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SMEX1035 Energy Engineering and Management.

UNIT-I
PART A (10 X 2 = 20)

1. What do you understand by green house effect?
2. Write a short note on the economic aspect of energy conservation.
3. What is meant by global warming?
4. What are the alternative sources of energy?
5. What is meant by green house effect?
6. List out the green house gases.
7. Classify energy resources.
8. What are the conventional and non conventional energy sources?
9. What is the present installed power generation capacity in India?
10. Mention the factors influencing global warming.
11. List out sources of energy.
12. What do you understand by energy prices and policies?
13. What are the conventional energy supplies for the future?
14. What are the main causes of global warming?


PART B (5 x 12 = 60)

1. What is the present status of world energy consumption? Explain the various aspects of future prospects.
2. What are the various principles of energy conservation? Explain any two in details.
3. Describe the various options for energy consumption policies.
4. Explain in detail of non conventional energy sources in India. What are their future prospects?
5. Explain the energy consumption in different sector.
6. Explain the different energy price policies in India.
7. Write briefly on:
a. (a) Green House Effect (b) Acid Rain
b. Rain water harvesting (d) Climate Change
8. (a) Explain energy policies.
(b) Explain the concept, advantages and limitations of total energy system.
9. What is green house effect? Discuss the sources of green house gases and effect of green house gases on
the environment.
10. Write an explanatory note on energy prices and energy policies.
11. Describe the various options for energy consumption policies.
12. Explain in detail of non conventional energy sources in India. What are their future prospects?
13. What are the advantages and limitation of renewable energy sources?
14. Explain in detail about Green House Effect.
15. Explain elaborately on biodiversity at global and national level.
16. Discuss Indian scenario on carbon credits based on Kyoto protocol.
17. Explain the green house effect and global warming with suitable sketch.
18. Describe the various scopes for energy conservation in industry with suitable example.
19. How does ozone get into the stratosphere? Write down the energy policies in India.
20. Discuss about the energy resources and world energy consumption.
21. Explain the concept, advantages and limitations of total energy system.










SMEX1035 Energy Engineering and Management.
UNIT-II
PART - A (10 X 2 = 20)

1. What are the types of energy audits?
2. What are the advantages and limitations of non conventional energy sources?
3. What is the importance of non conventional energy source in the present context?
4. What is the difference between energy surveying and auditing?
5. List out non conventional energy sources.
6. What are the major conclusions deduced from the energy conservation in thermal system?
7. Define energy index.
8. Suggest two methods to conserve energy in thermal systems.
9. Who cares for energy conservation?
10. List any two objectives of the energy audit.
11. What is a heat recuperator?
12. Define energy index cost.
13. Define Principle of conservation of energy.
14. When using solar energy systems, why are back up systems are necessary?
15. What are the major conclusions deduced from the energy conservation in thermal system?

PART B (5 x 12 = 60)

1. Explain the concept of energy conservation in thermal systems with suitable sketch.
2. Explain the importance of non conventional energy sources in the present context.
3. Explain in detail the various energy audit instruments.
4. Explain the energy auditing procedures.
5. Explain the energy conservation possibility in boilers.
6. Write briefly on:
(a) Energy surveying
(b) Energy auditing
(c) Energy cost
7. What are the types of energy audits? Write the methodology with respect to process industries.
8. Discuss the short-term, medium and long-term energy conservation schemes.
9. What are non-conventional energy sources? Explain the availability and consumption of any three such
sources with respect to India.
10. What are non-conventional energy sources? Explain the availability and consumption of any three such
sources with respect to India.
11. List the possible energy conversation opportunities in residential and industry sector.
12. Explain the different types of energy audit.
13. Explain the procedures in detail the method of comprehensive energy audit.
14. What are ECOs? Explain the ECOs in chemical process industries.
15. What are the different types of energy audits? Explain in details of envelope and functional audit with
suitable example.
16. Discuss energy conservation in buildings with suitable examples.
17. Explain the various energy conservation scheme in the world.
18. Explain why a heating system made by circulating hot water through a concrete floor could be desirable.
Would it be better to circulate the hot water through the ceiling? Why or Why not?
19. Write briefly on:
(a) Energy surveying (b) Energy auditing (c) Energy cost
20. What are the types of energy audits? Write the methodology with respect to process industries.







