Tuesday, May 25, 2010

35th day

21 May 2010,

not much of a task to do today... juz continue summary on Austrian Technologies. Completed the remaining projects tho:>
4) Photovoltaic Energy
consists of PV panel on rooftop, generate electricity for own usage.

5) Heat Pumps
Obtains an average of three quarters of the heat emitted by the energy sources water, ground, air and waste heat and transform the surrounding heat in a clean and fast way in heating energy.
Fields of application of heat pump technology :>
- Domestic heating
- Domestic hot water
- Room cooling
- Ventilation by surrounding heat
- Indoor swimming pool dehumidification

34th day

20 May 2010,

Attend GTFS training conducted by lead T.E En Ismail, which is meant for a new T.E MGTC just hired. I gained some knowledge though through this training, like what is Green Technology(GT); improve efficiency; reduce GHG emission; no impact on environment.:>

GTFS : government pay 2% of loan interest.. among other benefits..:>
Target: CO2 reduction of 40% per capital basis by 2020.;
1. reduce CO2 emission
2. reduce energy usage
3. improvement of private spending in GT program
4. increase employment

here are some new terms that i learnt from En Ismail.. :>
Brownfield = existing site
Greenfield = going to developed site.

in the evening, i attend MGTC monthly meeting.. nothing much of input.. :>

Monday, May 24, 2010

33rd day

19th May 2010,

Early in the morning, i was given a task to do summary slides on Austrian technologies requested by En Hishamudin.. took like a few hours to read the whole thing first.. at the end of the day, i finished the summary on 5 projects :
1)Electricity, heating & cooling from cogeneration
Cogeneration is based on the principle of capturing excess heat from electricity generation for use as process & usable heat..the combined transformation of biogenic energy-carriers into power, heating and cooling is called combined heat and power, CHP, cogeneration or trigeneration.

2)Biogas and Biomass
Biogas-fuelled engines improve biowaste management while providing an efficient and clean form of energy-conversion. The Thermal energy can be used in part for the plant itself, or supplied to existing or non-district heating grids. The remainder of biomass fermentation serves as valuable agricultural fertilizer. Most of biogas systems operate as combined system of manure and co-fermentation of organic waste & renewable resources.

3)Split wood, wood-chip and pellet furnaces
Modern heaters that burn split wood, wood-chips and pellet emit a comfortable heat indistinguishable from an oil or gas furnace. Security of wood supply is guaranteed by the high forest level in many European countries.

4)Biofuels
Biofuels are booming as a result of increasing cost of fossil energy carriers. It has excellent perspectives for the future in the automotive sector. Biomass is not only used as fuel, but in liquid form also for electricity generation.

5)Solar Heat
Range of products covers all applications in hot-water preparation, cooling and heating. Production and installation costs have been declining during last years due to latest manufacturing procedures. The trend towards compact and ready to plug-in units, as well as the considerable growth of the market.

32nd day

18 May 2010,

well, today can be considered as the most boring day ever at MGTC.
what i did today,:>
-assist Hisham on some photocopy
-resume on summary

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31st day

17 May 2010,

Continue on summary, read on 2006 IPCC guideline on CO2 emission from fossil fuel combustion..:>
During the combustion process, most carbon is immediately emitted as CO2, however, some carbons are released as Carbon Monoxyde(CO), methane (CH4) or non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs)
CO2 emissions are independent of combustion technologies, while CH4, N2O, emission are strongly dependent on the technology

30th day

14 May 2010,

Quite a boring day at work today; not much work to do..:>
-read on report about GTFS
-Read and obtain further information on GTFS workshops (objectives, regstration, admin. details, etc) :>

29th day

13 May 2010

another day at MGTC.. read a power plant project.. wonder why most of malaysians proposed biomass projects fot this GTFS nowadays.. i know that Malaysia is full of biomass, but we can also do projects on water & transportation~..
need to be a lil' bit more creative fellow Malaysians..:>

the biomass power plant i'm reading uses EFB (duh.. dont they always do) and shell from mill.. the power produced will be connected to the SESB grid. as the fuel is renewable resources, it will reduce the greenhouse gas due to replacement of fossil fuel.. this is actually normal for every biomass power plant project though.. haih..

