Çukurova Üniversitesi Balcalı Hastanesinde enerji verimliliğinin iyileştirilmesi ve enerji tasarrufu fırsatları

The increasing demand for energy and the depletion of existing fossil fuel based resources have made it mandatory for the efficient use of energy, energy saving and searching alternative energy sources. Using the energy efficiently and performing energy saving studies have great importance for developing countries like ours that are dependent on other countries to meet their energy needs. In this thesis, the required applications for energy efficiency improvement and energy saving are given with their payback period calculations by examining the present situation of Balcalı Hospital where consumed energy is approximately 40-45% of the energy used in Çukurova University. Energy saving practices especially emphasizing on electricity and fuel consumptions are presented with examples. The additional works should be performed are summarized by considering the legal regulations on energy efficiency in Turkey. Furthermore, investigations on use of cogeneration/trigeneration system and renewable energy sources considering the geological location of the hospital are performed. A software program that tracks and analyzes the electricity bills, suggests the best electricity tariff and controls the active and reactive power rates to protect paying any punishment is developed. The properties of heat center, cooling and air conditioning system, air handling unit, lighting system, transformer, uninterruptible power supply, generator, water system, compressor and all electric motors in the hospital are reported after investigations. The estimated new energy consumption rates after suggested energy efficiency saving, improvement and energy management opportunities are compared with the present energy consumption rates. As a result of the detailed analysis on the existing system, 36% energy saving potential is estimated at the Balcalı Hospital.