SYNOPSIS

In February 2015, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) launched the report “District Energy in Cities” in which it is stated that:

i)Up to 70% of global energy consumption can be attributed to Cities around the world.
ii)Cities are accountable for 40-50% of global GHG emissions.
iii)The same report states that “reducing Cities' Heating and Cooling Energy Consumption Key to Keeping Global Temperature Rise to 2°C”.
iv)UNEP recommends “a transition to modern district energy systems” as a means to realize up to “60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent”.

From the UNEP report, it is clear that District Energy plays a critical role in reducing the primary energy consumption and the GHG emissions of modern cities.  

District Energy systems combine different generation technologies such as Cogeneration (Combined Heat and Power), District Cooling (Heating), and/or Thermal Energy Storage, to provide a smart solution to decarbonize the energy networks within a modern city by reducing the carbon intensity of power and cooling.

This full day seminar shall discuss the ways in which District Energy can be implemented in modern urban developments to achieve higher primary energy efficiency and lower GHG emissions. The seminar shall consist of 2 sessions.

The first session shall discuss the design principles for an efficient and reliable District Cooling System (DCS). It covers the various equipment/technology available for a DCS system and the key design issues crucial to the success of a DCS.

The second session shall introduce the concept of Cogeneration and explore different technology options available with particular emphasis on Gas Fired Cogeneration District Cooling. Various case studies and examples will be presented to illustrate the improvement in primary fuel efficiency that can be expected with each design approach.


BODATA OF SPEAKER

Mr. Danny Tam Hong Khai is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore, having graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been involved in the District Energy industry since 1998, and has accumulated more than 19 years’ experience in the turnkey construction of District Cooling and Cogeneration plants in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the UAE.

Mr. Danny has long been an ardent advocate of District Energy Systems as an eco-friendly solution, and this has led him to regularly share his experience and expertise at various lectures, seminars and conferences organised by the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, ASHRAE (Malaysia Chapter), Fleming Gulf, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Politeknik Ungku Omar.

Mr. Danny’s extensive portfolio of District Energy Plants include the following major projects: Cogeneration District Cooling Plant for Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok, Thailand), District Cooling Plant Biopolis (Singapore), 3 Plant District Cooling Network for Discovery Gardens (Dubai, UAE), 2 Plant District Cooling Network for Palm Jumeirah Trunk Crown (Dubai, UAE), Cogeneration District Cooling Plant for Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Tronoh, Perak), Cogeneration Power Plant for Petronas Penapisan Melaka (Sungai Udang, Melaka), CUP-2 Cogeneration Power Plant for Rayong Industrial Estate (Rayong, Thailand), Cogeneration Power Plant for Petronas Fertilizer Kedah (Gurun, Kedah), Cogeneration Power Plants for Petronas Gas Processing Plants A & B (Kerteh, Terengganu), District Cooling Plant for KLIA2 (Sepang, Selangor), District Cooling Plant for Abu Dhabi Airport Mid Field Terminal (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Cogeneration Power Plant for Toray Industries (Prai, Penang).

Mr. Danny currently holds the position of General Manager (Technical) at Kuala Lumpur Engineering Centre, Shinryo Corporation’s design and engineering center for District Energy projects. Amongst his current District Energy projects are the District Cooling Plant serving Menara PNB 118 in Kuala Lumpur, an iconic development consisting of an 118 storey skyscraper (630m tall) together with a shopping complex, office buildings and residential suites, and the Cogeneration Plant Expansion at Utilities Gebeng serving the Gebeng Integrated Petrochemical Complex (IPC).