I also handed GTFS approval certificate to a client today :>

28th day

12 May 2010,

Attemted to do summary of a bio-refinery plant project... apparently, cant proceed because there isn't any calculation provided/shown in the project... i wonder how they got the CO2 outcome, energy reduction, etc... :>
dats wat happens when someone without engineering background propose a project..haih..:>

Anyway, bio-refinery plant project produce bio-diesel & bio-material (glycerol based bio-polymer chemical) from biomass water oils and/or animal fats as alternative fossie based fuel and polymer chemical materials..:>
with the utilization of bio-diesel&glycerol based bio-polymer materials, these will offset CO2 emission by displacing petrol-based fuels & chemicals.
by employing biomass waste oils & animal fats as feedstock in the production of bio-fuel and bio-materials, this will reduce pollution of biomass waste to our environment. :>

also, i review on 2006 IPCC guidelines through internet.. :>

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

27th day

11 May 2010

Continue analyze project energy reduction, and also include project management team; requested by En Hishamudin.:>
Read about green building technologies; reduce carbon footprint by employing energy efficiency & renewable energy methods in office construction.. among the technologies used are:
- high efficiency chillers
-chilled metal ceiling system
- Therma wall panels
- skylight system
- rainwater harvesting system
- solar energy for own use & grid tie solar system

Sunday, May 9, 2010

26th day

10 May 2010,

En Hishamudin asked me to record energy reduction and Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) for last month projects.. there are about 6 or 7 projects approved last month.:>
also, read about Jengka Power Plant Project.. its quite the same as all EFB power plant project.. nothing exciting though. :>

Thursday, May 6, 2010

25th day

7 May 2010,

Assisted Kak Zaharah with some printing and binding.. read about biomass power plant.:>

The proposed technology for the biomass power plant is the well proven conventional steam boiler and turbine system. The boiler will be fueled mainly by oil palm empty fruit brunches (EFB) and would be designed to possess the capability and flexibility to utilize other biomass fuels such as oil palm shells, oil palm fibers and wood waste including wood chips, bark and sawdust. The plant will comprise of two units of biomass fired boiler with two units of fully condensing steam turbine power generators. The balance of the plant would include all supporting auxiliaries and ancillary plants such as :
- Fuel handling and preparation system
- cooling system,
- ash handling system,
- pollution control
- control and protection
- communication system

23rd n 24th day

5th May 2010,

Didnt go to a conference in kl, juz to help kak roslina with some filing for GTC meeting.. and we finished the filing like about 20 minutes..:>

6th May 2010,

GTC meeting..:>

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

22nd day

4 May 2010

Assisted kak roslina in the morning, analyze total project cost, eligible cost, etc..:>
After that, found out that En Haniff is about to go for a site visit, meet with client.. he asked me to ask En Hishamudin's permission to go, n i did..:>

Daym this surprise site visit.. cost me a meeting wif my hummhumm for lunch :>

We went to Shah Alam first, to pick up our TE, Mr Anuar.. then, took about 30minutes to reach the company's site.. Mr Devan Rajam greeted us and straight forward lead us inside a meeting room, explaining about his construction material, which can block heat from the sun..Mr Devan is actually a consultant from Global Concerts(M) Sdn Bhd, and consulting Koto(M) Sdn Bhd's project.. :>
The product is made from styrofoam.. tho i doubt the strength of it, he assured that it can be used for normal building construction, and save energy for air-conditioner, as the wall insulation prevent heat from going inside the building.. the meeting took bout 1hour..:>

Hope Mrs Superman gets well soon.:>

Monday, May 3, 2010

21st day

3 May 2010,

Not much of tasks today.. went to meeting with En Haniff in the morning, with Mr Zulkifli Mohamad from Budi Oil Enterprise Sdn Bhd. :>
Kak ros treated lunch.:>
after lunch, attend meeting with En Hishamudin and En Haniff with representatives from ExPG Engineering Sdn Bhd.:>
submitted claim form..:>