Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited

Abstract

Availability of power is one of the important ingredients for industrial growth. Increasing automation of Bangladeshi industries has created huge demand of power in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is committed to provide affordable and reliable electricity to all citizens by 2020. However, among the country’s 138 million people, only 40 percent has access to electricity of 136KWh. The power sector includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity among different holdings including residential, commercial, business and service sectors. Bangladesh's installed electric generation capacity was 4.7 GW in 2009. In this field Ashuganj power station Company limited played an important role in generation of power from 1964. Now it is the second largest power company in Bangladesh. The company is taken numerous development program for increase its generation which is the demand of time. Through our internship at APSCL we have gathered a tremendous knowledge on power sector including power generation, Transmission and power system protection. Through this internship we get a great opportunity to relate our theoretical knowledge with the practical knowledge whatever we have gained with our university academic courses. We have given a brief description of our experiences on electricity production, distribution and transmission system in Bangladesh in our intern report. We also added history and future plans of APSCL. Discussion of different generating unit and there fuel system is briefly discussed. We added rating and specifications of generators and substation equipments. Different type of transformers is used. In substation Isolator, feeder, breakers are the main equipment. Different type of switchgear and control rooms is used for Protection purposes and also for controlling. In APSCL we visited the whole power plant and achieved a clear idea about its generation, controlling and maintenance process. We visit both steam turbine and CCPP of APSCL. We monitor the gas supply from Titas gas field and air collection process. In steam turbine section we visited the water treatment plant and understand the presses of water purification. We also go to different control rooms. Visiting the substation of APSCL was a great achievement for us. In there, we saw how power is connected to the greed. Protection system of whole power station gives us a clear idea about its importance. So we can say our industrial attachment to Ashugonj power station company Ltd will be a lifetime asset for us.