SYNOPSIS

Solid fuel steam boiler has been in operating mode in the industries for long time. Basically the solid fuel that available locally inclusive of rice husk, wood chip, coal, oil palm fruitless skin fibers (mesocarp fibers), oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber (EFB fiber) and other residues.

For many years, steam has acted as a main energy source in factories due to lower operating cost concern. It can be produced in matured approaches and of course having good characteristics in the environmental aspects. A “steam producer” is therefore introduced to the industry, and this machine is known as STEAM BOILER. When steam is produced, the steam turbine can be coupled and start functioning to generate power. The exhaust steam of the turbine are channeled and stored in a steam receiver before distributed evenly to the various processing stages.

Diesel generator is a standby power source when the factory is idling unless the facilities of TNB power supply is available. Diesel engine can also be applied when steam turbine couldn’t supply sufficient power that factory required (mainly on supporting basis). Therefore steam turbine and generator can be synchronized to supply sufficient power for the factory.

In terms of compliances, environmental compliances particularly, there are different category and scope of compliances since the first day operation of the solid fuel steam boiler. With more and more correlated factors to be considered, inclusive of global market corporate image concern and global warming concerns, the rules and regulations for compliances has become more and more stringent. Nevertheless the factors of commercial sustainability cum corporate responsibility shall drive the industries to a better platform. This is so called PRACTICAL & SUSTAINABLE COMPLIANCES. Simultaneously the Guided Self Regulatory (GSR) approach has become very crucial on performance monitoring.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Hor Kok Luen (P.Eng, PEPC, MIEM, First Grade Competent Steam Engineer, ASEAN Engineer, APEC Engineer, and International Professional Engineer) graduated from University of Science Malaysia (USM) in 2001. He is holding the Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering.  He has more than 18 years of working experience in the palm oil mill & related downstream industries, inclusive of biogas power plant and biomass plant. He has vast experience in palm oil mill design, mill upgrading and mill troubleshooting as well as palm oil waste handling & management. As holding the qualification as Competent First Grade Steam Engineer (JKKP, Malaysia), currently he is performing his professional service by taking the responsibility and challenges (overall mill operation)  for a well-established palm oil group of company which owns  100 tons per hour capacity palm oil mills, plantations and subsidiary plants, which aggressively embark involving in palm oil mill processing, long fiber plant, short fiber plant, organic waste water treatment plant design & management ,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 paper presenter 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). His registration number is C116782. He is a qualified ASEAN Engineer (AE), APEC Engineer and International Professional Engineer MY_E_00573. Currently he is the Deputy Chairman of Agricultural & Food Engineering Technical Division (AFETD), The Institutions of Engineers Malaysia, IEM.