SMEX1035 Energy Engineering and Management.
UNIT-III
PART - A (10 X 2 = 20)

1. Write a short note on heat pump
2. Under what circumstances storage of energy becomes necessary?
3. Under what circumstances waste heat recovery systems become necessary.
4. Which types of energy storage systems are suitable for peak shaving in electrical utility?
5. What is meant by waste heat recovery?
6. List out two possible places of energy saving in boilers.
7. List the advantages of heat pump.
8. Classifying Waste-Heat Quality.
9. Depict the energy consumption pattern in a steam boiler.
10. What are waste heat recovery systems? Give examples.
11. Under what circumstances waste heat recovery systems become necessary.
12. Which types of energy storage systems are suitable for peak shaving in electrical utility?
13. What is heat engine?
14. What are refrigeration effect and COP?
15. What are the energy chains?
16. What is the principle of heat pump?
17. What are the different types of heat exchanger?
18. What is the importance of storage systems for industry?
19. In a process, low pressure and high pressure steam is available. Describe how can this steam be reused in
industry? Which equipment is used for recovery of this? Explain with a neat sketch the principle of
operation of such system.
20. List some of the direct and indirect benefits of waste heat recovery systems.

PART B (5 x 12 = 60)

15. What are the various waste heat recovery systems? Explain regenerators waste heat recovery systems with
neat sketch.
16. What are the different energy storage methods? Explain any one thermal energy storage systems with
suitable sketch.
15. Explain the waste heat recovery possibility in refrigerators.
16. Explain the working of heat exchanger.
15. Explain the principle of waste heat utilization and its various applications.
16. On what basis energy storage systems are classified? Explain any one thermal energy storage system with
suitable sketch.
15. Write different energy conservation opportunities in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
16. What is heat exchanger? Describe the structure and function of various components of heat exchangers.
15. Explain with a neat diagram the operation principle of a heat pipe. Also discuss its merits and demerits over
other heat recovery systems.
16. Explain the construction and working principle of two heat exchangers used to recover heat from hot
exhaust gases.
15. Explain the sources of waste heat and its potential applications.
16. Discuss the properties of a super acting magnetic energy storage system and what precautions have to be
taken to make it operate satisfactorily?
15. What are waste heat recovery boilers? Explain the need and benefits.
16. Discuss in detail the functions and characteristics of hydro energy storage systems.
15. Explain the principle of waste heat utilization and its various applications.
16. On what basis energy storage systems are classified? Explain any one thermal energy storage system with
suitable sketch.
15. What are the different types of waste heat recovery boilers? Explain working principle of any one with
suitable sketch.
16. Explain the principle of energy storage by a flywheel in utilities. On what factors does energy storage
depend?
15. How the waste heat is recovered from boilers? Explain the need and benefits.
16. Explain the principle of operation of heat pipe. Discuss three examples of its industrial application.
15. Write different energy conservation opportunities in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.
16. What is heat exchanger? Describe the structure and function of various components of heat exchangers.
SMEX1035 Energy Engineering and Management.
UNIT-IV

PART A (10 X 2 = 20)

1. Discuss the principle of energy management.
2. How is instrumentation system important for energy management?
3. What are the duties of energy management information systems?
4. What are the requirements for an energy management?
5. List out the functions of Energy Team Training.
6. Define energy management.
7. List out instruments used for energy measurement.
8. List out the responsibilities of an energy manager.
9. What are all the elements of an energy management program?
10. Explain the functions of SCADA.
11. What are the factors should be considered for energy resource management?
12. List out the advantage of computerized energy management.
13. What are the responsibilities of an energy manager?
14. Define economic cycles
15. What are the benefits of energy management?
16. List out the instrumentation used for HVAC energy management.


