JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Environment Studies, Elements of Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics

Course Objectives

The course is intended to

• Demonstrate the importance and role of energy management in the functional areas like Manufacturing Industry, Process Industry, Commerce and Government.
• To know the different energy resources.
• Understand thermodynamic power cycles and the associated processes and fuels.
• Understand the economics of energy conversion.
• Enable the students to understand the basic energy conversion and management principles and to identify sources of energy loss and target savings.
• Enable students in carrying out budgeting and risk analysis.
• Analyze the performance of the wind turbine

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of energy management and its influence on environment.
• Describe methods of energy production for improved utilization.
• Apply the principles of thermal engineering and energy management to improve the performance of thermal systems.
• Analyze the methods of energy conservation and energy efficiency for buildings, air conditioning, heat recovery and thermal energy storage systems.
• Assess energy projects on the basis of economic and financial criteria.

UNIT - I

Introduction: Principles of energy management. Managerial organization, Functional areas for i) manufacturing industry, ii) Process industry, iii) Commerce, iv) Government, Role of Energy manager in each of these organizations. Initiating, Organizing and managing energy management programs

UNIT - II

Energy Audit: Definition and concepts. Types of energy audits, Basic energy concepts, Resources for plant energy studies. Data gathering, Analytical techniques. Energy Conservation: Technologies for energy conservation, Design for conservation of energy materials, Energy flow networks. Critical assessment of energy usage. Formulation of objectives and constrains, Synthesis of alternative options and technical analysis of options. Process integration.

UNIT - III

Economic Analysis: Scope, Characterization of an investment project. Types of depreciation, Time value of money. Budget considerations, Risk analysis.

UNIT - IV

Methods of Evaluation of Projects: Payback, Annualized costs, Investor's rate of return, Present worth, Internal rate of return, Pros and cons of the common method of analysis, Replacement analysis.

UNIT - V

Alternative Energy Sources: Solar Energy: Types of devices for solar energy collections, Thermal storage system, Control systems. Wind Energy, Availability, Wind Devices, Wind Characteristics, performance of turbines and systems.

R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Energy Management Hand Book by W.C. Turner (Ed)
• 2. Energy Management Principles by CB Smith, Pergamon Press

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Energy Management by W. R. Murthy and G. Mc. Kay, BS Publication
• 2. Management by H. Koontz and Cyrill Donnel, McGraw Hill
• 3. Financial Management by S. C. Kuchhal, Chaitanya Publishing House R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering M. TECH. I Year II Sem. (THERMAL ENGINEERING)