a A Et FORUM Technical Visit to Cameron Highlands Sultan Idris (II) Woh Power Station SI reported by || A! lorganked a technica wit f» Corneron Highline Suton lois () Won Power Statonon 13 February 2017, Th wen the fit erty for EEID in 2017. A total of 22 porisiponts registred for the event ond 3 seitctove from Kedah and Petak The other participants deparied torn IEM early in the romning ane machedtthe power stction at about 10. am where they were werrniy wekomedby Mr TonBeng Wee the Cccupatond Safety Heath & Environment Manager. Enel Ni Fors tre Senior Engineer Production) anciseverd other INBpesonre! Mi Ton gave a safety briefing and asered the importance of scfety dung the site sit lator He highghted emergency and safety precoutons such os safety eit point /routes, procedure for evasuatng the buliing cnd designated creas for gathering, He scid we should not panic should on emergency arose. The teking of photograpts was sticty prohibited curing the vito the powerpient Then Enck Nik Fors made o presentation on the overview of the Comeran Highland hyskoelectric scheme ‘which spanned Kelantan, Pahang anc Perak [: Hectical Engineering Technical Diision (EETD) Grow prot ore pomeants THE INSTIUTON OF ENINEERE, MALAYSIA_—$ Fill Thee Ge a lolalof 7 power stations, Includng 2 undergiound stations at bi and Weh, Robinon Falls was com missoned in 198®, folowed by Woh in 1907 and the totel cost of the profect af that time wes RM267 millon. The entire Comemn Hghland hycioelectic scheme her a total generation capacity of OSS, with C22MW being expottedio the ard andl the rem cinder for local consumption. The Wah Pawer Station ues the vericd Francis turbine. Al the stetione ere connected by 4lkm of water tunrels. The tot catchment aea is spread over $PA.4sq, km. and there ate 1S water intakes. The power plants cre ectuclly “peaking” sawer plants in the conse tht they operate bared! an mene fiom the Notiond Load Dispatch Cente in Bangsar Kuda Lumpur On ct dei cverage, the power plants operate 8 houts cuiing the day ce power demands peakin the moning noon andl evening, At the end of the presentation, there wos a bief Q8A session where questions included one an the selection af turbine. According to Encik Nik the Pelion turbine wer generly prefenedin high head application while the Froncisturbine wes prefenedin igh volume application, The delegation then vistec the generaiion areas of the font. The ortcinants were tronsen ted in vans to the turkine and power generation reas. The Woh Power Station hes ci head of 40m andthe turkines mtate at co0rpm with the generoro® having 1 poles. Eochor the 8 generators has c capenity of aenerafna SOM runring at 0.9 power factor The partciponts were able to observe and osk queston about the working plnciples oF tulkines. genewton, transtomes andl the contol systems in Have for regulcting and keeping the entire 0 pe atfon running smoothly. The visit enced with Mr. Alex Looi presenting c token of appreciation to Encik Nik acs a tle: 1-Day Short Course on Design of Pumping Droinage System for Urban Stormwater Runoff. Rescheduled tom 18 May 2017 16 June 2017 Organised by: Woter Resoures Fechrical Division me goo am.-S25p.m cPDyPOP 6 title: Talkon ‘Solving Engineering Problems by Systematic Innovative Appioach: Acquiing TRE as yourskill” 8 July 2017 Oigensed by Urban Enginceing Development Speci interes! Group Time SD pm.-7D pn CRO/ROP 2 ‘tle: Talkon Global Landbridge (OBOR) and Ocean Thermal Energy (OTEC)" Using the Engineering Finance Methodology in Designing 'Cost Efficient” Projects to Enhance the Refurn on Invesim ent 8 July 2017 Orgenised by Oi Gos ene! Mining Engineering Technica Divsion Time 9.00 a.m.- 1100 am. CPDPOP 2 inaly note thet the scheduled events below ore wubject fo change, Please hi Me EDI website of www. nyiem.ora.my for mote tformation onthe opoaming events A THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINE BS MALAYSI,