B.E Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Energy Audit and Management Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the Fourth Year AI-ML syllabus under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2023-24. The University has not yet published an NEP 2020 syllabus for this year of the degree, and this is the scheme its examinations are set on.
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Syllabus for Energy Audit and Management
Module 1: Energy Scenario:
- Present Energy Scenario, Energy Pricing, Energy Sector Reforms, Energy Security, Energy Conservation and its Importance, Energy Conservation Act- 2001 and its Features. Basics of Energy and its various forms, Material and Energy balance
Module 2: Energy Audit Principles:
- Definition, Energy audit- need, 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 and energy substitution. Elements of monitoring& targeting; Energy audit Instruments; Data and information-analysis. Financial analysis techniques: Simple payback period, NPV, Return on investment (ROI), Internal rate of return (IRR)
Module 3: Energy Management and Energy Conservation in Electrical System: Electricity billing, Electrical load management and maximum demand Control; Power factor improvement, Energy efficient equipments and appliances, star ratings. Energy efficiency measures in lighting system, Lighting control: Occupancy sensors, daylight integration, and use of intelligent controllers.
- Energy conservation opportunities in: water pumps, industrial drives, induction motors, motor retrofitting, soft starters, variable speed drives.
Module 4: Energy Management and Energy Conservation in Thermal Systems: Review of different thermal loads; Energy conservation opportunities in: Steam distribution system, Assessment of steam distribution losses, Steam leakages, Steam trapping, Condensate and flash steam recovery system.
- General fuel economy measures in Boilers and furnaces, Waste heat recovery, use of insulation- types and application. HVAC system: Coefficient of performance, Capacity, factors affecting Refrigeration and Air Conditioning system performance and savings opportunities.
Module 5
- Energy Performance Assessment: On site Performance evaluation techniques, Case studies based on: Motors and variable speed drive, pumps, HVAC system calculations; Lighting System: Installed Load Efficacy Ratio (ILER) method, Financial Analysis.
Module 6
- Energy conservation in Buildings: Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC): Green Building, LEED rating, Application of Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
REFERENCES
- 1 Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice, Geofry Stokes, Blackwell Science
- 2 Designing with light: Lighting Handbook, By Anil Valia, Lighting System
- 3 Energy Management Handbook, By W.C. Turner, John Wiley and Sons
- 4 Handbook on Energy Audits and Management, edited by A. K. Tyagi, Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI).
- 5 Energy Management Principles, C.B.Smith, Pergamon Press
- 6 Energy Conservation Guidebook, Dale R. Patrick, S. Fardo, Ray E. Richardson, Fairmont Press
- 7 Handbook of Energy Audits, Albert Thumann, W. J. Younger, T. Niehus, CRC Press
- 8 www.energymanagertraining.com
- 9 www.bee-india.nic.in
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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