Instrumentation and Control Division of Ashuganj Power Station Company Ltd.

Abstract

As a part of our undergraduate requirement, we have to complete our thesis or internship. We have chosen internship because we are interested to pursue our career in power sector. Therefore we hoped that building relationship with the power producing industries would help us to reach our goal. On the other hand, the scale of demand for electricity is going up. It varies according to different zones of the country. With the improvement of the people’s life standard, the demand for electricity has also increased. Therefore, a good number of generation units or power plants are being established to meet that demand. Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) is a well reputed company. Together it has 3 types of power production plants (thermal power plant, combined cycle power plant and gas engine power plant). Other power plant companies do not contain this combination. If de-rated capacity is considered, APSCL is providing maximum amount of power to the national grid. They are also willing to train the university students. Hence, we did not want to miss the opportunity of completing our internship in one of the largest power producing company of Bangladesh. By completing internship at APSCL, we have learned about the process of electricity generation. We have learned how to maintain a plant. Specifically we have learnt about Instrumentation and Control Division of APSCL elaborately. We also learnt how to find out the problems that occurred in the plant and their possible solutions from our superintendent engineer. We have gained knowledge about the new technologies that are applied recently. Industrial training has benefitted us in many ways. Now we can relate the theoretical experience with the practical experience in power sector. It built the confidence in us, to work in a power production company. Industrial training gave us the primary level of experience which will be helpful for future job opportunities.