Energy Auditor Course in Industry - A3e

Goals

The objectives of the training Energy Auditor Course in Industry - A3e :

• The main objective of the Industrial Energy Auditor course is to train experts in conducting and supervising Energy Audits in Industry. The syllabus has been developed by A3e (Association of Efficiency Companies)

Program

1. General concepts
1.1 General introduction
1.2 Regulatory Framework
1.3 Current energy structure and situation
1.4 General concepts of energy efficiency
1.5 Thermal generation
1.6 Combustion and fuels
1.7 Fundamentals of thermodynamics
1.8 Fluid motion
1.9 Basic principles of electricity

2. Horizontal technologies in industry
2.1 Industrial cooling systems
2.2 Energy saving and efficiency improvements in industrial cooling
2.3 Air conditioning systems
2.4 Energy saving and efficiency improvements in air conditioning
2.5 Compressed air generation and distribution systems
2.6 Energy saving and efficiency measures in compressed air systems
2.7 Lighting systems
2.8 Energy saving and efficiency measures in lighting systems
2.9 Electrical transformers
2.10 Energy saving and efficiency measures in electrical transformers
2.11 Electric motors
2.12 Energy saving and efficiency measures in electric motors
2.13 Pumping and ventilation systems
2.14 Energy saving and efficiency measures in pumping systems
2.15 Thermal energy consumer systems. Industrial boilers
2.16 Energy saving and efficiency measures in industrial boilers
2.17 The burner, as the main component of the industrial boiler
2.18 Energy saving and efficiency measures in industrial boiler burners
2.19 Thermal fluid networks in industrial facilities
2.20 Energy saving and efficiency measures in thermal fluids and their components

3. Optimisation of industrial processes
3.1 Industrial furnaces
3.2 Energy saving and efficiency measures in industrial furnaces
3.3 Dryer technology and its industrial application
3.4 Energy saving and efficiency measures in dryers
3.5 Heat exchangers and their industrial applications
3.6 Energy saving and efficiency improvements in exchangers
3.7 Evaporators/concentrators
3.8 Energy saving and efficiency measures in evaporators/concentrators
3.9 Pasteurisers/Sterilisers/Scalders
3.10 Energy saving and efficiency measures in pasteurisers/sterilisers/scalders
3.11 Tanks and their main industrial applications
3.12 Energy saving and efficiency measures in vats
3.13 Waste energy recovery and valorisation systems
3.14 Energy saving and efficiency measures in waste heat recovery systems

4. Methodology for conducting an industrial energy audit
4.1 Stages of an audit.
4.2 Examples of energy saving and efficiency measures

5. Materials, resources and technical equipment required to carry out an energy audit
5.1 Environmental condition measurement equipment
5.2 Measurement of electricity consumption and energy quality
5.3 Equipment for measuring and analysing combustion in boilers
5.4 Measurement of light intensity
5.5 Thermographic studies
5.6 Energy measurement in energy flows

6. Protocol for conducting an energy audit
6.1 Preliminary data
6.2 Data collection and measurements
6.3 Determination of measurement campaigns to be carried out
6.4 Analysis of the results of the measurement campaigns carried out
6.5 Energy balance of the audited centre or process
6.6 Technical and economic analysis of energy saving and efficiency proposals

7. Energy management in industry
7.1 Optimisation of supply contracts
7.2 Consumption management
7.3 Energy service companies
7.4 Measurement and verification of savings
7.5 Energy management systems: ISO 50001

8. Alternative sources of energy generation
8.1 Cogeneration
8.2 Renewable energies. Solar thermal energy
8.3 Solar photovoltaic energy
8.4 Biomass
8.5 Small wind energy
8.6 Technologies