Paper EM1 Energy Manager Set A
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION 2004
FOR
ENERGY MANAGERS
PAPER EM1: GENERAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT & ENERGY AUDIT
Date: 22.05.2004
Timings: 0930-1230 HRS
Duration: 3 HRS
Max. Marks: 150
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Please check that this question paper contains 6 printed pages
Please check that this question paper contains 65 questions
The question paper is divided into three sections
All questions in all three sections are compulsory
All parts of a question should be answered at one place
Section I: OBJECTIVE TYPE
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
1.
Answer all 50 questions
Each question carries one mark
Put a () tick mark in the appropriate box in the answer book
Among the worlds coal producers, Indias position is
a) 10th
2.
b) Agriculture
b) lignite
b) 80,000 crores
c) oil
d) solar hot water
c) 800,000 crores
d) 20,000 crores
b) 150,804 MW
c) 215,804 MW
d) 300,000 MW
b) create it
c) burn it
d) convert it
Select the source of stored chemical energy
a) electricity
8.
d) Transport
A person can do the following with electricity
a) destroy it
7.
c) Residential
Indias total installed power plant capacity requirement in MW in 2012 is estimated as
a) 107,236 MW
6.
d) 26th
The annual current oil import bill of India is around Rs....
a) 8,000 crores
5.
c) 4th
Which energy is not a commercial energy
a) electricity
4.
b) 17th
The major commercial energy consuming sector in the country is
a) Industry
3.
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b) water
c) coal
d) compressed air
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1o C
is known as
a) sensible heat
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b) specific heat
c) latent heat
d) calorific value
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9.
A three phase induction motor is drawing 12 Ampere at 440 Volts. If the operating
power factor of the motor is 0.85, then the power drawn by the motor is
a) 7.8 kW
10.
b) 4.5 kW
b) sin phi
c) kVAr
b) Voltage/Current
d) Ohm x Voltage
Energy management involves
a) combination of technical and managerial skills
c) technical skills
13.
b) pitot tube
c) lux meter
b) audit phase
d) the time of study
Having an energy policy
a) shows top management commitment
c) indicates energy audit skills
16.
b) satisfying regulations
d) adds to the list of other policies
Matching energy usage to requirement means providing
a) just theoretical energy needed
c) energy with minimum losses
17.
b) water
b) sankey diagram
d) balance diagram
b) 40 tonnes
b) 1400
d) 3.2 tonnes
c) 1190
d) 1610
An analysis which helps to bring into focus the positive and negative forces in an
organisation is
a) energy action planning
c) energy policy
22.
c) 48 tonnes
An oil fired boiler operates at an excess air of 15%. If the stochiometic air to fuel ratio
is 14 kg of air per kg of oil and oil consumption is 100 kg per hour, then the mass of
flue gas liberated in kg/ hour would be
a) 1320
21.
d) all of the above
Coal with 40% ash is fired in a boiler. The daily coal consumption is 80 tonnes. The
ash going out of the boiler per day would be
a) 32 tonnes
20.
c) raw materials
Diagrammatic representation of input and output energy streams of an equipment or
system is know as
a) mollier diagram
c) psychrometric chart
19.
b) just the design needs
d) less than what is needed
A mass balance for energy conservation does consider the following substance
a) steam
18.
d) fyrite
An energy audit team is formed during
a) post audit phase
c) pre-audit phase
15.
b) managerial skills
d) energy audit skills
Air velocity in ducts is measured by
a) stroboscope
14.
d) kVArh
Electrical resistance is defined as
a) Current/Voltage
c) Voltage x Current
12.
d) 23.4 kW
The term missing in the following equation (kVA) = (kW) + ( ? )2 is
a) cos phi
11.
c) 5.3 kW
b) force field analysis
d) energy analysis
Which of the following is the least important of a good energy information system
a) data accuracy
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b) data relevance
c) data volume
d) data validation
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23.