PART B (5 x 12 = 60)


1. Explain the terms (a) Energy strategy (b) Energy policy (c) Energy planning
2. Discuss the significance and scope of computerized energy management for modern industry.
3. Explain in detail the need for energy resource management and the role of an energy manager.
4. Discuss the role of computerized energy management system and their advantages.
5. Explain in detail the role of principle of energy management.
6. Explain the computerized energy management methodology and its application in industries.
7. List out elements of energy management programme and briefly explain them.
8. Explain computerized energy management program.
9. Discuss the steps in energy management to be established in a manufacturing company.
10. Write notes on
a. EMIS and
b. Computerised energy management.
11. Explain in detail the various characteristics of good energy management information system.
12. What are all the EMS hardware and discuss their features in detail.
13. Discuss the steps in energy management to be established in a manufacturing company.
14. Write notes on (a) EMIS and (b) Computerised energy management.
15. State the steps in energy management to be established in a manufacturing company?
16. Explain the concept of Planning and Organization.
17. Summarized key elements of the maintenance management program.
18. Discuss the importance of energy management information system and their disadvantages.
19. Explain the Industrial Energy Management with some case studies.
20. Write down the various steps involved in the energy measurements in industry.
21. Explain in detail the role of principle of energy management.
22. Explain the computerized energy management methodology and its application in industries.










SMEX1035 Energy Engineering and Management.

UNIT-V
PART - A (10 X 2 = 20)
1. State the uses of break even analysis.
2. Distinguish between actual cost and opportunity cost.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of cost optimization techniques?
4. Comment on the cost appraisal and profitability.
5. What is the effect of investment schedule?
6. Comment on the cost benefits of energy resources.
7. Write any four effects of cost benefits in energy resources.
8. What is Saving Investment Ratio (SIR)?
9. Define cost optimization.
10. Define NPV.
11. Enumerate the different cost optimization techniques.
12. What are the various cost considered while selecting a fuel?
13. What is the effect of investment schedule?
14. Comment on the cost benefits of energy resources
15. Define life cycle costing.
16. What stand for DCF and explain.
17. What is meant by cost optimization techniques?
18. Define profitability.
19. What are the elements which contribute to the cost of electricity?
20. How does the economy of scale affect the construction cost?

PART B (5 x 12 = 60)

1. What is optimal target investment schedule? Describe briefly its application.
2. What is the role of cost benefits of energy resources? Discuss their advantages.
3. (a) What are the effects of energy resources?
(b) Discuss the needs and cost benefits of energy resources.
4. Discuss the various functional elements of cost optimization techniques.
5. Describe the various cost optimization techniques. Also indicate some means of controlling costing.
6. Explain in detail the need and cost benefits of energy resources
7. A natural gas central heating system costs Rs.4,00,000 completely installed and ready for use. Its salvage
value is Rs.40,000 at the end of its service life of 10 years. Determine its asset value at the end of 6 years
using the following depreciation methods
a. Straight line method,
b. declining balance technique,
c. sum of the years digits and
d. sinking fund method assuming rate of interest as 6%.
8. Discuss the following
(a) Budgeting and standard costing.
(b) Methods of investment appraisal.
9. What are possible cost optimization techniques and explain any two methods.
10. Explain in detail the cost benefit analysis of energy resources.
11. Describe the various cost optimization techniques. Also indicate some means of controlling costing.
12. Explain in detail the need and cost benefits of energy resources.
13. Explain the application of relevant costing for Engineering Economic problems.
14. Explain the cost optimization with one variable.
15. Describe the various cost optimization techniques. Explain any one with suitable assumptions.
16. Discuss the need and cost benefits of energy resources.
17. Explain in detail the various stages in the capital budgeting cycle.
18. Discuss the cost benefits of wind power energy and tidal power energy.
19. Write the short notes on power plant economics.
20. Discuss about the economic principles of energy conservations projects.
21. (a) What are the effects of energy resources?
(b) Discuss the needs and cost benefits of energy resources.
22. Discuss the various functional elements of cost optimization techniques.

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