Nirma University

Institute of Technology
Semester End Examination (IR), May 2021
B. Tech. Semester – VI (Open Elective)
2EEOE51: Energy Management and Audit
Roll / Supervisor’s initial
Exam No. with date
Time: 1.5 Hours Max. Marks: 40
Instructions: 1. Attempt all questions.
2. Figures to right indicate full marks.
3. Draw neat sketches, wherever necessary.
4. Assume suitable data, if necessary.
5. Notations / symbols used have usual meaning.
Q.1 (A) A company decided to establish a plant with a service life of 8 years. (05)
CO3,BL5 Specifically for this project the company has two alternatives,
Plan-1 and Plan-2. The initial cost of Plan 1 and 2 are Rs.35000 and
Rs.25000 respectively. Rate of return for this project is 16.5%. The
cash inflow after tax for both plans are given in table-1 below.
Company also decided that the revenue obtained from sales will
again reinvested in to the market to get profit. The revenue from
Plan-1 will be reinvest at the rate of 4% for first 5 years and after
that at the rate of 7.5 %. Similarly the revenue of Plan-2 will be
reinvest at the rate of 7.5% for whole service life. What will be the
present value (PV) of compounded sum of cash inflows for Plan-
1(PV1) and Plan-2(PV2)?
Table-1

Q.1 (B) Differentiate between energy efficient motor and conventional motor (05)
CO4,BL2 on different parameters.
Q.1 (C) Explain the practical difficulties of Time of day pricing related to (05)
CO3,BL2 demand side management.
Q.2 (A) Explain the working of a soft starter and its advantage over other (05)
CO4,BL2 conventional starters.
OR
Q.2 (A) Explain working of automatic power factor controller using relevant (05)
CO4,BL2 diagram.

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Q.2 (B) Compare conventional ballast with electronic ballast with proper (05)
CO4,BL3 block diagrams.
Q.2 (C) Justify the statement “Efficient Energy Conservation measures (05)
CO1,BL4 employed by consumers lead to sustainable and long term energy
development”.
Q.3 (A) Enlist and elaborate various steps in Detailed Audit process. (05)
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Q.3 (B) Elucidate the significance of knowing energy costs in audit process. (05)
CO2,BL4 Also justify the statement “Benchmarking is an important and
inevitable part of Energy Audit procedure.”
OR
Q.3 (B) Explicate the importance of “Energy Management”. Enlist objectives (05)
CO2,BL2 of Energy Management.
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