INTRODUCTION

This is the first article for my industrial training blog, so i think i need to do some introduction to the place that the training take place.

Location:
Paka YTL Power Station

Department:
5 weeks in control and instrumental department
5 weeks in electrical department
2 weeks in operation department

Training duration:
5 April 2010 till 25 June 2010

YTL power station is a power plant that consist of 2 combine cycle block. It has a capacity of 808 MW where it means that the station maximum production is 808 MW, but the station will not always stress the machine to perform its maximum rate, normally, it produce around 780 MW plus depends on the schedule. The power that generated by Paka YTL Power Station, will be supply to TNB Sultan Ismail power station where locate just beside YTL power plant. The resource of this power station is natural gas that directly supplied from PETRONAS.




The advantage of combine cycle power plant:
- highest efficiency
- best economy
- greatest flexibility
- fastest installation
- least pollution