BEE Paper 2: Energy Efficiency in Thermal Utilities

In this Course you will learn following points in details:

1. Unit No. 01: Fuels and Combustion

2. Unit No. 02: Boilers

3. Unit No. 03: Steam System

4. Unit No. 04: Furnaces

5. Unit No. 05: Insulation and Refractories

6. Unit No. 06: FBC Boilers

7. Unit No. 7: Cogeneration

8. Unit No. 08: Waste Heat Recovery

9. Unit No. 09: Heat Exchangers

• Properties of Solid and Liquid Fuels

• 3 T’s of Combustion

• Boilers

• Boiler Types and Classifications

• Fluidized Bed Combustion

• Performance Evaluation of Boilers

• Direct and Indirect Method of Calculation of Boiler efficiency

• Example on Calculation of Boiler efficiency

• Blowdown calculations

• Boiler Water Treatment

• Energy Conservation Opportunities in Boilers

• Steam System

• Properties of Steam

• Formation of Steam at Constant Pressure

• Types of Steam Traps

• Installation of Steam Traps

• Performance Assessment Methods for Steam Traps

• Energy Saving Opportunities in Steam System

• Calculations of Flash Steam

• Example on Heat to Power ratio

• Furnaces

• Types and Classification of Different Furnaces

• Types of Continuous Reheating Furnace

• Performance Evaluation of a Typical Furnace

• General Fuel Economy Measures in Furnaces

• Example on Heat loss in furnace

• Insulation and Refractories

• Insulation Materials used in industry

• Simplified formula for heat loss calculation

• General requirements of a refractory material

• Classification of Refractories

• Typical Refractories in Industrial Use

• Selection of Refractories

• Example on Reheating Furnace

• FBC Boilers

• Mechanism of Fluidized Bed Combustion

• Advantages of Fluidized Bed Combustion Boilers

• Example on FBC Boilers

• Cogeneration

• Technical Options for Cogeneration

• Steam turbine cogeneration systems

• Gas turbine cogeneration systems

• Reciprocating engine cogeneration systems

• Factors Influencing Cogeneration Choice

• Important Technical Parameters for Cogeneration

• Example on Cogeneration System

• Waste Heat Recovery

• Classification and Application

• Commercial Waste Heat Recovery Devices

• Recuperators

• Metallic Radiation Recuperator

• Convective Recuperator

• Convective Radiative Recuperator

• Regenerator

• Heat Wheels

• Heat Pipe

• Example on Waster Heat Recovery Boilers

• Heat Exchangers

• Types of Heat Exchangers

• Economizer

• Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

• Plate heat exchanger

• Waste Heat Boilers

• Direct Contact Heat Exchanger

• Parallel Flow and Counter Flow Heat Exchangers

• Example on Parallel Flow and Counter Flow Heat Exchangers

• Example on Calculation of LMTD and Area of Heat Exchangers