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Energy Balance & Reference Energy System (RES). Amrit Nakarmi SEPPA Lec 3 02 Aug 2016. Energy Balance. The basic tool of energy analysis is the energy balance table. The columns of the table show different energy forms such as petroleum products, electricity and traditional fuels.
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Energy Balance & Reference Energy System (RES) Amrit Nakarmi SEPPA Lec 3 02 Aug 2016
Energy Balance • The basic tool of energy analysis is the energy balance table. • The columns of the table show different energy forms such as petroleum products, electricity and traditional fuels. Domestic prod + imports-exports+ stock changes- conversion inputs =domestic consumption
Energy Conversion WEO, 2008
Energy Balance • Energy balances are often displayed in physical units (KWh, TOE, GJ, etc.). The unit desirable is single unit. • The example given are:
Energy Balance (Sichuan Province, China) Tsinghua University, 2003
Reference Energy System (RES) • RES is useful way of conceptualizing the use of energy in a national economy as a network. The links represent specific uses such as transformation and production of different energy forms. The most used is the RES. • RES serves not only as the graphic representation but also as analytical framework for demand analysis.
Reference Energy System (RES) • RES was originally designed in early 1970s as tool for technology assessment in the USA, but it has been widely used for energy assessment and energy planning and policy studies. • Energy system once viewed as network of energy flows, the optimal flow of energy in such a network can be used for mathematical modeling techniques in network analysis.
Energy flow chart, USA, 2005 (Randolph and masters, 2008)