SYNOPSYS

Steam is considered as one of the most critical source in today’s industries. It is widely used in various industries ranging from the power plants, paper & wood products, food & beverage processing plants, cooling & heating of large buildings and powering ships. A boiler (aka steam generator) is mechanical equipment that generates hot water, saturated steam or superheated steam at the desired steaming rate, pressure and temperature. The boiler system is a complex integration of boiler tubes, furnace, superheater, reheater, evaporator, economizer and air preheater along with various auxiliaries such as fuel handling system, burners, pumps, fans, stokers, air pollution control equipments, ash-handling equipments & stack etc. Boilers are designed to various sizes to meet the demand ranging from small package boiler producing just under five tons of steam per hour used in industrial boilers to several hundred tons of steam per hour in the utility boilers. A good design, engineering, erection, installation, inspection and maintenance are essential to ensure the boiler produces steam safely. A reliable boiler is also important to avoid breakdown. Generally the performance of a boiler deteriorate over time due to various reasons such as deterioration in combustion, heat transfer, lower quality fuel, and water, operation and maintenance. With increasing cost of fuel, operators and maintenance personnel have to put in greater effort in maintaining high efficiency, safety and reliability of the steam system. Any observed abnormal deviation should be investigated to pin point the problem area for necessary corrective action. To the operator of any boiler systems, the issue of reliable, safe, and efficient operation remains the utmost important factor to be considered.

BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Luk Chau Beng is Professional Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Management, a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, a First Grade Steam Certificate and a First Grade Internal Combustion Engineers Competent Certificate issued by Department of Safety & Occupational Health, Malaysia. He had previously completed many turnaround in  large power industries successfully and possess vast experience in boilers and pressure vessels. Apart from it, Ir. Luk was the past Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Technical Division  and past Council Member of IEM. Currently he is also the Chairman for Boiler & Pressure Vessel Standards Commttee in Malaysia.

Ir. Chia Chee Weng is a Mechanical Engineer graduated from University of Malaya (UM) in 2004, He is a certified Professional Engineer under BEM and also a corporate member with the IEM. He had more than 10 years working with renewable energy sector. His experiences cover engineering, design consultancy, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance and project management services for waste (biomass and incinerator) and coal power plants. Currently, Ir. Chia owns a project management and engineering consultancy firm provides the complete range consultancy services from feasibility studies to testing and commissioning for biomass boiler and power plant development projects.

Ir. Chong Thiam Heng is a Mechanical Engineer graduated from The University of Leeds with BEng (Hons). He is a certified Professional Engineer under BEM and also a corporate member with the IEM. Ir. Chong spent more than 12 years in boiler design, fabrication, commission up to rehabilitation evaluation and proposal of boilers. Currently he is the Engineering Manager in one of the local boiler manufacturer involved in designing, manufacturing and commissioning industrial boilers.