BEE Paper 1: General Aspects on Energy Management & Audit

In this course you will learn following points in details:

1. Unit No. 01: Indian Energy Scenario

2. Unit No. 02: The Energy Conservation Act, 2001 and its Features

3. Unit No. 03: Basics of Energy and Its Various Forms

4. Unit No. 04: Concept of Energy Management  and Energy Audit

5. Unit No. 05: Material And Energy Balance

6. Unit No. 06: Energy Action Planning

7. Unit No. 07: Financial Management

8. Unit No. 08: Project Management

9. Unit No. 09: Energy Monitoring and Targeting

10. Unit No. 10: Energy Efficiency and Climate Change

11. Unit No. 11: New and Renewable Energy Sources

• The Energy Conservation Act, 2001 and its Features

• Types of Energy

• Example on Energy Consumption

• Types of Heat Transfer

• Concept of Energy Management and Energy Audit

• Need of Energy Audit

• Types of Energy Audit

• Preliminary Energy Audit (Walk-through audit)

• Scope of Preliminary Energy Audit (Walk-through audit)

• Detailed Energy Audit (Diagnostic Energy Audit)

• Ten Steps Methodology For Detailed Energy Audit

• Identification of Energy Conservation Opportunities

• Technical Feasibility

• Economic Feasibility

• Classification of Energy Conservation Measures

• Methodology For Detailed Energy Audit

• Types of Energy Costs

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance at Various Industry

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Cement Industry

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Textile Industry

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Paper Industry

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Thermal Power Plant

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Fertilizer Plant

• Benchmarking of Energy Performance Parameters in Foundry Unit

• Plant Energy Performance

• Practice Problem on Plant Energy Performance

• Fuel and Energy Substitution

• Practice Problem on Fuel Substitution

• Energy Audit Instruments

• Material And Energy Balance

• Energy Balance for a Reheating Furnace

• Example on Concentrations

• Energy Action Planning

• Responsibilities of Energy Manager

• Duties of Energy Manager

• Financial Management

• Investment Need

• Investment Criteria

• Investment Appraisal

• Simple Payback Period

• Problem on Simple Payback Period

• Return on Investment (ROI)

• Net Present Value (NPV)

• Problem on Net Present Value (NPV)

• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Problem on Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Time Value of Money

• Cash Flow

• Sensitivity and Risk Analysis

• Factors that are considered for the sensitivity analysis

• Financing Options

• Debt Financing

• Equity Financing

• Retained Earnings

• Capital Lease

• Example on Investment and cost savings

• Example on Annual CO2 Emission

• Energy Performance Contracting (ESCOs)

• Types of Performance Contracting

• Fixed Fee, Shared Savings & Guaranteed Savings

• Project Management

• Project Characteristics

• Four Basic Elements of Project Management

• Project Management Life Cycle

• Financing

• Contracting

• Types of Contracting in Energy Management

• Problems of Implementation

• Project Planning Techniques

• Gantt Chart of Energy Management

• Work breakdown structure

• Work breakdown structure in Bicycle Manufacturing

• Critical Path Method (CPM )

• Why use the critical path method?

• How to find the critical path

• Parameters for Each Activity

• Problem on Critical Path Method (CPM )

• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

• Benefits of PERT

• How to Conduct a PERT Analysis

• Determine optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely estimates

• MEASUREMENT & VERIFICATION (M&V)

• Benefits of  MEASUREMENT & VERIFICATION (M&V)

• Energy Monitoring and Targeting

• Monitoring, Targeting and Reporting

• Elements of Monitoring & Targeting System

• A Rationale for Monitoring, Targeting and Reporting

• Data and Information Analysis

• Format for Monitoring Plant Level Information

• Fuel Conversion Data

• Relating Energy Consumption and Production

• Linear Regression Analysis in Energy Production Relationship

• XY Scatter Diagram of Energy vs Production

• Linear Regression Analysis in Energy Production Relationship

• Practice Problem on Linear Regression Analysis

• CUSUM Technique

• Practice Problem on CUSUM Technique

• Energy Efficiency and Climate Change

• Air Pollution pollutants information and sources

• Global Warming and Green House Effect

• Acid Rain

• Benefits of Energy Efficiency

• Example on CO2 emission/kWh

• New and Renewable Energy Sources

• Solar Thermal Energy

• Solar Photovoltaics

• Example on calculation of Solar Panel efficiency

• Wind Energy

• Biomass Energy

• Biogas Plant

• Biodiesel

• Hydro Power

• Fuel Cell

• Energy from Waste

• Tidal Energy

• Geothermal Energy