The primary goal of this study is firstly to analyse the Fraud Prevention Policy and Strategy, the Policy on Protection of Whistle-Blowers, and the Policy Document on Forensic Audit Process of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in order to establish the reason for the ongoing spate of fraudulent and corrupt activities among employees within the DTI Head Office, regardless of the relevant policies put in place. Secondly, another goal is also to establish other reasons that could be linked to the reoccurrence of fraudulent and corrupt activities within the DTI. During the research survey questionnaires were administered to employees of the DTI. Furthermore, online interviews were conducted with a purposively selected sample within two divisions of the DTI. In addition, a literature study was conducted to acquire relevant information and perspectives from available national and international literature. Various objectives were fulfilled in this study as follows:  It was established whether the reporting of internal or external fraud and corruption and the relevant policies put in place contribute in any manner to the prevention of fraudulent and corrupt activities at the Department of Trade and Industry's national office.  It was determined if there is a policy document on measuring these policies after they have been implemented.  It was determined how the Department of Trade and Industry's national head office addresses fraud and corruption. Other possible reasons for the Department of Trade and Industry employees' lack of reporting fraud and corruption in their departments, other than the fear of being victimised, were identified.  The views and opinions on the internal reporting of fraud and corruption were determined.  The degree of awareness of the investigative procedures related to fraud and corruption among the Department of Trade and Industry management and their employees were determined.  It was established if employees have faith in the Department of Trade and Industry's investigative procedures to fraud and corruption.  The extent of knowledge on the importance of reporting fraudulent and corrupt activities in the DTI were established.  Feedback to help minimise fraud and corruption within the Department of Trade and Industry and improve future strategies was provided. This study contributes to the knowledge base with regard to fraud and corruption within the Department of Trade and Industry. / Criminology and Security Science / M. Tech (Policing)

The aeration step is the most energy consuming process in the wastewater treatment plant, i.e. making the energy usage in this step more efficient is of great concern both in Sweden and world wide. There are some examples of previous studies investigating ways to make the ae- ration control more efficient, though most of these have focused on for example ammonium feedback control rather than blower control which is the main focus of this study. Bromma wastewater treatment plant installed three new blowers in december 2016 functioning as suppliers of air to the aeration step in the bioreactor. Since there are still three old blowers operating at the WWTP, there is a need to control two different types of blowers efficiently. This is challenging since the two blower types have different capacities, efficiency and maxi- mum/minimum air flows and a control strategy that optimizes the operation of these two blower types combined needs to take this into account. Operational data for the blowers was used to generate a second grade polynome for each blower type which gives the efficiency as a function of produced air flow. These polynomes were further utilized to build a script in MATLAB that chooses the most efficient number of blowers operating and at what air flows for a certain total aeration need. The least square method was used to calibrate a model for calculating energy consumption for the simulated control strate- gy. Calculations for energy consumption from the current control strategy and another strategy proposed by the blower deliverer Sulzer were made in order to decide whether the optimized control strategy was an improvement or not. The simulation results and the calculations for energy consumption indicates that the current control strategy at Bromma WWTP is almost as effective as the optimized control strategy. Both strategies sets the new blowers at the first places in the queue. The optimized strategy appears to be more efficient for flows that requires both new and old blowers operating. From the calculations of energy consumption, it was shown that the control strategy from Sulzer de- mands an energy consumption on levels in between the one for the current control strategy and the optimized control strategy. / Luftningssteget är den mest energikrävande processen i ett avloppsreningsverk. Det finns därför incitament till att effektivisera energianvändningen då en minskad elförbrukning är positivt både ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv och ur ett resursmässigt perspektiv. Energibesparingar från luftningssteget har undersökts tidigare genom att främst studera optimering av syreregleringen och luftregulatorn. Det här projektet syftar till att uppnå en minskad effektförbrukning på Bromma reningsverk genom att optimera blåsmaskinsregulatorn, ett mer outforskat forskningsfält.  På Bromma reningsverk installerades den 16 december 2016 tre nya blåsmaskiner som ska försörja luftningssteget i den biologiska reningen med luft. Det innebär att det finns två olika typer av blåsmaskiner som är i drift på Bromma: den gamla modellen (HST9000) och den nya modellen (HST40). Då dessa två olika typer av blåsmaskiner har olika kapacitet och verkningsgrad är det viktigt att blåsmaskinsregulatorn använder en styrstrategi som ställer dessa maskiner i kö på ett optimalt energieffektivt sätt. Det är även viktigt att i så stor utsträckning som möjligt låta maskinerna generera luftflöden nära sin högsta verkningsgrad.  Driftinformation för blåsmaskinerna användes för att med hjälp av beräkningar i MATLAB kunna välja ut det effektivaste antalet maskiner i drift, avgöra vilken typ av maskiner som ska användas samt vilket luftflöde respektive maskin ska generera vid ett specifikt luftflödesbehov. Målet var att hitta en optimal styrstrategi för Bromma reningsverk, samt att undersöka om det fanns möjligheter till energibesparingar jämfört med nuvarande implementerade styrstrategi. Effektförbrukningsberäkningar gjordes för både den simulerade optimerade styrstrategin och den nuvarande. Ytterligare en styrstrategi, föreslagen av blåsmaskinsleverantören Sulzer, undersöktes också ur ett energiförbrukningsperspektiv för jämförelse.  Resultatet av simuleringen och effektberäkningen indikerar att den nuvarande styrningen i princip är lika energieffektiv som den simulerade optimala styrningen. I båda fallen kopplas de nya maskinerna in i första hand. Dock visar resultatet på att den simulerade styrningen är effektivare vid flöden där det krävs att de gamla blåsmaskinerna sätts i drift. Sulzers föreslagna styrstrategi är mer energieffektiv än nuvarande styrning, men inte lika effektiv som den optimerade styrstrategin.

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