SYNOPSIS

The palm oil mill design, construction and operation- how matured so far of the conventional and current industrial practices? Is it relevant with the current status? The concern of sustainability and recent issues on climate change, latest regulation and compliance from the governing authorities, where does this industry stand?

Lately, like other industrial means, the governing authorities emphasize on self-regulatory and monitoring effort on compliances from the palm oil industrial players. This is a truth and fact that all the industry players are in the loop. Palm oil based manufacturing industry: what should be the matured engineering approach on design and construction to meet the governing authorities’ expectation?

What sort of conventional oil mill design and its layout cum orientation that is no longer adoptable and applicable? What are the newer but matured approaches of design and construction that the players should look into and focus more, with the condition of fair initial investment with acceptable payback besides fulfil the requirement of compliances. Ultimately, the concerns of sustainability and competitiveness, technically and commercially in the global market are crucial and taken into consideration.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Hor Kok Luen  (P.Eng, MIEM, First Grade Competent Steam Engineer, ASEAN ENGINEER) graduated from University of Science Malaysia (USM) in 2001. He is holding Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering.

He has more than 17 years of working experience in the palm oil mill & related downstream industries, inclusive of biogas power plant. He has vast experience in palm oil mill design, mill upgrading and mill troubleshooting as well as waste handling & management.

As holding the qualification as Competent First Grade Steam Engineer (JKKP, Malaysia), currently he is taking the responsibility and challenge as the Chief Engineer for a well-established palm oil group of company which owns five (5) palm oil mills and subsidiary plants, which aggressively embark involving in palm oil mill processing, long fiber plant, short fiber plant, solvent extraction plant, biomass power plant, biogas capturing plant , CHP plant and of course green energy generation for grid connection (Feed in tariff) besides islanded unit for in-house consumption.

The speaker is a corporate member of The Institutions of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) in Mechanical Discipline. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (PEPC) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) as well as ASEAN Engineer (AE). Currently he is a Hon Secretary of Food & Agricultural Engineering Technical Division (AFETD), IEM HQ.