LNG 601 Foundation English for International Programs
Prerequisite : None
This course aims to develop English Language skill necessary for use in international graduate programs. The course is designed for mature students in engineering and technology. It will be based on practical skills and focus on real language demands in studying in an international program, including: speaking and listening, lecture note taking, conference and group discussion, verbal report and presentation, report and technical paper writing.
EM 611 Management of Technology
Prerequisite : None
Technology change and corporate strategic planning. Technology forecasting. R & D organization and management. Project selection and priorities, decision making tools. Innovation and commercialization. Technology transfer. Risk assessment.
EM 612 Project Management
Prerequisite : None
Project management functions. Identification and formulation. Feasibility analysis, and economic evaluation. Project appraisal. Implementation, scheduling and cost control. Case studies and software applications.
EM 613 Energy Management
Prerequisite : None
Basic concepts. World and local energy situations. Issues and institution set up. Demand for energy and economic growth, energy pricing systems and policies. Fuels and electricity, conversion, substitution and technology options. Supply analysis and strategies. Income and price elasticities of energy. Economics of energy conservation. Energy demand management, measures and methodologies. Programme formulation and implementation. Barriers to conservation and supporting measures. Demand side management programme. Corporate energy management programme. Monitoring and targeting.
EM 614 Economic Foundations
Prerequisite : None
Basic concepts, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, and resource allocation. Demand and supply, and the role of prices. The theories of consumers and producers, economic efficiency and welfare, and marginal cost pricing. Cost and benefit analysis concepts, opportunity costs, resource depletion, discount rates and present values. Externalities and shadow pricing, consumer’s surplus, rents, and producer’s surplus, opportunity cost of capital, discounted transfer payments, sunk costs, shadow exchange rates and shadow rates of interest. Project economic analysis, case studies.
EM 615 Management Information Systems
Prerequisite : None
Fundamental of information systems. Role and importance of information systems in administrative works. Computer applications in the management of information systems. Development and safety protection. Management techniques in organization using information technology. Information society. Trend and role of information systems in the future. Current applications including energy related areas.
EM 621 Energy Conversion and Distribution
Prerequisite : Thermal Energy Analysis
A study on the characteristics of energy conversion methods and equipments, with emphasis on the generation, storage and distribution of electricity. Classification of power plants. Thermal power plants. Cogeneration and combined-cycle generation. Fuel requirements. Rankine-cycle engine. Hydrogeneration. Solar, wind, and nuclear generation. Comparative economic study of the conversion system, the storage and distribution system; grid and distributive systems, marginal cost and tariff.
EM 622 Energy Performance Indices
Prerequisite : None
A study on the evaluation of energy performance of energy consuming processes and devices. Domestic consumption and appliances; stove, lighting equipments, fans, air-conditioners and other appliances. Other tertiary sectors, commercial and service, task requirement and energy consumption. Rural sector, classification of activities and energy requirement. Industrial sector, energy per unit and per ton of production. Transportation sector, energy per passenger-km, or freight ton-km.
EM 631 Energy System Planning
Prerequisite : None
System characteristics and data requirements for planning. System objectives. Planning in electricity, generation and distribution, demand and load characteristics, tariff and investment. Hydro system. Oil, gas, coal and nuclear systems. Energy supply planning.Energy policy and institutions. Structure of the energy institutes and influence on policy.
EM 632 Energy Modeling
Prerequisite : None
Energy consumption and supply balance, energy matrix. Thailand sectorial energy consumption. Energy supply and intermediate energy forms. Principles of model building. Model types, construction of projection functions. Data requirements, Sensitivity and model verification. Policy analysis and choice of models. Linkage with other national models, macro-economic, population planning and agricultural models.
EM 633 Rural Energy Study
Prerequisite : None
The rural economy, the structure of the economy and macro-economic pattern. The agriculture pattern and agricultural plans.Pattern of rural energy consumption. Energy resource and distribution. Energy and agriculture. Energy and rural industry.Projection of future energy demand through a consumption model linkage with the national economic and agriculture models.
Rural electrification and other energy delivery.
EM 634 Advanced Energy System Engineering
Prerequisite : Energy System Engineering
Network analysis, and the balanced macro-energy system. Project Management, PERT/CPM. Problem formulation and the constrained solution. Inventory model. Probability and random process. Generation of random variable and simulation. Dynamic programming and nonlinear programming. Unconstrained and constrained optimization.
EM 635 Systems Engineering
Prerequisite : None
Basic concepts and definitions. Systems approach and methodologies. The importance of objectives, constraints, environments, resources, participating elements and management in problem solving. Systems life cycle. Analysis of systems, and tools. Systems engineering and stages of operation. Appraisals and testings. Applications of systems approach to management.
EM 641 Electrical Energy Analysis
Prerequisite : Electrotechnology
Fundamentals of electrical power engineering, analysis and measurement methods for power and energy in three phase circuits.Electro-magnetism, magnetic circuit and energy transfer. Application of thermodynamics to the analysis of electromagnetic circuits, transformer, motor, and generator. Management of electrical energy. Distribution circuits and equipments. Electrical tariff.Load and demand management. Power factor and loss management.
EM 642 Electrical Energy Utilization
Prerequisite : Electrical Energy Analysis
Use and efficiency of electrical equipments. Electric heating equipments, resistance heater, induction, infrared, and dielectric heater. Welder. Elevator, escalator and conveyer. Blower, pump and compressor.
EM 651 Thermal Energy Utilization
Prerequisite : Thermal Energy Analysis and Advanced Heat Transfer
Use and efficiency of heat equipments. First and second law consideration. Boiler and steam equipments. Steam driven prime mover. Evaporator and condenser. Dryer. Preheater and economizer. Pyrolysis and gasifier.
EM 671 Energy Conservation for Buildings
Prerequisite : Solar Energy
Comfort cooling and psychrometry. Air quality and air change. Building utility, facility and energy requirement. Building energy load and thermal dynamics. Solar heat gain, shading, and illuminous effect. Measurement and control of energy in building. Formulation of control algorithm.Instrumentation for measurement and control.
EM 672 Energy Conservation for Industries
Prerequisite : None
Energy fundamentals. Energy management programme and promotion. Surveys and audits, metering techniques and analysis methodologies. Sankey diagram and energy balances. Estimation of energy conservation potentials and economic evaluation.Energy management in industrial processes and equipments : steam and condensate systems, combustion processes, liquid heating systems, furnaces, kilns, dryers, refrigerating systems, cold rooms and freezers, compressed air systems, pumps, fans and motors. Waste heat recovery principles. Efficient use of electricity. Cogeneration. Case studies.
EM 681 Energy Management in Transport
Prerequisite : Basic Economics
Transportation systems : comparison and choice criteria, government role, transport components and services. Transportation economics : cost and pricing, project evaluation. The use of energy in transport, energy efficiency of various modes, saving measures and strategies relating to engineering aspects, transport management, traffic management, infrastructure and urban form.