HRE-542: Energy Conservation and Management
HRE-542: Energy Conservation and Management
Credits: 4
Contact Hours: Lecture: 3 Tutorial: 1 Practical: 0
Definition, organization of an energy conservation programme, definition of energy conservation, energy management, energy conservation opportunities, general principles, types, procedures and instruments for energy auditing; Assessments of technical merits of energy conservation methods and techniques in specific applications, energy saving methods, energy strategy, industrial energy applications; Methods of cost estimation for potential savings of fuel and electricity; Supply and demand side management of energy in residential, commercial, transport and industrial sectors, electricity utilities; Energy conservation in steam boilers, engines; principles, types and applications of different heat recovery systems; Energy conservation in electrical motors, transformers and conductors; Energy conservation in illumination in building shells; Material conservation and recycling, buildings heat losses, effect of fabrics, solar gains, ventilation, cooling, thermal storage and heat pumps; Topping and bottoming cogeneration cycles, total energy systems.