Water and Energy Abstracts
Year : 2004, Volume : 14, Issue : 1
First page : ( 15) Last page : ( 15)
Print ISSN : 0021-1672.

31. Demand Side Management – T5 Retrofit and Web Enabled Systems for FTL Installations

Kaushik Kshitij

(IEEMA Journal, October 2003, pp. 56).

Abstract

Energy has become an intrinsic part of our way of life. We consume energy for heating, cooling, travelling and lighting in almost all day to day activities. The most convenient form of energy we use, which can be reached at any location through transmission line or cable is Electricity. Electricity can be generated from various conventional methods such as burning coal, oil and gas, or through atomic or hydroelectric power generating systems. Most methods of generating electricity create pollution problems or destroy the environment. The resources being limited, there is a limit to which we can depend on extraction of minerals to fulfill our daily needs. We can reduce electrical consumption by demand reduction, known as Demand Side Management. This we can meet by employing energy efficient products. For every activity – pumping water, lighting up our factories and offices, operating lifts and so on – we require relevant input in terms of power consumption and output in terms of light or heat, air etc. Our requirement is of energy efficient devices that will provide the required output with less power consumption. This is particularly pertinent when you consider that the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses that exist in the Indian context – for every 1000 MW of power generated only 379 MW actually reach the end-user.

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Keywords

Energy, Transmission, Generating, Consumption.

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