Energy Audit

The energy audit process  generally follows these stages:

1. Planning the Audit: Identifying areas of audit, preparing instruments and techniques.
2. Collecting Information: Reviewing bills, equipment details, and interviewing users.
3. Measuring Energy Usage: Using instruments like meters and sensors to record actual consumption.
4. Analyzing Data: Identifying inefficiencies and energy waste areas.
5. Reporting and Recommendations: Providing a technical report with detailed suggestions and cost-benefit analysis.

• Power Analyzers and Energy Meters: For measuring electrical parameters such as voltage, current, power factor, active power (kW), reactive power (kVAR), energy consumption (kWh), and frequency (Hz).
• Thermal Imaging Cameras: Used for detecting hotspots, loose connections, overloaded cables, and insulation defects by capturing infrared images.
• Data Loggers: To record real-time data on energy use and load profiles over a period (e.g., 7 to 14 days).
• Clamp-on Meters and Flow Meters: For measuring flow rates of liquids or gases and air velocity in ventilation systems.
• Temperature Sensors (like RTDs, thermocouples): To measure equipment and process temperatures critical for efficiency calculations.
• Combustion Analyzers: For analyzing flue gases (CO, CO2, O2, SOx, NOx) to evaluate boiler or furnace combustion efficiency.
• Harmonic Analyzers and Power Quality Testers: To assess power quality issues such as harmonics, voltage dips, swells, and transients in electrical systems.