The first vital step in an energy management programme is
a) measurements
c) top management commitment
24.
A public expression of an organizations commitment of energy conservation is
a) energy balance
25.
b) setting goals
d) energy audit
b) energy policy
c) energy audit
d) energy savings
What is not the duty of an energy manager
a) conduct an energy audit
b) prepare an annual activity plan
c) report to BEE and state level designated agency once a year
d) prepare a scheme for efficient use of energy
26.
Based on the following Net Present Value, which of the projects seems to be the
most attractive for investment
a) - Rs 2123
27.
b) Rs 0
b) risks due to assumptions
d) best financing source
The Return on Investment, ROI, is expressed as
a) (first cost/first year benefits) x100
c) annual costs/capital cost
29.
b) 2.22
c) 1.66
d) 6.6
A sum of Rs 100,000 is deposited in a bank at the beginning of a year. The bank
pays 6% interest annually. How much money, in Rs., is in the bank account at the
end of the fifth year, if no money is withdrawn?
a) 126,247
31.
b) NPV/ IRR
d) (annual net cash flow/capital cost) x100
Cost of a heat exchanger is Rs. 1.0 lakh. The simple payback period (SPP) in years
considering annual savings of Rs 60,000 and annual operating cost of Rs 15,000 is
a) 0.75
30.
d) + Rs 1830
A sensitivity analysis is an assessment of
a) cash flows
c) capital investment
28.
c) + Rs 15
b) 133,823
c) 130,000
d) 109,368
A contract in which the costs are paid from all or part of the energy cost savings is
called
a) performance contract
b) traditional contract
c) extended technical guarantee contract
d) guaranteed savings performance contract
32.
The following is not a step in PERT planning
a) estimate one time required for each activity
c) construct a network diagram
33.
The monthly electricity bill for a plant is Rs 10 lakhs which accounts for 38% of the
total monthly energy bill. How high is the plants monthly energy bill
a) Rs 315.73 lakhs
34.
b) Rs 26.32 lakhs
c) Rs 38 lakhs
d) Rs 380 lakhs
In Project Management, the critical path in the network is
a) the quickest path
c) the path from start to finish
35.
b) determine the critical path
d) identify activities and milestones
b) the shortest path
d) the path where no activities have slack
CPM in project management refers to
a) critical periodic management
c) critical path method
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b) critical project monitoring
d) cost project management
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36.
The simplest technique for scheduling of tasks and tracking progress is
a) CPM
37.
b) Gantt chart
b) 250 kg
c) 40 kg
d) 25 kg
The ratio of energy consumption to corresponding production is called
a) energy intensity
c) production energy ratio
39.
d) CumSum
The Calorific Value of coal is 4000 kCal/ kg. Find out the oil equivalent of 100 kg of
coal if the Calorific Value of oil is 10,000 kCal/ kg
a) 100 kg
38.
c) PERT
b) specific energy consumption
d) specific production ratio
Energy consumed for the period is
a) fixed consumption + variable consumption X production
b) fixed consumption X production
c) variable consumption X production
d) (fixed consumption + variable consumption) X production
40.
The fixed energy consumption of a company is 1000 kWh per month. The line slope
of the energy(y) versus production(x) chart is 0.3. The energy consumed in kWh per
month for a production level of 80,000 tons/month is
a) 25,000
41.
b) 24,000
b) vertical line chart
c) pie chart
b) 32
c) 8
b) 23,000
The ozone layer exists in
b) troposphere
c) atmosphere
d) at sea level
Global warming is mostly caused by emission of
a) Sulphur Dioxide
c) Carbon Dioxide
48.
d) 10,000
b) data analysis
d) energy efficiency equipment financing
a) stratosphere
47.
c) 7,000
Which of the following is not part of energy monitoring
a) data recording
c) data reporting
46.
d) 0
In an industry the energy consumed for a period is 2.3 lakh kWh. The production in
this period is 20,000 tonnes with a specific energy consumption of 10 kWh/ tonne.
