PRIST UNIVERSITY PUDUCHERRY CAMPUS Department of Mechanical Engineering Course: M.Tech Energy Engg Sub.

Code: 13276E33B Sub: Energy Conservation in Thermal Systems

Unit -1
Part -A (2 mark questions) 1.What is the power demand in terms of MW in India as on date? 2.What is power demand in terms of MW in Tamilnadu? 3.What are the energy conservation opportunities in our day to day in our daily life ? 4.What are the immediate steps that a govt. has to take in order to conserve energy? 5.What is Energy Audit? 6.What are the various energy resources available in India. 7.Name some major energy consuming Industries. 8.What are types of energy audit? 9.What is the role of a Energy Manager? 10.List out few important points of Energy Conservation Act 2003

Part B(16 mark questions)

1. Energy scenario in world and India? 2. Briefly explain the energy resource availability in India? 3. What are the advantages and need of Energy auditing? 4. Discuss the types and methodologies of Energy auditing? 5. What are the procedures for energy audit? 6. What is the Role of an energy managers? 7. What are the energy conservation system and how to improve the energy management. 8. Explain potential energy conservation in industrial and commercial establishment?

Unit -2 Part A(2mark questions)

1. Define sensitivity. 2. Define Readability. 3. Define accuracy. 4. Define precision. 5. Define emissivity 6. Write the types of Error. 7. Write the sources of thermometer Errors. 8. Define air velocity measurement. 9. How can the humidity can be measured. 10. Write the types of flow measurement

Part B(16 mark questions)

1. What are the instrument characteristics of Energy auditing?

2. Briefly Explain a) Sensitivity b) Readability c) Accuracy, Precession d) Hysteresis

3. Briefly Explain a) Error and calibration b) Measurement of flow c) Velocity , pressure, d) Temperature, speed

4. Briefly Explain a) Lux, water quality b) Power and humidity c) Analysis of stack d) Power and fuel quality

5. Explain in detail the types of flow measurement.

Unit-3 Part A(2 mark questions)

1. Classify the types of boiler used in India? 2. List out the various types of thermal storage system used in energy system? 3. Difference between IBR and NON IBR boilers? 4. At what condition furnace oil used in boilers? 5. Classify the boiler components? 6. List out the types of circulating system used in boilers? 7. Why waste heat recovery system is implemented in energy conservation? 8. Which condition the thermal fluid heaters used? 9. What are the advantages of waste heat recovery system? 10. What is pinch point recovery?

PART-B(16 mark questions)

1. Explain the fire tube boiler with neat sketch and list out the advantages and dis advantages? 2. Explain the waste heat recovery system with neat sketch? How it will conserve the energy in energy conservation? 3. Explain the thermic fluid heaters? And discuss the advantages and dis advantages? 4. Classify the thermal storage system? Explain the solar thermal storage system? 5. Draw the neat sketch of FBC and explain in details?

Unit-4

Part-A(2 mark questions)

1. Define steam traps? 2. Classify the steam traps? 3. What types of piping materials used in energy transmission? 4. Classify the types of insulation used in energy conservation? 5. Write short notes on hot insulation? 6. Write short notes on cold insulation? 7. Why refractories used in thermal energy transmission system? 8. Write short notes on properties of refractories? 9. Classify the types of insulating material? 10. What do you understand by the spalling tendency of a refractory brick? Give reasons.

Part-B(16 mark questions)

1. Explain the principle and operation of steam trap and discuss the advantages and dis advantages? 2. Explain the function of ball type steam trap? 3.Explain the construction and working principle of Y type steam trap? 4. Explain the properties of refractories materials? 5. Why insulation is used in thermal system? Explain in details

UNIT-5
Part A(TWO MARKS)

1. Define IRR 2. Define NPV 3. Write the advantages of payback period. 4. Define payback period. 5. Comparison between NPV and IRR. 6. Types of performance contracting. 7. What are ESCOS? 8. What is Depreciation?

9. Write the cash flow methods.

Part B(16 MARKS)

10. Explain financial analysis techniques and write advantages. 11. (i) Explain net present value methods. (ii) Using net present value analysis techniques, evaluate the financial merits of the two proposed projects shown in the table. the annual discount rate is 8% for each project Project 1 Capital cost(Rs) year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 30000 Net annual saving(Rs) +6000 +6000 +6000 +6000 +6000 +6000 +6000 +6000 Project 2 30000 Net annual saving(Rs) +6600 +6600 +6300 +6300 +6000 +6000 +5700 +5700

9 10 Total net savings at end of 10th year

+6000 +6000 +60000

+5400 +5400 +60000

12. (i) Explain IRR methods. (ii)A proposed project requires an initial capital investment of Rs 20,000. The cash flows generated by the project are shown in the table below: investment Saving in 1 year 2 3 4 5 6 Rs. 20,000 Cash flow 6000 5500 5000 4500 4000 4000

13. Explain capital investment consideration. 14. Explain various conventional financing options. 15. (i) Explain role of ESCOS (ii) Writes the benefits of ESCOS to industries

Unit-3 2-mark 1. Write the Types of boilers. 2. Write the benefits of blow down. 3. How to improve boiler availability. 4. Draw layout of furnace classification. 5. Write the characteristic of efficient furnace.

6. What is mean by induction Furnace? 7. Industrial applications of waste heat recovery systems. 8. Write the benefits of blow down. 9. Draw layout of furnace classification. 10.Write the types of thermal storage device.

15-mark 11.Explain any three types of boilers with neat sketches and write the operation. 12.Explain performances Evaluation of boilers. 13.Explain with neat sketches of continuous steel Reheating furnace and write the advantages. 14.Explain commercial waste heat recovery devices. 15. Explain different types of thermal storage device with neat sketch. 16. Explain any three types of boilers with neat sketches and write the operation.