CX4006 Energy Management Syllabus:

CX4006 Energy Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• To prepare the students for the next generation with the focus on sustainable lifestyle
• To analyze and forecast the demand for energy for the future and its impact on the environment
• To study and predict the pattern and growth of energy consumption
• To learn energy conservation techniques and practices to implement in chemical process industries
• To develop knowledge about decision making for suitable alternation of energy resource

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Energy sources; coal, oil, natural gas; nuclear energy; hydroelectricity, other fossil fuels; geothermal; supply and demand; depletion of resources; need for conservation; uncertainties; national and international issues

UNIT II ENERGY DEMAND FORECAST

Forecasting techniques, energy demand, magnitude and pattern, input and output analysis, energy modeling and optimal mix of energy sources – Energy – various forms, energy storage, structural properties of environment.

UNIT III ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Bio-geo-chemical cycles; society and environment population and technology, Energy and evolution, growth and change, patterns of consumption in developing and advances countries, commercial generation of power requirements and benefit.

UNIT IV ENERGY CONSERVATION IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES

Chemical industries, classification, conservation in unit operation such as separation, cooling tower, drying, conservation applied to refineries, petrochemical, fertilizers, cement, pulp and paper, food industries, chloroalkali industries, conservation using optimization techniques.

UNIT V ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES

Sources of continuous power, wind and water, geothermal, tidal and solar power, MHD, fuel cells, hydrogen as fuel, Cost analysis, capacity; production rate, system rate, system cost analysis, corporate models, production analysis and production using fuel inventories, input-output analysis, economics, tariffs. Energy audit

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

The students will be able to
CO1: Gain knowledge about various energy resources
CO2: Acquire knowledge about various techniques for energy auditing
CO3: Integrate available energy resources and demand
CO4: Apply to optimization techniques for energy conservation in industries.
CO5: Evaluate and identify suitable renewable resource based on availability

REFERENCES

1. Gramlay, G. M., Energy, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1975
2. Krentz, J. H., Energy Conservation and Utilisation, Allyn and Bacur Inc., 1976
3. Loftiness, R. L., Energy Hand Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1978
4. Rused, C. K., Elements of Energy Conservation, McGraw – Hill Book Co., 1985
5. Murphy, W. R., Energy Management, Elsevier / BSP Books Pvt. Ltd., 2003