CES338 Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development Syllabus:
CES338 Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the types of energy sources, energy efficiency and environmental implications of energy utilisation
To create awareness on energy audit and its impacts
To acquaint the techniques adopted for performance evaluation of thermal utilities
To familiarise on the procedures adopted for performance evaluation of electrical utilities
To learn the concept of sustainable development and the implication of energy usage
UNIT I ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Primary energy sources – Coal, Oil, Gas – India Vs World with respect to energy production and consumption, Climate Change, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, UNFCCC, COP
UNIT II ENERGY AUDITING
Need and 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 & energy substitution, energy audit instruments
UNIT III ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THERMAL UTILITIES
Energy conservation avenues in steam generation and utilisation, furnaces, Thermic Fluid Heaters. Insulation and Refractories – Commercial waste heat recovery devices: recuperator, regenerator, heat pipe, heat exchangers (Plate, Shell & Tube), heat pumps, and thermocompression
UNIT IV ENERGY CONSERVTION IN ELECTRICAL UTILITIES
Demand side management – Power factor improvement – Energy efficient transformers – Energy conservation avenues in Motors, HVAC, fans, blowers, pumps, air compressors, illumination systems and cooling towers
UNIT V SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development: Concepts and Stakeholders, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Globalization and Economic growth. Economic development: Economic inequalities, Income and growth. Social development: Poverty, conceptual issues and measures, impact of poverty,
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to
CO1 Understand the prevailing energy scenario
CO2 Familiarise on energy audits and its relevance
CO3 Apply the concept of energy audit on thermal utilities
CO4 Employ relevant techniques for energy improvement in electrical utilities
CO5 Understand Sustainable development and its impact on human resource development
REFERENCES:
1. Energy Manager Training Manual (4Volumes) available at http://www.emea.org/gbook1.asp, a website administered by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Ministry of Power, Government of India.2004
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3. W.R. Murphy and G. McKay “Energy Management” Butterworths, London 1987
4. Pratap Bhattacharyya, “Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emission”, New India Publishing Agency- Nipa,2020
5. Matthew John Franchetti , Defne Apul “Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies” CRC Press,2012
6. Robert A. Ristinen, Jack J. Kraushaar, Jeffrey T. Brack, “Energy and the Environment”, 4th Edition,Wiley,2022
7. M.H. Fulekar,Bhawana Pathak, R K Kale,“Environment and Sustainable Development” Springer,2016
8. Sustainable development in India: Stocktaking in the run up to Rio+20: Report prepared by TERI for MoEF, 2011.