Scenario Planning To Forecast Future Energy In Malaysia

Nowadays, we face the problem regarding the depletion of oil and gas but at the same time, final energy consumption grew at a fast rate of 5.6 percent between 2000 and 2005 to reach 38.9 Mtoe in 2005. A substantial portion of the energy consumed was from oil (63 percent) which was mainly utilized in the transport and industrial sectors. Natural gas consumption also increased in a rapid manner to fuel electricity demand. The share of natural gas in total installed electricity generation capacity remains high at 70 percent in 2005, but has fallen slightly from 77 percent in 2000. Malaysia is endowed with conventional energy resources such as oil and gas as well as renewable like hydro, biomass and solar energy. At 2005 production levels, proven oil reserves are expected to last another 19 years while natural gas reserves are expected to last for about 33 years. Taking into account the growing energy consumption and domestic energy supply constraints, Malaysia has set sustainable development and diversification of energy sources, as the economy's main energy policy goals. The Five-Fuel Strategy recognises renewable energy resources as the economy's fifth fuel after oil, coal, natural gas and hydro. The introduction of biodiesel for the transport sector in 2005 is one of the positive steps that the government has undertaken to achieve sustainable energy development through diversification of fuel sources. We need to do something to overcome the problem of depletion of oil and gas that affect the energy supply in the future. One of the way is by doing the scenario planning. There are lots of method that can be used to create scenario planning. Two of them are Business As Usual (BAU) and Green Future (OF). In this project, I will used this two method for energy scenario planning in Malaysia

Development of sprayer nozzle of The unpacked saturator for dissolved air flotation process.

Dissolved air flotation (DAF) process becomes prominent in water treatment technology all over the world. This process had been well-accepted as an alternative for sedimentation due to its potential to remove very small or light particles in a shorter period, simplicity of the design and only required less area. Proses pengapungan udara terlarut semakin meluas dalam aspek rawatan air di seluruh negara. Proses ini semakin diterima dengan baik sebagai satu altematif kepada proses pemendapan kerana potensinya dalam menyingkirkan partikel-partikel yang keeil serta ringan, rekabentuknya yang ringkas dan hanya memerlukan kawasan yang kecil

Scenario Planning To Forecast Future Energy In Malaysia

Nowadays, we face the problem regarding the depletion of oil and gas but at the same time, final energy consumption grew at a fast rate of 5.6 percent between 2000 and 2005 to reach 38.9 Mtoe in 2005. A substantial portion of the energy consumed was from oil (63 percent) which was mainly utilized in the transport and industrial sectors. Natural gas consumption also increased in a rapid manner to fuel electricity demand. The share of natural gas in total installed electricity generation capacity remains high at 70 percent in 2005, but has fallen slightly from 77 percent in 2000. Malaysia is endowed with conventional energy resources such as oil and gas as well as renewable like hydro, biomass and solar energy. At 2005 production levels, proven oil reserves are expected to last another 19 years while natural gas reserves are expected to last for about 33 years. Taking into account the growing energy consumption and domestic energy supply constraints, Malaysia has set sustainable development and diversification of energy sources, as the economy's main energy policy goals. The Five-Fuel Strategy recognises renewable energy resources as the economy's fifth fuel after oil, coal, natural gas and hydro. The introduction of biodiesel for the transport sector in 2005 is one of the positive steps that the government has undertaken to achieve sustainable energy development through diversification of fuel sources. We need to do something to overcome the problem of depletion of oil and gas that affect the energy supply in the future. One of the way is by doing the scenario planning. There are lots of method that can be used to create scenario planning. Two of them are Business As Usual (BAU) and Green Future (OF). In this project, I will used this two method for energy scenario planning in Malaysia

Building a unique online corporate identity

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of mission and vision statements on corporate websites of Malaysian and Singaporean corporations based on Aaker's brand personality dimensions and analyze how the dimensions are effectively used to develop a unique corporate identity. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis is employed to examine similarities and differences for 300 Malaysian and 214 Singaporean consumer corporations based on Aaker's big five brand personality framework. Findings: Generally most companies tend to publish and communicate their mission and vision statements visibly to general stakeholders. First, both Malaysian and Singaporean companies have weak brand personality dimensions which reflect the projection of corporate identity of companies. Second, there is a significant difference in the brand personality dimensions between Malaysian and Singaporean consumer corporations. Finally, evidence showed that most Malaysian and Singaporean companies rather failed to position themselves in the marketplace using brand personality dimensions in their vision and mission statements. This may affect their overall organizational direction in building a unique corporate identity and gaining competitive advantages within the context of a global business environment. Practical implications: The study acknowledges the increase in communicating the mission and vision statements on the corporate websites of Malaysian and Singaporean corporations. However, there is a need for corporations in Malaysia and Singapore to orchestrate their core competence in order to develop a unique corporate identity in a global business environment. Originality/value: The study contributes to the corporate identity literature in providing an insight into how corporations communicate the desired brand personality through their websites for the critical inquiry of the dominant coalition and main stakeholders

The use of interactional metadiscourse in the construction of gender identities among Malaysian ESL learners

