Industrial Energy Management: Principles and Applications

"Industrial Energy Management: Principles and Applications" provides an overall view of the energy management approach by following the stream of energy from factory boundaries to end users. All topics are examined from the point of view of plant users rather than from that of designers and only the basic concepts necessary to clarify the operation of the plants are outlined. The book is written both as a textbook for university courses in engineering and as a work of reference for professionals in energy management. Readers are assumed to have a basic knowledge of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, electric systems and power electronics, as well as computer programming. The text can be used not only by technicians involved in the field of energy management, but also by managers who may find it a useful tool for understanding investment proposals and even a spur to solicit new ones.