| Author | Jude, Anthony Joseph |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. ET-89-7 |
| Subject(s) | Cogeneration of electric power and heat--Malaysia
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| Note | A research study (12 credits) submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Cogeneration is the combined production of power and
useful heat by the sequential use of energy from one fuel source.
If cogeneration is implemented by a private company, it can then
be considered a special form of private power generation, as this
was this discussion among the Asean Countries at the Senior
Executive Seminar on Cogeneration and Private Power . This study
is based on a model developed at the Asian Institute of
Technology to assess the industry-wide cogeneration potential.
The model calculates the technical and financial cogeneration
potential at process or industry level. In this study, 12
industries which are highly energy intensive and constitute about
84% of the total energy consumed in the industrial sector, were
considered in the model. The results provide a description of
aggregate potential for the industries based on available data
and for a range of scenarios. Sensitivity analysis was done
on parameters such as fuel and electricity prices, buy-back rate
and cogeneration technology. The paper al so highlights the
privatisation of the National Electricity Board, the
opportunities and the implications and also the the impact of
cogeneration on a utility like LLN.
The second part of the study is focused on the
cogeneration potential in the palm oil industry a nd the rice
mills, as the Malaysian economy i s predominantly agricultural in
nature. The emergence of processing mills which are located
throughout Peninsular Malaysia has formed a strong agro - based
industrial infrastructure which can sustain production of
processed agricultural products. Most of these mills apply
cogeneration, that is, heat released from the burning of
agricultural wastes is used for process and power genera ti on.
Cogeneration capacity is however, limited because the generation
of process heat and power is restricted for the mill's
consumption. Biomass utilization in Malaysia assesses the
resource potential on output per hectare basis or on estimated
production of all major crops. The approach applied here is the
identification of the types of wastes which are most probably
harnessable in terms of availability of mills and the excess
wastes which have not been utilized. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Foell, Wesley K.
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| Examination Committee(s) | Prida Wibulswas ;Bhattacharya, Sribas C.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | DAAD |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |