 | Energy Audit and Management: Concept, Methodologies, Procedures, and Case Studies Subjects: Engineering & Technology; Mechanical Engineering; Engineering Management; Power & Energy; Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Clean Tech; Power Engineering; Renewable Energy; Business & Policy; Renewable Energy; This book describes the energy management concepts, energy audit principles, resource efficiency and other energy conservation opportunities involved in different sectors across varied industries. Real-time case studies from various large industrial sectors like cement, paper and pulp, refineries, manufacturing, garments and textile processing, power plants and other MSME industrial sectors with cross functional energy conservation opportunities are included. It also describes future scope of energy auditing and management including IoT and data analytics. It also helps to gather the energy generated and utilization, energy conservation and other process related data. Features: Provides entire coverage of energy management and audit concepts. Explores energy audit methodologies and energy saving initiatives. Incorporates current technologies like machine learning, IoT, data analytics in energy audit for reliability improvement. Describes energy analytics with real time examples and programming codes. Includes case studies covering detailed energy saving calculation with investment pay back calculations.This book is aimed at researchers, professionals, and graduate students in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Energy Systems, Renewable Energy. Dr. L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University, California. He is a recipient of the BHAVAN fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and SYST Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India. His current research focuses on integration of Renewable Energy Systems in the Smart Grid and Wearable Electronics. He has 3 years of industrial experience and 19 years of academic and research experience. He has published 167 technical papers in International and National journals and presented 157 papers in National and International Conferences. He has completed 26 Government of India funded projects, and currently 7 projects are in progress. His PhD work on wearable electronics earned him a National Award from ISTE, and he has received 24 awards on the National level. Ashok Kumar has nine patents to his credit. He has guided 92 graduate and postgraduate projects. He is a member and in prestigious positions in various national forums. He has visited many countries for institute industry collaboration and as a keynote speaker. He completed his graduate program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras and his post-graduate from PSG College of Technology, India, and Masters in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi. After completion of his graduate degree, he joined as project engineer for Serval Paper Boards Ltd., Coimbatore (now ITC Unit, Kovai). Presently he is working as a Professor in the Department of EEE, PSG College of Technology and also doing research work in Wearable Electronics, Smart Grid, solar PV, and Wind Energy Systems. He is also a Certified Charted Engineer and BSI Certified ISO 500001 2008 Lead Auditor. He is also a Certified Charted Engineer and BSI Certified ISO 500001 2008 Lead Auditor. He is holding prestigious positions in various national and international forums and he is a Fellow Member in IET (UK), Fellow Member in IETE, Fellow Member in IE and Senior Member in IEEE and Chairman of IAEMP Coimbatore Chapter. Mr. Gokul Ganesan , (ORC Id: 0000-0002-4052-3418) was a Product Sustainability and Digitalization Professional with Post-Graduate degree in Energy Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has completed his Under Graduation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Dr. N.G.P. Institute of technology, Coimbatore. He is an Executive council member of Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals (IAEMP), Central council and Coimbatore chapter. His current research focuses on Improving the Product Sustainability, Industry 4.0, Energy Management, Energy Analytics, Smart Grids and Renewable Energy. He has 4 years of Research and Industrial experience. He has conducted more than 75 Detailed Resource Efficiency Audit in various MSMEs (Garments, Spinning Mills, Textile Process Industries & Foundries) and 10 Details Energy Audits in Cement Industries and Thermal Power plants. He has Assisted more than 80 MSMEs in developing Energy and Resource Efficiency projects, Technology upgradation, Process improvement and Project implementation and reduction in their Specific Energy Consumption (SEC). He has Trained 80+ MSMEs in Energy Efficiency and Best Practices through various training programs and awareness campaigns over social media. He has conducted several hundreds of Surveys under different sectors to identify the financial requirement towards Energy Efficiency. He has conducted 50+ Webinars and Workshops among School, College and Industry professionals on Industry 4.0, Energy Audit, Energy Management and Energy Analytics representing IAEMP Coimbatore Chapter. He has represented IAEMP on Mentoring 30+ Post Graduate students and 25+ Under Graduates in Energy Management, Energy Audit and Green Buildings. |