The fixed energy consumption of the plant is
a) 30,000
45.
b) energy consumption is reducing
d) nothing can be said
In the first two months the cumulative sum is 8 and 16 respectively. In the next two
months calculated energy consumption is more than actual energy consumption by 8
for each month. This means the energy savings at the end of the fourth month would
be
a) 24
44.
d) X Y coordinate system
In a cumulative sum chart, if the graph is going up, it means
a) energy consumption is increasing
c) specific energy consumption is increasing
43.
d) 38,000
Fixed energy consumption can be determined from a
a) bar chart
42.
c) 24,100
b) Carbon Monoxide
d) Methane
Which is not a Greenhouse gas
a) Methane
b) Nitrous Oxide
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c) Carbon Dioxide
d) Sulphur Dioxide
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49.
The process under the Kyoto Protocol by which industrialized countries may invest
into or buy certified emission reductions is called.
a) cleaner development mechanism
c) prototype carbon trading
50.
b) clean development mechanism
d) none of the above
Which of the following gas damages the ozone layer
a) CFCs
b) CO2
c) Nitrogen
d) Argon
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Section - II:
SHORT DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS
Marks: 10 x 5 = 50
(i) Answer all Ten questions
(ii) Each question carries Five marks
S-1
What do you understand by the term Reserve to Production ratio (R/P) in the
field of exploration of fossil fuels?
S-2
What is energy intensity and what does it indicate?
S-3
The energy consumed by a plant was 18,000 kWh over a day. The maximum
load recorded during this time was 1000 kW. Calculate the load factor on that
day.
S-4
How is the Calorific Value of fuel measured in a laboratory?
S-5
What is the significance of an energy policy and what general aims and
specific targets does it relate to?
S-6
Explain how matching energy use to actual requirements can enhance energy
efficiency, and state one example with solution.
S-7
Describe important features of a Sankey diagram.
S-8
In a heat exchanger, steam is used to heat 40 kg/ hour of furnace oil from 30o
C to 90o C. The specific heat of furnace oil is 0.22 kcal/kg oC. The latent heat
of steam is 540 kcal/ kg. How much steam per hour is needed?
S-9
Explain the objective of a force field analysis and how such an analysis is
structured.
S-10
On an energy efficiency investment of Rs 30,000/- the annual savings are Rs.
85,000/- and annual operating costs are Rs. 10,000/-. Calculate the simple
pay back period (SPP) for the investment.
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Section - III:
LONG DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS
Marks: 5 x 10 = 50
(i) Answer all Five questions
(ii) Each question carries Ten marks
L-1
Discuss the difference between energy conservation and energy efficiency.
L-2
A plant is using 4 tonnes/day of coal to generate steam. The calorific value of
the coal is 4000 kcal/ kg. The cost of coal is Rs. 2,000/tonne. The plant
substitutes coal with rice husks, as a boiler fuel, which has a calorific value of
3000 kcal/ kg and cost Rs. 700/tonne. Calculate the annual cost savings at
300 days of operation, assuming that the boiler efficiency decreases from 78%
on coal to 72% on rice husks.
L-3
In a pumping system the motor efficiency is 90% and pump efficiency is 80%.
The pump discharge is throttled causing 20% loss; moreover 28% are lost
through friction in pipe fittings. The motor draws 34 kW. Calculate the net
water power available at the end of the piping system.
L-4
An investment of Rs 1.0 Lakh is made for a variable speed drive at the
beginning of the year, which is also the date of first operation. Savings
expected over 4 years are Rs. 30,000, Rs. 30,000, Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 45,000
respectively. Find out the Net Present Value at the end of the 4th year, if the
discount rate is 12%.
L-5
Construct a CPM diagram for the example below
Activity
Precedent
Time, weeks
Start
Start
Finish
F,E,D
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