Summary
| Title of the research | Feasibility Study on Efficient Methane Recovery and Heat Generation in Palm Oil Mill in Malaysia | |||||||||
| FY | FY 2005 | |||||||||
| Main research orgnisation | Sanwa Engineering Co. Ltd | |||||||||
| Research partner(s) | Bell Palm Industries Sdn Bhd | |||||||||
| Location of the project | Malaysia (Johor) | |||||||||
| Summary of the research report (PDF) | Summary | |||||||||
| Description of the project | The study targeted Bell Palm Industry owned by the Bell Group Company in Johor, Malaysia is a crude palm oil mill plant with capacity of 40t-FFB/h. The BPI obtains energy from steam boilers and backpressure steam generator utilized fiber and shell disposed of CPO production process. Meanwhile, palm oil mill effluent (POME) discharged from the CPO production process currently undergoes anaerobic and aerobic lagoon treatment to comply with the effluent standard in Malaysia, however, this treatment releases a large quantity of methane gas into the atmosphere, which has 21 times of effects compared with CO2 as GHGs. This project aims to collect methane gas generated in the POME treatment process, and to utilize it as a boiler fuel. The fuel of the surplus (part of the shell), which was substituted with recovered methane, is planned to sell to a Cement Company located nearby the BPI. | |||||||||
| GHG | CO2, CH4 | |||||||||
| Sector of the project | Biomass Utilisation | |||||||||
| CDM/JI | CDM | |||||||||
| Duration of the project activity/ crediting period | Duration of the project activity will start in 2007./ 2008 - 2028 | |||||||||
| Baseline methodology/additionality | The methodology applied to the project is AM0013/Version 02 “Forced methane extraction from organic waste-water treatment plants for gridconnected electricity supply and/or heat production”（May 13th,2005）. It is justified to apply the methodology AM0013/version 02 in utilizing the recovered methane for the heat production (the boiler fuel). This methodology is based on the baseline approach by the paragraph 48 in the Form and the Procedure of CDM, “Existing actual or historical emissions as applicable”. BPI uses shell and fiber from palm oil mill waste as a fuel for the steam boilers, and supplies steam and electricity required by the mill process, so BPI does not use the fossil fuel and grid electricity. Almost all mills in Malaysia is utilizing the waste shell and fiber for the boilers fuel, so we hope this CDM FS will be a model case for palm oil mill in Malaysia and nearby countries. | |||||||||
| Estimation of GHG emissions | The emission reduction of GHGs (ER) is due to the formulae as follows: ER [t CO2eq/yr] = Baseline emissions [t CO2eq/yr] － Project emissions [t CO2eq/yr] Expected annual emission reductions amount 24,172 t CO2-eq/yr. Expected baseline emissions and project emissions are as follows; Expected baseline emissions 30,219 t CO2-eq/yr Expected project emissions 6,047 t CO2-eq/yr | |||||||||
| Monitoring methodology | The monitoring methodology applied to the project is AM0013/Version 02 “Forced methane extraction from organic waste-water treatment plants for grid-connected electricity supply and/or heat production”（May 13th,2005）. | |||||||||
| Environmental impact | According to the Malaysian environmental laws and regulations, specifically the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and the Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment), no environment impact assessment is required for the proposed project activity. The project must comply with the environmental laws and regulations and the project proponent must obtain the necessary approvals before project implementation. The project involves an upgrading of the existing POME treatment system at the palm oil mill. Significant environmental improvements and benefits can be realized through the implementation of the proposed project activity involving the installation of an advanced anaerobic digester system based on the CSTR technology for methane recovery, in place of the existing open lagoon system for POME treatment. | |||||||||
| Issues and tasks for project implementation | Outline of the project implementation plan and the profitability are as follows; Four closed tank digesters capacity of 3,000m3 are installed and steam boilers are improved to utilize the recovered methane for fuel. The investment of the project is estimated over $920,000 (3,200,000 RM). IRR and the investment recovery years are shown in the table below;
This FS is excepting the validation, so there should be required more effort to complete the PDD and validation. Sanwa Engineering Co. and The Bell group Company are not adequate in scale for receives the public or national fund such as JBIC and World Bank. |
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