Study of Industrial Enterprises and Municipal Utilities and Engineering Energy Efficiency

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Appendix 1

Course: Study of Industrial Enterprises and Municipal Utilities and Engineering Energy Efficiency

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The regulatory and procedural framework.

• Unit 2. Energy audit procedure applicable to industry and housing & communal services. Energy balance of a company.
• Unit 3. Energy performance certificates of industrial companies and buildings. The structure and contents of an energy performance certificate of an industrial consumer.
• Unit 4. Instrumentation used in energy audit.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The regulatory and procedural framework.

The subject of the course in Study of the Energy Efficiency of Industry and Housing & Communal Services, its role in the MEng in Thermal Power programme, and its place among other disciplines. Evolution of the heat and mass transfer theory and design. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The state energy efficiency agency. Energy efficiency: key terminology and concepts. Aims, principles and applications. Regulatory reference. Definitions and abbreviations. The contents and the purpose of regulatory and procedural documentation applicable to energy efficiency. Corporate energy audit procedure.

Unit 2. Energy audit procedure applicable to industry and housing & communal services. Energy balance of a company.

Types, aim and objectives of energy audit. General provisions. Coordination of energy audit. Energy audit funding. Information and reference data acquisition, visual inspections, measurements and engineering estimates. Instrument-aided inspection (flows, pressures, temperatures). Inspection of power receivers, heat processes, fuel, lighting, heating, and hot water supply systems. Estimation of heat loads, heat carrier flows at heat points, and return water temperatures. Actual heat consumption data. Conclusions and key energy saving areas. Efficiency of ventilation, conditioning, water supply, air supply and cooling systems. Energy efficiency of standard buildings and structures. Businesses and supply-demand balance. Types and purpose of energy balances. Development of energy balances of a business. Rate setting. Energy monitoring.

Unit 3. Energy performance certificates of industrial companies and buildings. The structure and contents of an energy performance certificate of an industrial consumer.

Application, normative references, terminology, general provisions. General information about an industrial energy consumer. Total energy consumption. Information about transformer stations. Capacity of electrical power consumers by application. Information about compressors and cooling facilities. Thermal power stations and key components. Annual electric power consumption balance. Collection and presentation of data on a boiler plant. Specification of thermal power based process equipment. Estimated and rated annual thermal power consumption. Annual thermal power consumption balance. Utilization of fuel. Specification of fuel consumption units. Preparation of an annual burning oil consumption balance. Vehicle fuel monitoring and utilization. Vehicle fuel consumption balance. Utilization of secondary energy recourses, alternative (local) fuels, and renewable energy sources. Specific energy consumption as related to output. Elaboration of energy saving measures.

Unit 4. Instrumentation used in energy audit.

General requirements. Minimum instrumentation. Instruments recommended for energy audit. Control parameters and characteristics of inspected objects.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 108.

Total points – 3.

Classroom hours – 24.

Unsupervised hours – 36.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.