Basic Introduction to Energy:
Energy and power, forms of energy,primary energy sources, energy flows, world energy production and consumption,Key energy trends in India:Demand, Electricity, Access to modern energy, Energy production and trade, Factors affecting India’s energy development:Economy and demographics Policy and institutional framework, Energy prices and affordability, Social and environmental aspects, Investment.
Energy storage systems:
Thermal energy storage methods, Energy saving, Thermal energy storage systems
Energy Management:
Principles of Energy Management, Energy demand estimation, Energy pricing
Energy Audit:
Purpose, Methodology with respect to process Industries, Characteristic method employed in Certain Energy Intensive Industries
Economic Analysis:
Scope, Characterization of an Investment Project
Environment:
Introduction, Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies- Definition, scope and importance, Need for public awareness.
Ecosystem:
Concept, Energy flow, Structure and function of an ecosystem. Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids, Forest ecosystem, Grassland ecosystem, Desert ecosystem and Aquatic ecosystems, Ecological succession.
Environmental Pollution:
Definition, Cause, effects and control measures of - Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Marine pollution, Noise pollution, Thermal pollution and Nuclear hazards , Solid waste Management, Disaster management Role of an individual in prevention of pollution, Pollution case studies.
Social Issues and the Environment:
Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust. Case Studies. Wasteland reclamation, Consumerism and waste products, Environment Protection Act, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, Wildlife Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act, Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation.
Course outcomes:
1. Summarize the basic concepts of energy, its distribution and general Scenario.
2. Explain different energy storage systems, energy management, audit and economic analysis.
3. Summarize the environment eco system and its need for awareness.
4. Identify the various types of environment pollution and their effects.
5. Discuss the social issues of the environment with associated acts.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Textbook for Environmental Studies For Undergraduate Courses of all Branches of Higher Education by University grant commission and BharathiVidyapeeth Institute of environment education and Research ,Pune
2. De, B. K., Energy Management audit & Conservation, 2nd Edition, Vrinda Publication, 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Turner, W. C., Doty, S. and Truner, W. C., Energy Management Hand book, 7th edition, Fairmont Press, 2009.
2. Murphy, W. R., Energy Management, Elsevier, 2007.
3. Smith, C. B., Energy Management Principles, Pergamum, 2007
4. Environment pollution control Engineering by C S Rao, New Age International, 2006, reprint 2015, 2nd edition.
5. Environmental studies, by Benny Joseph, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008, 2nd edition.