ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION AND AUDITING (18EE754)

ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION AND AUDITING

Course Code 18EE754 
CIE Marks 40
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P) (3:0:0) 
SEE Marks 60
Credits 03 Exam Hours 03

Course objectives:

• Understand the current energy scenario and the importance of energy conservation.
• Understand the methods of improving energy efficiency in different electrical systems.
• Realize energy auditing.
• Explain various pillars of electricity market design.
• To explain the scope of demand-side management, its concept and implementation issues and strategies.

Module-1

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, energy security, energy conservation and its importance, restructuring of the energy supply sector, energy strategy for the future, air pollution, climate change. Energy Conservation Act-2001 and its features.

Module-2

Energy Efficiency in Electrical Systems: Electricity billing, Electrical load management and maximum demand Control, Maximum demand controllers; Power factor improvement, Automatic power factor controllers, efficient operation of transformers, energy-efficient motors, Soft starters, Variable speed drives; Performance evaluation of fans and pumps, Flow control strategies and energy conservation opportunities in fans and pumps, Electronic ballast, Energy-efficient lighting and measures of energy efficiency in the lighting system.

Module-3

Energy auditing: Introduction, Elements of energy audits, different types of audit, energy use profiles,
measurements in energy audits, presentation of energy audit results.

Module-4

Electricity vis-à-vis Other Commodities: Distinguishing features of electricity as a commodity, Four pillars of market design: Imbalance, Scheduling, and Dispatch, Congestion Management, Ancillary Services. The framework of the Indian power sector and introduction to the availability-based tariff (ABT).

Module-5

Energy Audit Applied to Buildings: Energy – Saving Measures in New Buildings, Water Audit, Method
of Audit, General Energy – Savings Tips Applicable to New as well as Existing Buildings.
Demand-side Management: Scope of DSM, Evolution of DSM concept, DSM planning and
Implementation, Load management as a DSM strategy, Applications of Load Control, End-use energy
conservation, Tariff options for DSM.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
• Analyze about energy scenario nationwide and worldwide , also outline Energy Conservation Act and its features.
• Discuss load management techniques and energy efficiency.
• Understand the need of energy audit and energy audit methodology.
• Understand various pillars of electricity market design.
• Conduct energy audit of electrical systems and buildings.
• Show an understanding of demand side management and energy conservation.

Question paper pattern:

 The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
 Each full question will be for 20 marks.
 There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub-questions) from each module.
 Each full question will have sub- questions covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Title of the Book Name of the Author/s Name of the Publisher

Textbooks

1 Energy Management Handbook W.C. Turner John Wiley and Sons
2 Energy Efficient Electric Motors and Applications H.E. Jordan Plenum Pub. Corp
3 Energy Management W. R. Murphy, G. Mckay Butterworths

Reference Books

1 Energy Science Principles, Technologies and Impact J. Andrews, N. Jelley Oxford University Press.
2 Market operations in power systems: Forecasting, Scheduling, and Risk Management Shahedepour M., Yamin H., Zuyi Li. John Wiley & Sons, New York
3 Energy Conservation Diwan, P. Pentagon Press (2008)