INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO IBRI IPP-NOMAC NATURAL GAS FIRED POWER PLANT

On 6th of December 2022, 21 students of Bachelor Electrical Engineering along with two lecturers (Mr Chandra Sekhara B.L and Mr Reddy Ganesh) and one technician (Hamed Saud Hamed Al khalili) of University of Technology and Applied sciences-Ibri visited the NOMAC Power Pant which is located in Ibri. The main aim of the industrial visit was to provide exposure to students about the practical working environment.

The purpose of this Industrial visit was to provide an excellent opportunity to electrical engineering students to interact and know more about industrial environment. The intention was to help the students to get practical knowledge.

Visit started with a security rules and explained safety measures and rules to be followed in the plant at all times. All students visited to each section of power plant like gas turbines, generators, boilers, condensers, step up and step down transformers and protection systems followed in plant.

The team members also explained in detail about:

• bus bars
• excitation systems for diesel generators
• control panel
• UPS system for internal power plant operation
• control and operations of the plant through SCADA.

During the session, the students interacted with all team members of the company very effectively. All the students expressed their thanks to the officials of the company for the opportunity given. This visit was highly useful for the students to enhance their knowledge in areas such as Electrical Machines and its control, Power Generation, Protection and Grid connection and its control.

We express our sincere thanks to the Administration of NOMAC, Dean, Head of the Engineering Department, and the Head of Electrical & Electronics Section of UTAS, Ibri for their unwavering encouragement and support.

We would like to thank NOMAC team members, Mr.Ahmed hamed Al kalbani, Mr.Ahmed Khamis Al Hinaai, Ms Asma Saif Al majarfi, Mr.Azan Salim Alsuwafi for valuable guidance during the industrial visit.