Mohd Shafie, Shafini and Othman, Zakirah and Hami, Norsiah (2017) Potential utilisation of wood residue in Kedah: A preliminary study. Journal of Technology and Operations Management (S). pp. 60-69. ISSN 1823-514X

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Abstract

Being an important resource-based industry in Malaysia, the wood industry plays a crucial role in the socioeconomic development of the country. In consequences, wood wastes generated exponentially increase annually.This paper views the current utilisation of wood waste production in the northern wood-based mills in Malaysia.The types of wood residue as well as the users of wood residue are identified.The result shows that 100% of wood residue are being used or sold for this population.However, the wood residue available in Kedah is able to potentially offer 0.005% of electricity generation in Malaysia.As a conclusion, this type of wood residue cannot create the opportunity for it to be used as fuel in electricity generation in the northern region of Malaysia, since the fuel supply is already limited and is being used for other purposes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wood residue, potential utilisation, Kedah
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Dr. Shafini Mohd Shafie
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2017 03:54
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2017 03:54
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22271

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