AST21203 Environment and Energy
Tutorial 6
Question1
Consider the following table:
Can you suggest areason why China’s electricity consumption for industrial activity much higher than that of the United States ?
Question2
Identify and explain, briefly, five reasons why an organization is motivated to implement an energy management policy.
Question3
What are the four basic steps in managing energy consumption ?
Question4
The following illustration shows the energy consumption of a college over one particular week from Monday to Sunday during a semester.
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If you were the facilities manager, would you regard this as indicating a normal consumption pattern ? Explain, briefly.
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What action would you take, if any ?
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If any obvious action could be taken to reduce the energy consumption, estimate the percentage savings in energy that could be achieved
Question5
Explain, briefly, how a domestic heat recovery system works.
Question6
A remote community living in the freezing temperatures of Alaska must use a diesel powered electric generator to produce their electricity. However, only about 30% of the energy in the diesel fuel is actually converted to electricity. To maintain their energy costs at a reasonable level, they need to achieve an energy efficiency of closer to 90%. Explain, briefly, with the aid of a diagram what solution you would recommend that they use.
Question7
You are shopping in Fortress for a new refrigerator. You find one that you like and attached to the refrigerator is the label shown on the right:
Explain, briefly, the meaning of that part of the label showing arrows with the letters A, B, C, …, G.
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Question8
Consider the following diagram:
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What item of equipment is shown in this illustration ?
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How does it work ?
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