INDUSTRIAL ENERGY AUDIT – PLANNING, OPTIMIZATION, COST REDUCTION

One Day Weekend Program

Industrial Energy Audit – Planning, Optimization, Cost Reduction

Report

Energy is universally acknowledged to be the mainstay of an industrial society. Without an adequate supply of energy, the stability of the social and economic order, as well as the political structure of a society is in jeopardy. As the world supply of inexpensive, but non-renewable, fossil energy sources decreases, the need for energy conservation becomes ever more critical. Recently, the issue of energy efficiency and conservation emerged as a serious challenge. Energy conservation can and must play an important role in future energy strategy, because it can ameliorate adverse impacts on the environment rapidly and economically. Energy cost is one of the main cost drivers for industries, domestic and commercial establishments. Reduction in energy consumption leads to reduction in operating costs, and thereby helps to improve the profitability of organizations. Energy conservation can be easily achieved by proper energy audit of the plant. An energy audit determines where and how energy is being utilized. It identifies measures to improve efficiency and provides a benchmark against which future building performance can be compared. Energy Audit is a comprehensive approach that zooms in specific issues like energy cost optimization, pollution control, safety aspects and suggests the methods to improve the operating and maintenance practices of the system. Industrial energy audit report provides the vital information base and can be used as the starting point for feasibility studies, design of new energy efficient processes, retrofitting existing systems, implementation of energy conservation equipments, technology and development of energy management plans. In order to fulfill those requirements, One Day Weekend Program on “INDUSTRIAL ENERGY AUDIT – PLANNING, OPTIMIZATION, COST REDUCTION” was organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering on 07.08.2010 at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore-14, Tamil Nadu. This one day program has provided an excellent opportunity to listen to the experts in this field and also to discuss various issues in industrial energy audit.

The response to participate this short-term course was overwhelming from all the parts of the nation, a total number of 55 participants have participated which includes 32 participants from leading industrial organizations, 18 participants from academic institutions and 5 student participants from neibourghing institutions.

The short-term course was inaugurated on 07^th August 2010 by our beloved Principal Dr.V.Selladurai. He stressed the need for energy conservation and energy audit in industries. The other dignitaries who attended this inaugural session were, Dr.S.Shanmugam, Administrative Officer, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Dr.V.Jagannathan, Professor and Head, Department of EEE, Coimbatore Institute of Technology and Dr.E.Chandra Sekaran, Coordinator of this one day program, Department of EEE, Coimbatore Institute of Technology.

The first session on was handled by Mr. Jayakumar, Manager – Energy&Environment, ACC Limited, Coimbatore on the topic “Energy Conservation Act 2001 and Energy Management”.

Mr.J.Nagesh Kumar, Director, Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Productivity, NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITYCOUNCIL,Chennai delivered the expert lectures on “Energy Conservation in Compressed Air Systems” and “Energy Conservation in HVAC and Furnace Systems”.

The technical session III has been handled by Mr.N.K. Subramani, Chief Manager, NSIC Technical Services Centre, Chennai on “Energy Conservation in Electrical Utilities”

Mr.C. Kannan, Senior Manager, Transmission and Distribution Training Institute, TNEB, Madurai, delivered the expert lecture on “Steam Distribution and Energy Management”.

The final session of the this programme has been handled by Dr.E.Chandra Sekaran, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology and Mr.S.Ashok, Energy Auditor, on the Industrial Energy Audit work carried out CIT Energy Audit Team.

Benefits of the Short-Term Course:

Ø All the Invited talks were well attended by participants and there was a very good interaction by the participants with the invited speakers.

Ø The topics were very useful to the participants. This information is based on the feedback received from the participants.

Ø Young research scholars had a very good opportunity to interact with senior experts in their field of interest.

We express our sincere thanks to all the members of the organizing committee and various other committees. We would like to thank all the experts of various sessions and participants in making this conference a rich technical forum beyond the planned expectations. We do certainly hope that this one day weekend program provided a unique opportunity for useful exchange of technical ideas among professionals that would result in forging fruitful global collaborations. We are sure that this program will help to identify the future directions in the multifaceted field that would enable knowledge enrichment and innovation in Industrial Energy Audit.