial Management, Energy Monitoring and Targeting
- financial analysis techniques simple payback period
- return on investment
- net present value
- internal rate of return
- cash flows
- risk and sensitivity analysis
- financing options
- energy performance contracts and role of Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) Energy Monitoring and Targeting: Defining monitoring & targeting
- elements of monitoring & targeting
- data and information-analysis
- techniques – energy consumption
- cumulative sum of differences (CUSUM)
- Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS)
Unit 3 Energy Management & Audit
- energy audit
- types of energy audit
- Energy management (audit) approach-understanding energy costs
- Bench marking
- energy performance
- matching energy use to requirement
- maximizing system efficiencies
- optimizing the input energy requirements
- fuel and energy substitution
- energy audit instruments and metering Subject Code: 3161919 w.e.f
Unit 4 Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities and systems
- Boilers: Types
- combustion in boilers
- performances evaluation
- analysis of losses
- feed water treatment
- blow down
- energy conservation opportunities
- Boiler efficiency calculation
- evaporation ratio and efficiency for coal
- oil and gas
- Soot blowing and soot deposit reduction
- reasons for boiler tube failures
- start up, shut down and preservation
- 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
- Steam utilization
- Performance assessment of steam system
- steam pipe insulation
- condensate pumping
- steam dryers
- Furnaces: Classification
- general fuel economy measures in furnaces
- excess air, heat distribution
- temperature control
- draft control
- waste heat recovery
- Forging furnace heat balance
- non-ferrous melting
- Induction furnace
- performance evaluation of a furnace
- Insulation and Refractories: Insulation-types and application
- economic thickness of insulation
- heat savings and application criteria
Unit 5 Energy and environment, air pollution, climate change
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
- sustainable development
- Kyoto Protocol
- Conference of Parties (COP)
- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- CDM Procedures case of CDM – Bachat Lamp Yojna and industry
- Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF)
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