The study investigates how interactional metadiscourse resources are used to articulate and construct gender identity among ESL learners in Malaysia. The main purpose of the study is to provide language practitioners with empirical data of how gender is projected in the academic writings of ESL learners and to what extent learners’ writings are affected by their gender. The data can then be utilised for the design and development of more effective academic writing courses in Malaysia. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed on the similarities and differences in the use of interactional metadiscourse resources, namely; hedges, boosters, attitude markers, engagement markers and self mentions between male and female ESL learners involved in the study. The findings of the quantitative analyses show no obvious differences in the writing style of female and male writers in the study, while the qualitative findings reveal slight differences in the way writers position themselves in the reader/writer interaction and in the expression of agreement statement

Occurrence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in ducks and duck eggs in Selangor, Malaysia

The importance of Campylobacter and Salmonella as foodborne pathogens is well recognised globally. A recent work in Penang found ducks in commercial farms were infected with these organisms. The aim of the study was to detect the presence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in ducks and Salmonella in duck eggs in farms in a small part of Selangor. Cloacal swabs were obtained from 75 ducks and 30 duck eggs from three farms. The isolation and identification of Campylobacter and Salmonella were done using conventional methods. Twelve percent of Campylobacter and 16.0% of Salmonella were isolated from the ducks sampled. Salmonella was absent on and in eggs. Campylobacter isolates consisted of 22% Campylobacter jejuni and the remaining was Campylobacter coli. Three Salmonella serovars identified were Salmonella Agona, S. Braenderup and S. Corvallis. The presence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in ducks may cause contamination of the meat during processing and handling which can constitute public health hazard. Moreover, the farm workers may be exposed to the organisms through contact with the infected animals

Tool for collaborative temporal-based software version management

Software version management is the processes of identifying and keeping track of different versions of a software.Complexity level of this process would become complicated should software was distributed in many places.This paper present a new dimension in software version management which based on temporal elements.Temporal elements such as valid time and transaction time are the main attributes considered, to be inserted into the software version management database.By having these two attributes, it would help the people involved in software process to organize data and perform activity monitoring with more efficient. For a practical application of the model, therefore an automate tool has been developed that could be applied under collaborative software process called TEMVer

Ex-situ experimental set-up for pink guava juice fouling deposit study

A study has been conducted on pink guava juice (PGJ) fouling deposit. Several ex-situ experimental rigs were set-up to obtain PGJ fouling deposit, while the best ex-situ experimental rig was also selected. PGJ was heated at 93°C and its fouling deposit was obtained after 1 hour of heating. Then, it was used for the ex-situ cleaning study at 1 litre min-1, at several temperatures (70, 80 and 90°C), and in some chemical concentrations (1.6 v/v% of Maxiclean CP6 or 0.325 % OH–; 1.8 v/v% of Maxiclean CP6 or 0.369 % OH–; 2.0 v/v% of Maxiclean CP6 or 0.44 % OH–). The best cleaning combinations were investigated. Carbohydrate is the main content in the fouling deposit. The morphology of the deposit was studied using SEM and it showed an aggregated structure. The cleaning process improved as the temperature increased with the increasing of the chemical solution concentration. The shortest cleaning time was 40 minutes, for cleaning using 2.0 v/v % of Maxiclean CP6 (0.44 % OH–) at 90°C

Addition of ammonium hydroxide as formaldehyde scavenger for sesenduk (Endospermum diadenum) wood compregnated using phenolic resins

Compregnated sesenduk (Endospermum diadenum) was produced using low and medium molecular weight phenol formaldehyde resin. 0, 1, 1.5 and 3 % of aqueous ammonium hydroxide (NH3·H2O) were incorporated into the resin to act as formaldehyde scavenger. A maximum of 85.7 % reduction in formaldehyde emission was recorded, but the mechanical and physical properties of the treated sesenduk wood were negatively affected by the ammonium hydroxide addition

Overall energy requisite and quality feature of industrial paddy drying

Energy consumption and rice quality are the main concerns of millers and must be assessed to ascertain suitable industrial drying strategy. In this article, industrial paddy drying methods as usually practiced in the BERNAS paddy drying complexes of Malaysia have been evaluated. The analysis showed that the specific electrical and thermal energy consumption varied between 16.19 kWh to 22.07 kWh and 787.22 MJ to 1015.32 MJ, respectively, in single-stage paddy drying (SSPD) using an inclined bed dryer (IBD) to dry each tonne of freshly harvested paddy with average moisture content of 23.35 ± 0.86% wb. On the other hand, the energy consumptions for two-stage paddy drying (TSPD) with a fluidized bed dryer (FBD) followed by IBD were 21.37 kWh/t to 30.69 kWh/t and 666.81 MJ/t to 1083.42 MJ/t, respectively. SSPD at 35–39°C and TSPD using FBD at 120°C as the first stage, followed by IBD as the second stage at lower temperature of 35–39°C yielded 2–3.6% higher head rice yield than paddy-dried by a single stage with IBD using comparatively higher temperature of 40–44°C. Therefore, IBD is recommended to be operated using a temperature of 35–39°C both in single-stage drying and second-stage drying of paddy after fluidized bed drying to obtain quality rice