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Shout out – IChemE AGM
February 24, 2011
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Shoutout for IChemE – Washing without water and other stories of engineering innovation – creating new green businesses from research ideas
February 15, 2011The Institution of Chemical Engineers will have an upcoming technical meeting in February with Professor Richard A Williams from the University of Leeds.
Guest speaker:
Professor Richard A Williams
Date:
Monday 21 February 2011
Time:
16:00 – 16:30 Registration & refreshments
16:30 – 18:00 Presentation
Venue:
Menara Dayabumi
Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
(The lecture will be held in Labuan Hall)
Abstract:
The presentation will illustrate some examples of the development of new innovations from chemical and engineering research that have lead to new businesses focused each with distinctive environmental benefits.The innovations enable ‘washing without water’, production of bricks with ultra low carbon footprint, the creation of new efficient and safer methods for chemical and nuclear plant decommissioning. The talk illustrates the principle that fundament research can create significant value to society and that such eco-innovations demand rather different routes to market and use than conventional innovations.
The prospect and special opportunities for adoption of such ecoinnovation in Malaysia is illustrated. The role of chemical and process engineers in addressing these opportunities are to be discussed.The talk should be of interest to professional engineers and students studying chemical/process engineering.
Click here for the registration form and more information about Professor Richard A Williams.
The event is sponsored by PETRONAS and is limited to 50 people.
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From Bernama – Government Optimistic on PETRONAS Chemicals Group’s Prospects
November 12, 2010Dateline 2010-11-02:
The government is optimistic about Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd’s growth prospects, both in expanding into more complex petrochemical products and supporting upstream and downstream industries, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“We have great faith and high expectations that Petronas will contribute to drive innovative new development and reinforce Malaysia’s reputation as one of Southeast Asia’s premier petrochemicals production hubs,” he said.
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Resource Article – Sobri Abu
November 11, 2010Here’s an article from the Malaysian Petroleum Club publication, Resource. It is on Sobri Abu of PETRONAS petrochemical fame.
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IEM Shout Out – CETD 24th AGM
October 5, 2010The Chemical Engineering Technical Division AGM will be held at 3rd Floor, Tan Sri Prof Chin Fung Kee Auditorium, Wisma IEM, 21 Jalan Selangor, Petaling Jaya.
It will be held at 9am on Saturday, 9th October 2010.
Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.
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IEM Shout Out – CDM Validation and Verification Processes
September 28, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 2nd October, 2010. It’ll be at 10:00 am (makan-makan at 9:30 am). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
Malaysia signed the Kyoto Protocol on the 4th September 2002 and among others allows the investment from Annex 1 countries emission for “green project” in exchange for the certified emission reductions (CERs). The CDM process has a number of stagesonce the project design document (PDD) is prepared and submitted. The PDD is validated by operational entity (OE). Once the PDD has been approved by the national authority, the project can be registered by the executive board. The verification, also done by OE is to ensure the project implementation and monitoring is as per stated in the PDD. This is to be done prior to the issuance of CERs. The speaker will cover both processes i.e. validation and verification which are crucial to ensure a smooth development of a CDM project.
The speaker Ms Aminah Ang is the Head of Technical Section at the Management System Certification Department of SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd. She is responsible in ensuring the CDM Validation, Verification and Certification services are managed in accordancewith the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism Modalities and Procedures.
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.
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From the FT – PETRONAS Chemicals’ IPO: so many unanswered questions
September 14, 2010A commentary on PETRONAS Chemical’s listing by a Financial Times blog post, dateline 2010-10-09:
The publication of the draft prospectus for an initial public offering is rightly regarded as an important moment in the process. It tells investors that the sale really is going ahead. But sometimes it doesn’t tell them much more than that.
The draft prospectus for the IPO of Malaysia’s newly formed PETRONAS Chemicals Group is a case in point: large parts of the document filed with the Securities Commission of Malaysia consist of rows of black dots and notes on contingent uncertainties.
Add to that the lack of clarity about how much of the company PETRONAS is putting up for sale, and it’s not surprising that no analyst has yet felt able to produce a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial prospects and potential market valuation. (If there’s one out there, please let us know; you can contact us as explained here.)
Uncertainties abound. The 22 companies that make up the group have no joint operational or financial history, except as subsidiaries of the main PETRONAS group, and the new Chemicals group management has not yet had a chance to run the unit as a single entity.
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From the Star – PETRONAS Chemicals to list at PE of 15 times
September 12, 2010From the Star, dateline 2010-10-09:
PETALING JAYA: PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd is likely to list at a price earnings multiple of around 15 times earnings, similar to what analysts are expecting in the coming listing of Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd (MMHE), industry experts familiar with the exercise said.
