Energy is fundamental to the quality of our lives. Nowadays, we are totally dependent on an abundant and uninterrupted Supply of Energy for living and working. It is a key ingredient in all sectors of Modern Economies. Conserving Energy not only helps to Conserve Resources but also translates into financial Savings.
Definition of Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is a way of managing and restraining the growth in Energy Consumption.
Something is more Energy efficient if it delivers more services for the same Energy input, or the same services for less Energy input.
Difference between Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency
With Energy Efficiency, you don’t have to sacrifice comfort to Save Energy. Energy Conservation involves a change in behavior to save Energy (Turning off the lights, Powering down Computers and Electronic Equipment at night, Lowering the Thermostat in winter and Raising it in Summer, Implementing Auto Power On System for Centralizing Air conditioner, Cooler etc to minimize the wastage of energy).
Energy Conservation
The Energy Conservation Bill-2001 was passed by the Parliament in August-2001 and was expected to clear the way for to check Wastage Energy. This Bill was suppose to control huge wastage of Power. The Energy Conservation Bill 2001 prepared by group of expert committees discussed and debated at various forums, was passed by the Indian Parliament in august-2001.This a Bureau called the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was established and managed through Governing council.
However the implementation of Energy Conservation Bill-2001 has to be done through well qualified and experienced Energy Managers with the designated consumers and the Energy
Auditors to check & certify that every such consumer complies with the provisions of this bill, thereby conserving the Energy, which of course will benefit the consumers themselves reducing their own Energy Bills and such savings increasing their profitability.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) also play key role in creation of professionally qualified energy managers and auditors with expertise in energy management, project management, financing and implementation of energy efficiency projects as well as policy analysis. It is a Law to force firms to make more profit and not an Act to control and monitor Energy Consumption of Industry. Under the BEE’s PAT Scheme (Perform, Achieves & Trade) for few Industrial Sectors, it is mandated to compulsorily improve their Energy Efficiency by adopting all the available measures including replacement of their old Equipments with New and Energy Efficient Equipments.
Energy Audit & Accounting
The Energy accounting gives the overall picture of Energy availability & its use. The Energy Audit enables analyzing the data in meaningful manner to evolve measure to introduce checks & balances in the system to reduce leakages and losses and also to improve technical performances. Energy Audit is carried out with the following objectives.
- Review of technical efficiency of system elements in T& D System.
- Review of performance of Equipment, Meters, Control Panels, and distribution Transformers, etc. etc.
- Analysis of the techniques for measuring energy received, energy billed and revenue collection.
- Review and up gradation of procedure for energy accounting.
- Establishment of norms for checking the consumption of various categories of consumers and overall energy balance in the circle.
- To clearly audit the segregation of technical and Non-technical losses.
All the details pertaining to Energy Accounting may be fed to the computerized billing system and the MIS report of each feeder may be generated through software package. MIS Report in the desired format could be generated by the Billing computer. The system may be made available at various levels i. e. sub-station / Sub division / Divisions / Circle.
It can thus be concluded that energy accounting and audit is very essential for reducing the T&D loss within optimum permissible limits, for which target are to be fixed and concerned efforts are to be mad to plug the leakages in the T & D system so that revenue collection of State Electricity Boards as well as Utilities increases which in turn will give a face-lift to them and improve their financial health.
The Energy accounting gives the overall picture of Energy availability & its use. The Energy Audit enables analyzing the data in meaningful manner to evolve measure to introduce checks & balances in the system to reduce leakages and losses and also to improve technical performances. Increasing spread of utilities over a wide network only necessitates an efficient, reliable and cost-effective solution for remote monitoring. Real-time monitoring of efficiency in performance and ahead-of-time indication of a probable maintenance are aspects critical to every company. Innovative device with GPRS connectivity, time and date facility, display, event logger and serial ports provides accurate information on energy consumption by each process, each location, within a stipulated time period as it is important to measure and monitor energy. Data is analysed on a continuous basis and user-defined trends for individual parameters such as RMS Voltages & Currents, PF, Frequency, KW, kWh, kVarh, kVAh, Maximum Demand,, etc. are created.
Multifunction Power and Energy Monitor
“MECO” Multifunction Power & Energy Monitor, Model : “MFM-96S” Microcontroller based with MODBUS RTU Protocol is indigenously designed, tooled and manufactured by the R & D Department of MECO and Competitively Priced. “MFM-96S” is Super Bright Red
LED Displays with Inbuilt Memory to store CTR, PTR, Inst. Address, Password & Energy Reset facility. It has Simultaneous Display for Voltage, Current, Active Power, Reactive Power, Apparent Power, Frequency, Power Factor, Active Energy, Reactive Energy & Apparent Energy (Import / Export – 4 Quadrant operations). TRMS Measurement, 3P3W / 3P4W (User Selectable) CTR, PTR, Instruments address, Password Protected, Energy Reset & Auto / Manual Scroll Display (Programmable) are key features of “MFM-96S”.
With Support of System Integration company MFM-96S is Ideal to monitor & acquire data though GPS / GPRS of Energy consumption of Building Management System, PLC’s / SCADA, Energy Audit, QC Testing, Power Management, Remote Monitoring System etc. for Bank’s Branches, Commercial Premises, Industrial Estate, Departmental Stores, Malls, Hospitals, Schools / College / University Campus, Gymkhana etc.
MFM-96S having RS-485 Port with MODBUS Protocol & Power Master Software to store parameters on the PC can be grouped into table or graph for Analysis & Management of Electrical System. The User-friendly software shows on PC Real time value, Tabular representation, Graphical display of Measured, Stored values, History trends, Alarms for Max./ Min. values etc. These values can be converted to Excel format for further data processing & import into other software platforms. “MFM-96S” is having IP54 (Meter Front) & CE Complaisance as per EN61010-1, ENG61326-1
The objectives of this Energy Monitoring and Energy Conservation are very good but the road ahead is very long, rough and tardy but with the cooperation and strong will, nothing is impossible.
Author Contact:
Haren Shah (Senior Marketing Executive)
Hand phone # 09820093232
Landline # 022-27673328
Email: haren.shah@mecoinst.com & harenvshah@yahoo.com
