ENERGY MONITORING

&
TARGETING SYSTEMS
“you can’t manage what you don’t measure”
principle for monitoring helps.

‘You can’t achieve what you don’t target “ is

also applicable
 Data
Measure

Analyze
Result

Action
Information
DEFINITION OF Energy M &T
A technique that uses energy
information as a basis to eliminate waste, reduce costs,
and control current level of energy use.
 By monitoring: Establish the existing pattern of
energy consumed
 By Targeting: Identify operable energy consumption
level (which is desirable as a management goal to
work towards energy conservation)
Monitoring / targeting is a management technique in which all
plant/building utilities such as fuel, steam, electricity,
refrigeration, compressed-air, water, effluent are managed as
controllable resources (similalrly to that of Raw Materials,
finished product, Manpower)
M&T for energy involves
 Division of areas as cost centers
 Monitor utilities used in each area
 Compare energy used with production volume/no./etc.
occupancy or product sales.
 Set targets , observe variances & initiate remedial actions.
Typical M&T programs have been used as effective tool to
demonstrate the results of 5-20% savings realised.
 ELEMENTS OF M & T System

 Recording –Measuring and recording

 Analysing – Correlating to output (Production Nos. or quantity)
 Comparing – Comparing to standard benchmark
 Setting Targets–to reduce or control consumption
 Monitoring-Comparing with set targets at regular intervals
 Reporting- Reporting results including variances from target
 Controlling-Implementing management measures
 Typical details of M & T activity

 Checking energy invoices

 Energy Accounting
 Determining energy performance/efficiency
 Recording -Of projects intended to improve energy
efficiency
 Highlighting - performance problems or success
 Data and Information Analysis
from electricity & Fuel bills
•A typical format for monitoring plant level information
Month Fuel1 Fuel2 Fuel3 Total Day Night MD Total Total
Rs.lakh kWh kWh Rs.lakh energy
bill
Typical representation of energy bills
%Share of total energycost Electricity
HSD 43%
20%

LPG
9%
Furnace oil
28%
Table 8.2: Fuel Conversion Data
Energy source Supply unit Conversion Factor to Kcal
Electricity kWh 860
HSD kg 10,500
Furnace Oil kg 10,200
LPG kg 12,000
 % Share of fuels based on
consumption-In kcals
Eenrgy - Millon kcal Electricity
HSD as % Total 14%
24%

LPG
Furnace oil
17% 45%
 Relating energy consumption &
production-Graphing the Data
 What drives energy consumption?
– Production (or)
– Hours (or)
– Weather
 Collect energy consumption, energy cost and
production data
 Study and analyse the data to understand what is
happening.
 Graphs generally provide an effective means of
producing energy & production relationships
 Use of Bar Chart
 Collect 24-months data and collate for 12
months of energy bills
 Most common aspect is to show energy per
month for this year and last year
 We need production data for the same 24/12
month period
Moving annual total-With >12 Months data
 Sum of the previous twelve months of data

 Covers full range of the seasons, holidays,

etc.,
 Energy-Current year and previous year
Energy-Current yearand previous year

300
250
200
lakh, kWh

150
100
50
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
En-Consn.2001 En-Consn.2002
Moving annual Total for production &
energy consumption
Moving annual total of Energy and production

2600 5050

5000
2550

Production
2500
Energy 4950

4900

2450
4850

2400 Production
4800

2350 4750
J an Fe b Ma r Apr Ma y J un J ul Aug Sep Oc t Nov De c

Mo n t h s
 SEC Vs Production

Specific Eenrgy Consumption vs. Production

70.0 4.60
Production High, SEC SEC

Production-Millino MT
60.0 4.40
50.0
40.0 Low, SEC 4.20
SEC

30.0 4.00
20.0
10.0 3.80
0.0 3.60

Nov
Nov
May

May
Mar

Mar

Jul
Jul

Jan
Jan

Sep

Sep
Month
Specific energy consumption(SEC)
 SEC chart alone will not give plant details

 A plot of production vs. SEC can reflect actual

scenario of energy efficiency.
 Higher the production--SEC is low.

 Low production level--SEC is high.

 This indicates that there might be fixed energy

consumption.For more understanding of
performance measurement an XY chart is plotted
From Energy Manger’s Desk-

Dear Plant Managers,

Thank you for all the statistics and
energy reports