Introduction

Through field trips and seminars, students are able to acquire more knowledge
and be familiar with the things that are related to their course. For this mere reason, the
University of Batangas Mechanical Engineering Department provides high standard of
learning to the students with the incorporation of educational field trips. The tour was
proposed to give the students a chance to see the different types of plants and
companies where the service of a mechanical engineer is very much needed. By
conducting the educational tour, the students will be more knowledgeable not only for
their subject but for their course itself.

The Narrative

Last October 12-16, 2015, we, the 5 th year Mechanical Engineering students of
University of Batangas had an educational trip to have a tour in different plants and
industries and also venture the famous tourist spots the North has to offer.

We first went to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, and here I learned the term
nuclear fission. Nuclear fission occurs when a neutron collides with a nucleus of a
large atom such as Uranium and is absorbed into it causing the nucleus to become
unstable and thus split into two smaller more stable atoms with the release of more
neutrons and a considerable amount of energy. The Fission produces radioactive
materials thus making it risky to enter this generation system but despite we have our
immunity on radioactivity not exceeding it every year we can still work on such

environment. I observed that despite never having been commissioned to use, the plant
has remained intact and well maintained, including the nuclear reactor. They are ought
to maintain it for the Government actually give funds for its maintenance. It is welldesigned compared to other nuclear plant like the Chernobyl and Fukishima Nuclear
power plant.
At the heart of the plant is the
massive nuclear reactor. Protected by a
domed structure made of 1 meter-thick
concrete and 1.5 meters of steel, it was
supposed to provide 625 megawatts of
clean energy. The reactor has since been
dismantled, inoperable without the fuel,
which has been sold to Siemens in 1997.
No radioactive material exists in the site,
according to Marcelo.

The next plant is the One Subic Power Generation Corporation, which is a diesel
power plant. The Subic power plant is an oil fired power plant having an installed
capacity of 110 MVA composed of 8 combustion-type generators which contribute 14.5
MVA each. The personnel said that one of the generators is not which yielded to lower
capacity of the plant. Each of the combustion generators is composed of 18 valves
which are periodically maintained and inspected. The generators generates 13.8 kV
which is then to be step up to 230 kV by two 55 MVA transformers to be fed on the
transmission line grid. The personnel said that one of the most challenging part of their
work there as the operations engineer was when the grid demands supply from them,
when the supply in spot market is insufficient, he said that there were times that they
needed to run the plant continuously in order to meet the demand from the grid.
We also got to visit the Agua Grande Mini Hydro Power Plant, which can produce
1000 kW of power. The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative has commissioned a study on
the hydro plant along with one another. The plants were constructed during the Marcos
years and has a power generation capacity of 4.5 megawatt, which can supply electric
power to some 17,000 households in Pagudpud and nearby villages in Pasuquin and
Bacarra.
The last one is the Bangui Windmills. The Bangui Wind Mills were built by the
NorthWind Power Development Corporation to take its share in reducing the emission
of harmful greenhouse gases (GHGs) causing global warming and to accelerate the
rural electrification of the government.

The windmills, officially referred to

as the North Wind Bangui Bay Project,
was built to use renewable energy

sources, thus reducing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The project is
the first Wind Farm in the Philippines consisting of wind turbines on-shore facing the
South China Sea and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia. The project sells
electricity to the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) and provides 40% of the
power requirements of Ilocos Norte via Transco Laoag.

UNIVERSITY OF BATANGAS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

NARRATIVE REPORT

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE

REQUIREMENT IN THE SUBJECT
ME26 POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED BY:
MANALO, JAYBEE BOY

SUBMITTED TO:
ENGR. KELVIN MARANAN
INSTRUCTOR

OCTOBER 2016