Demand-side management programs such as load shifting utilise the flexibility in the load consumption pattern of consumers to enable the effective capacity utilisation of renewable energy sources. The locational and temporal characteristics of renewable energy sources cause forecasting and...

The major challenge to the large-scale commercialisation of hybrid electric vehicles is their high initial and operating costs, although a mild hybrid is generally cheaper than a full hybrid of the same performance. Hence, the average operating efficiency of the internal combustion engine of a...

Mini steel-plants in India, using electric-arc furnaces for steel manufacturing, are highly energy intensive. In the context of increasing electricity prices and the introduction of time varying electricity rates by utilities, mini steel-plants can reschedule their operations to reduce their...

The goal of any load-management program is to maintain, as nearly as possible, a constant level of load, thereby allowing the system load factor to approach 100%. The important benefits of load management are reduction in maximum demand, reduction in power loss, better equipment utilisation and...

Cogeneration is proved to be one of the promising energy management techniques, which offers an efficient method of producing electricity and useful thermal energy from a common source. In the present study various cogeneration options for a plywood industry in south India with power export is...