The sources added that PETRONAS Chemicals would have a number of anchor investors, made up of both local and foreign institutions.
“As expected, the Employees Provident Fund will be wooed but so too will other funds, considering the size of the offering,” one banker said. Although no details have been revealed on the size of the offering, it has been reported that banking sources familiar with the company reckon it could be valued as much as US$2bil (RM6.2bil).
In a draft prospectus filed on Tuesday with the Securities Commission, PETRONAS said it had merged 22 chemicals companies to form the new group.
You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.
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IEM Report – Visit to Bintulu
August 6, 2010The IEM Chemical Engineering Technical Division organized a study tour to Bintulu, Sarawak on June 14th, 2010. The study group comprised of 9 people. The tour was led by Ir. Razmahwata Mohd Razalli.
The tour started at the MLNG plant. The group was met by Mr. Rhymie Rashidie Ibrahim, Corporate Affair. The IEM guests were first brought to a presentation room where a safety briefing was first conducted. A corporate video was then shown, providing an overview of the history, specifications and achievements of the MLNG project.
After getting a bird’s eye view of the facility, a slide presentation was given. It started off with an introduction to the MLNG complex, and a recap of MLNG 1-3’s history. A simplified LNG process flow diagram was then used to describe the plant’s process to the group. An introduction to the technology and use of MISC’s LNG ships was provided, along with the breakdown of LNG customers (60% of LNG is shipped to Japan, 27% Korea, 12% Taiwan, 0.9% China. 19% of Japan’s LNG is imported from Malaysia).
At the end of the presentation, a number of questions were asked, and answered by the speaker. A selection of questions asked were the usage of LNG in Malaysia, the makeup of engineers disciplines in MLNG, the mercury removal process from the gas, and MLNG’s involvement in downstream industries.
This part of the tour was concluded with a token exchange ceremony.
After refreshments, a plant tour was arranged, guided by a knowledgeable engineer. The group had the opportunity of observing the plant from the luxury of an air conditioned van. Among the sites the group visited were the nine 380 tph boilers, the gas metering station, flare tower, the cryogenic unit, the mercury removal unit, the Sulphinol process, and the LNG berthing terminal, where Putri Delima Satu was in port.
After the MLNG visit, the group then visited the ABF plant. The group was met there by Mr. Roy Thian Shin Min, Process Technologist and Ms. Suryani Dohan, PR Executive. Mr. Roy presented an introduction of the plant. Among the commercial tidbits revealed was the ownership breakdown of the plant (63.5% Malaysia, 13% Indonesia, 13% Thailand, 9.5% Philippines, 1% Singapore) and the plant’s market breakdown (30% of ammonia is sold to Thailand, 20% to Malaysia, 24% to Vietnam) . He then talked the group through a process schematic of the plant. Among the process discussed were CO2 removal using a modified Benfield process, steam reforming using NiO catalyst in tubes, and the urea process. The uses of ammonia and urea was explained to the group. The presentation ended with an overview of the plant’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Among the questions asked by the group was what biuret was, and how much CO2 was released by the plant.
This part of the tour was concluded with a token exchange ceremony, and lunch that was hosted by the ABF.
As the plant was not open for a visit at the time, the group was taken to view the plant from a vantage point on top of the Bintulu Port Authority building, where we were treated to a breath-taking view of the plant and surrounding environs.
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IEM Shout Out – Control in Biomedical Engineering
July 9, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 12th July, 2010. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
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As the use of anesthetics in operation is to loss of sensation even by painful stimulation, here a question arose is what is sufficient dosage of anesthetics for a patient during a surgery? Because an overdose of anaesthetic can result in brain injury from asphyxiation, cardiovascular injury which can cause heart attack or stroke, tracheal damage, and wrongful death.
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Closed loop system for patient under general anesthesia and diabetes type I patient is designed. The controller design in biomedical using model-based and model-free technique is discussed. Model-based optimal closed loop clinical trial for general anesthesia is discussed.
The speaker, Dr. Syafiie has a doctorate degree from the University of Valladolid, Spain in area of system engineering and automatic control. He did post doctoral research at department of electrical energy, system and automation collaborated with department of anesthesia and university hospital at Ghent University, Belgium. His project was development and clinical validation of a MIMO model-based predictive closed-loop system to guide patient-individualized ICU sedation.
Dr. S Syafiie has published several articles in area of model-free and model based control engineering and image processing. His current post is senior lecturer at department of chemical and environmental engineering at university putra malaysia.
Brochure - Talk CETD 12th July 2010
Get the brochure here.Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.
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