TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION FOR PALM OIL MILL USING IR THERMAL IMAGING

This report is an energy audit in an oil palm mill by using the IR (infrared) Thermal Imaging system. The energy audit is to evaluate the energy consumption of the plant (oil palm mill) and management of energy. The efficiency of the energy usage can be evaluated and possible recommendation can be proposed to improve the energy consumption of the plant.
This energy audit starts with preliminary research to investigate the main factor of the energy consumption by the plant by doing a walk through energy audit. During this visit to the plant, data is gathered and collected. Using the data obtained the recommendation will be proposed according to the result.
The methodology that being used in this project can be classify to four main processes. The first processes are the Building and Utility Data Analysis; Walk through Survey, Baseline for Building Energy Use and Evaluation of Energy Saving Measures. This energy audit is done at FELCRA Nasaruddin Palm Oil Mill, Bota, Perak. This energy audit will focus on two main parts of the plant which are the boiler and the turbine (steam generation) that being used to generate the power needed for the plant operation