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The document discusses the process of energy management through energy audits. It identifies the key steps as: 1) Identifying all opportunities through a formal energy audit process, 2) Prioritizing activities rationally based on cost and other factors, 3) Properly accomplishing each activity as an independent project, and 4) Maintaining activities continuously. The energy audit involves examining a facility's energy use and costs through field work, data analysis, and developing an audit report and action plan that identifies efficiency measures and an implementation schedule. The goal is to cost-effectively save money on energy bills through changes to equipment and operating practices.

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04 Energy Management

The document discusses the process of energy management through energy audits. It identifies the key steps as: 1) Identifying all opportunities through a formal energy audit process, 2) Prioritizing activities rationally based on cost and other factors, 3) Properly accomplishing each activity as an independent project, and 4) Maintaining activities continuously. The energy audit involves examining a facility's energy use and costs through field work, data analysis, and developing an audit report and action plan that identifies efficiency measures and an implementation schedule. The goal is to cost-effectively save money on energy bills through changes to equipment and operating practices.

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Energy

Engineering
Energy Management

At the end of the chapter, the learner should be able to:


• Identify the process for energy management.
• Understand the importance of energy audit.
Energy Management
 Energy management sets up a program to
conserve energy usage and improve energy
efficiency.
Energy Management Steps
• Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) (Deming Circle or
Shewhart Circle) is a management method for continuous
improvement. This plan has been around for years and it
works.
Energy Management Steps
• Six Sigma DMAIC (Define–Measure–Analyze–
Improve–Control) is used by a team to improve a process.
Many of these same steps will work in energy
management.
Energy Management Steps
• The ENERGY STAR plan
(ENERGY STAR 2016a) is
specifically for energy
management.
Energy Management
• The Energy Management Plan
specifically applies to energy
management but uses many of the
steps from these other programs.
Energy Management
 The four steps in effective energy management

1. Identify ALL your opportunities.

2. Prioritize your actions rationally.

3. Accomplish your activities successfully.

4. Maintain your activities.


STEP 1
Identify ALL Your Opportunities

• Before you take ANY action, find ALL your


opportunities.
• The big difference of energy management is that the
number of options to consider is much larger than for
other important functions.
STEP 1
Identify ALL Your Opportunities

• The biggest hazard to energy management is the itch to


do things before knowing all the options.
• Finding your best cost saving opportunities is like an
Easter egg hunt. You don’t know which eggs have the
biggest prizes until you find them all.
STEP 1
Identify ALL Your Opportunities

• Unlike most other business activities, you need a formal


process, usually called an “energy audit”, to find all
your opportunities.
• A good “energy audit” takes time and costs money, but
not much of either, compared to your overall program.
STEP 1
Identify ALL Your Opportunities

• Even today, competent energy audits are rare.


• This is the greatest deficiency of present energy
management, resulting in continued high energy costs,
waste of money on ineffective action, and inadequate
respect for energy managers.
STEP 1
Identify ALL Your Opportunities

• The energy auditor requires scientific and engineering


education, broad practical experience, and solid
judgement.
• The energy auditor needs a thorough understanding of
ALL opportunities, not just a few.
STEP 2
Prioritize Your Activities Rationally

• The sequence of your activities is a major factor in the


economic benefit of your energy management program.
• Consider all the criteria that matter, not just the
economic criteria.
• Calculate with realistic numbers.
STEP 2
Prioritize Your Activities Rationally

• Cost, by itself, is almost never a significant selection


factor.
• Because, IF the measure works as expected, it provides
a higher rate of return than most other investments.
• So, you can borrow the money, if necessary.
STEP 3
Accomplish Your Activities Properly

• Each cost saving activity is an independent project that


requires its own knowledge, equipment, and people.
• The key to success is doing your homework before
initiating each activity.
STEP 4
Maintain Your Activities Endlessly

• Almost nothing continues to operate successfully by


itself.
• Each energy management activity requires continuing
support.
• Integrate the maintenance of each activity seamlessly
into your overall operations.
Energy Audit
 The energy audit is sometimes called an
energy survey or an energy analysis, which
consists of a detailed examination of how a
facility uses energy, what the facility pays
for that energy, and finally, a recommended
program for changes in operating practices
or energy-consuming equipment that will
cost-effectively save money on energy bills.
Field Work
Field Work
Equipment
Data Analysis
Energy balances in energy audits
The energy balance in EAs differs from current thermodynamic energy
balances because some unknowns are obtained by measurements.
Unknowns obtained from measurements have an error of measurement
Oftenly we do also need to assume the values of certain parameters and
then to check the balances.
Data Analysis
Energy balance sequence:
• Frontier definition
• Characterization of mass and energy flows
• Equations identification
• Definition of measurement plan
• Equipment selection
• Measurements Validation
Audit Report & Action Plan
• Describe the energy demand of the installation and the costs
• Describe the equipment status
• Identify energy efficiency measures, the investment and its potential
payback
Substitution or retrofit of equipment
Use of more efficient controllers
Installation of energy management systems
Introduction of renewable resources generation
• Identify upcoming changes in regulations that may impact on the
current energy use
Audit Report & Action Plan
• From the different measures proposed in the energy audit, identify an
implementation plan
Investment plan
Schedule
• Low cost measures should be the first to be implemented
• The return of investment period should be the indicator used to prioritize the
measures in the plan
• This should be done closely with the energy manager and the board
Thank You
Energy Engineering

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