Energy Management: Meng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Management: Meng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Management: Meng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Acknowledgement
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya for conducting a
very informative presentation on the topic Energy Management which was very
beneficial to the students pursuing the degree of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
And I would also like to thank Mr. Upul Jayasinghe and all other staff members at
Northshore College of Business and Technology for organizing this lecture for our
benefit.
Abstract
This report gives a brief introduction to the concept of Energy Management and how this
applies in various fields such as the household, industry and in the national sense. The
steps that can be taken, to better manage energy are discussed in this report, which would
eventually lead to a better Sri Lanka.
Contents
Acknowledgement...............................................................................................................2
Abstract................................................................................................................................3
List of Figures......................................................................................................................5
Introduction: What is Energy Management.........................................................................6
Energy Management in the Household................................................................................6
Energy Management in the Industry....................................................................................7
Energy Managers.............................................................................................................7
Energy Accounts..............................................................................................................8
Electricity Load Profile....................................................................................................9
Energy Management in Sri Lanka.....................................................................................10
Electricity Load Profile in Sri Lanka.............................................................................10
Electricity Prices............................................................................................................11
Per Capita Electricity Consumption...............................................................................11
Whats new?...................................................................................................................11
Future of Electricity Generation....................................................................................12
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................13
List of Figures
Figure 1: Energy Benchmarks and SEC..............................................................................7
Figure 2: An Energy Account..............................................................................................8
Figure 3: Electricity Load Profile of a ceramic factory.......................................................9
Figure 4: Electricity load profile of Sri Lanka...................................................................10
With regards to the usage of television, LED televisions are more energy efficient as
opposed to conventional CRTs when the energy consumed in 1 cm 2 of screen size is
considered. When you replace a 21 CRT TV with a 21 LED TV you will be saving
energy but if you were to replace it with a LED TV of a higher screen size youll end up
using more energy.
From this curve it can be seen that when the occupants in the hotel increase the energy
consumption per room reduces. Because when more people start sharing the same energy
system, the cost per unit of service goes down and thus the overall efficiency becomes
high.
Energy Accounts
Any institution should have a good energy account and employ an energy auditor who
would prepare an energy audit, and the institution has to implement the recommendations
of the energy audit.
Shown below is an energy account taken from a leading hospital in Sri Lanka. As it can
be seen this hospital uses 118kWh per day for each patient, which is equal to the monthly
consumption of most households in Sri Lanka.
Compared to the profiles of other companies this can be considered as a fairly good one,
which runs for a full 24 hours a day. Shift changes, lunch breaks and tea breaks can be
considered as the causes for not having a completely flat line for the power factor. The
power factor in this company is 0.9.
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Electricity Prices
Electricity prices are different based on the purpose of use, commercial and industrial
customers pay much more than household customers. And the price increases with the
electricity usage which encourages energy management. When compared to other
countries, Sri Lankan households use very small amounts of energy averaging at around
70kWh per household per month.
Whats new?
In the national scene electricity costs are declining in constant terms, there are two
reasons for this, the first is the commissioning of the large coal fired power plant which is
now running smoothly and the second reason is the fact that international oil prices are
reducing.
Sri Lanka has been producing 60% of its electricity from renewables, this is something
that Sri Lanka can be proud of.
There was once a high probability to find natural gas in Sri Lanka, but the oil company
who was exploring for gas have now left the country after finding 2 active gas finds in
Mannar, this is due to the high cost involved in extracting the gas which makes it
infeasible, bearing in mind that the international prices are reducing.
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Presently the electricity demand growth is less, due to the fact that the electricity
consumers in Sri Lanka are very cautions and conserving and also due to the fact that
highly efficient electronic appliances are being introduced to the market, and due to this
the countrys energy intensity is going down.
The amount of energy that is used for a unit of economic output is decreasing in our
country, this is because our economy is moving on to less energy intensive activities.
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Conclusion
As discussed above energy management is a very important concept that needs to be
understood by every individual as to how important this is. Seminars, workshops and any
other means to bring public awareness has to be done in order make this a reality.
On the industry level, special care needs to be done in order to bring about a flat load
profile and to minimize the wastage of energy as much as possible bearing in mind that
this energy is a valuable resource.
On a national level, much more intensive research needs to be conducted in order to see
whether coal power is the best way to generate electricity and whether it is feasible to
match the increasing energy requirement in the future.
Presently Sri Lanka is not bad when it comes to energy management, but we can always
improve and become much better global citizens.
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