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The document discusses energy management and auditing. It provides a case study of PPC, a cement company in Zimbabwe, and tasks students with conducting an energy audit to identify solutions for reducing the company's energy consumption. It includes multiple questions related to energy auditing processes, HVAC systems, lighting design, power factor correction, and time-of-use tariffs.

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CUFEM 510 Assignment 1

The document discusses energy management and auditing. It provides a case study of PPC, a cement company in Zimbabwe, and tasks students with conducting an energy audit to identify solutions for reducing the company's energy consumption. It includes multiple questions related to energy auditing processes, HVAC systems, lighting design, power factor correction, and time-of-use tariffs.

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Chinhoyi University of Technology

Energy management and auditing CUFEM510


Individual Assignment
Due 14 June 2024

Question 1
a. Differentiate between Energy audit and Energy management. [6]
b. Case study
PPC is a company which specialises in cement production in Zimbabwe. The cement production process
is energy intensive and the company requires to reduce their energy consumption. Fuels and energy
students have been tasked to conduct an Energy Audit and provide possible solutions for reducing the
company’s energy consumption.
Table Q1 Ten Step Methodology for Detailed Energy Audit.
Step No Plan of action
Phase 1: Pre-Audit Phase
Step 1
Step 2
Phase 2: Audit Phase
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Phase 3: Post-Audit Phase
Step 10

i. The students decide to use the 10-step methodology for a Detailed Audit. Copy and complete
Table Q1. [10]
ii. Explain how benchmarking can be used to help in monitoring the energy consumption of the
plant. [4]
iii. The company uses electrostatic precipitators (EPs) as a dust suppression system. Give another
energy conserving technology which can be used besides the EPs to suppress the dust and
explain how its operation differs from the EPs in terms of energy consumption. [8]
iv. Given that the team identified the rotary kiln as one area suffering from high radiative heat
losses, up to 300 ℃ is radiated from the kiln’s walls. Discuss how heat recovery at the kiln can
be done to produce electricity, Hint: use organic Rankine cycle. [10]
v. The company has a lot of motors which run at the same time, what effect does this have on the
electric bill and how can it be corrected. [2]
Question 2
a. Consider the following inverted block rate structure for a monthly bill:
Customer charge RTGS 250/month
Demand charge RTGS 10/kW/month
Energy charge 0 – 25 000 kWh RTGS 0.08/kWh
25 000 – 100 000 RTGS 0.09/kWh
Over 100 000 kWh RTGS 0.12/kWh

Assume that a facility uses a total of 200 kW and 86,400 kWh for one month for all energy loads. How
many dollars would they save per month from a lighting upgrade resulting in 25 kW lighting power
reduction if the lighting system operates 300 hours per month and operates during the peak demand
period? [6]
b. What does Coefficient of Performance (COP) mean in HVAC systems. [2]
c. A 250-ton chiller has COP of 4.2. If the chiller is running at full capacity, what is the load (in kW) of
the chiller? [3]
d. Reheat may still be needed in an HVAC system even if the outside temperature is very high. Discuss.
[6]
e. Consider a process that requires 10,000 MMBtu/year and this energy is supplied by an old, oil-fired
boiler (uses residual fuel oil #6) that is only 50% efficient. You retrofit to a natural gas fired boiler that
is 80% efficient, what are the energy savings? [3]

Question 3
a. A facility purchases and installs a new chiller for $100,000. Determine the annual savings is
required to return 15% on this investment if the chiller lasts 10 years [8]
b. Table Q3 shows data collected by a Fuels and Energy student at the CUT - block leak factory. Plot a
graph of energy consumption vs production for the collected data. Determine the equation that describes
the least squares regression line. Hence or otherwise comment on the relationship between x and y.
[6]
Table Q3 Block leak production and energy data.

c. In a 100 TPD Sponge Iron plant shown in Figure Q3, the sponge iron is fed to the Induction melting
furnace, producing molten steel at 88% yield. The Energy consumption details are as follows:
• Coal Consumption: 130 TPD

• GCV of coal: 4500 kcal/kg

• Power Purchased from Grid: 82400 kWh / day

• Specific Energy consumption for Kiln producing Sponge Iron: 120 kWh / ton sponge iron

Figure Q3 Sponge Iron plant


Calculate:
i. Specific Energy Consumption of Induction melting furnace in terms of kWh/ton of molten
steel. [2]
ii. Specific Energy Consumption of the entire plant, in terms of kcal/kg of molten steel
(product). [2]
iii. Total Energy Consumption of Plant in Tons of Oil Equivalent (TOE) [2]
Question 4
a. Find the number of lamps required to provide a uniform 500 lux on the working surface in a 15 x 10
room Assume two 3000 lumen lamps each per fixture, and assume that LLF is 0.65 and CU is 70 %.
[2]
b. Explain the following terms as used in lighting terminology
i. Coefficient of utilization [1]
ii. Colour Rendering Index (CRI) [1]
iii. Colour Temperature [2]
iv. Room Cavity Ratio (RCR) [2]
c. Give the importance of Energy management and Audit in line with sustainable development goals
(SDGs) and national development strategy 1 (NDS1). [5]
d. An electrical system has 52.9 kVA and 50.5 kW. How many kVARs of capacitance are required to
correct the power factor of the total load to 95%? [2]
e. Explain Time of Day (TOD) Tariff and how it is beneficial for the power system and consumers?
[5]

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