Course Syllabus
Introduction
Overview of Energy production and use in Malaysia.
Status of energy supply and demand in Malaysia: Energy supply, demand, energy challenges and opportunities.
Malaysian Energy Policy: Current energy balance, policy objectives, renewable energy policy, financial incentives,
subsidies.
Malaysian Energy Laws: Electricity Supply Act 1990, efficient management of electricity supply regulations 2008, Energy
Commission
Energy Audit
Energy management: Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation, Reducing environmental pollution.
Energy audits: Level 1 - walk through assessment, Level 2 - energy survey and analysis, Level 3 - detailed energy audit
- meetings, audit interviews, data collection and logging, commonly used instruments, data analysis – cost and saving
analysis.
Energy Efficient Equipment
Energy Efficient Electrical motors: Variable speed drives, motor losses, Efficiency of motors, premium efficiency motor,
Harmonic mitigation and Power Factor Correction, machine and Lubricant Condition monitoring for efficiency and
extended equipment lifetimes. Return on investment on premium motors.
Energy Efficient Transformers: Transformer types and their energy usage, energy saving potential, transformer
characteristics, typical causes of poor efficiency, transformer efficiency, traditional methods and effective new solutions.
Lighting Systems: Types of lamps Incandescent lamps, halogen lamp, fluorescent lamp, HID lamp Lighting levels,
Common energy saving measure - Reducing lighting levels, use of energy efficient lamps, high-efficiency electronic
ballast, luminaires, lighting controls, lighting energy saving devices of day lighting.
Alternative sources of Energy/Renewable energy
Wind power: General classification of wind turbine, wind turbine power and torque, wind energy conversion system,
performance, wind energy and environment, economics of wind energy.
Photovoltaic power: Solar energy, generation by photovoltaic effect, application of photovoltaic solar energy, economic
analysis of solar energy.
Small hydropower: Generating unit, turbines, economics of hydro turbines.
Geothermal power: Geothermal energy resources, application of use of geothermal energy, electricity generation from
geothermal power.
Biomass power: Fuel from biomass, energy from wastes, generation of electricity using biogas.
Nuclear power: Nuclear radiation, Nuclear reactors, electricity generation, economics of nuclear power.
Overview of Energy production and use in Malaysia.
Status of energy supply and demand in Malaysia: Energy supply, demand, energy challenges and opportunities.
Malaysian Energy Policy: Current energy balance, policy objectives, renewable energy policy, financial incentives,
subsidies.
Malaysian Energy Laws: Electricity Supply Act 1990, efficient management of electricity supply regulations 2008, Energy
Commission
Energy Audit
Energy management: Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation, Reducing environmental pollution.
Energy audits: Level 1 - walk through assessment, Level 2 - energy survey and analysis, Level 3 - detailed energy audit
- meetings, audit interviews, data collection and logging, commonly used instruments, data analysis – cost and saving
analysis.
Energy Efficient Equipment
Energy Efficient Electrical motors: Variable speed drives, motor losses, Efficiency of motors, premium efficiency motor,
Harmonic mitigation and Power Factor Correction, machine and Lubricant Condition monitoring for efficiency and
extended equipment lifetimes. Return on investment on premium motors.
Energy Efficient Transformers: Transformer types and their energy usage, energy saving potential, transformer
characteristics, typical causes of poor efficiency, transformer efficiency, traditional methods and effective new solutions.
Lighting Systems: Types of lamps Incandescent lamps, halogen lamp, fluorescent lamp, HID lamp Lighting levels,
Common energy saving measure - Reducing lighting levels, use of energy efficient lamps, high-efficiency electronic
ballast, luminaires, lighting controls, lighting energy saving devices of day lighting.
Alternative sources of Energy/Renewable energy
Wind power: General classification of wind turbine, wind turbine power and torque, wind energy conversion system,
performance, wind energy and environment, economics of wind energy.
Photovoltaic power: Solar energy, generation by photovoltaic effect, application of photovoltaic solar energy, economic
analysis of solar energy.
Small hydropower: Generating unit, turbines, economics of hydro turbines.
Geothermal power: Geothermal energy resources, application of use of geothermal energy, electricity generation from
geothermal power.
Biomass power: Fuel from biomass, energy from wastes, generation of electricity using biogas.
Nuclear power: Nuclear radiation, Nuclear reactors, electricity generation, economics of nuclear power.
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