Lumut Power Plant

My blog writing is stalled for a while due to work urgency. I've been in Lumut for couple of days for a certificate of fitness extension program which is requested by Lumut Power Plant aka Teknik Janakuasa Sdn Bhd who are operating and maintaining the plant.
In this case, Risk Base Inspection or RBI is used in order to fulfill the cf extension requirements and procedures. On top of that, they would learned and achieved a whole new level of productivity and quality as well as their skills.
In applying for the extension, they would undergo a lot of paperwork, studying processes, water quality, emission, cost and a lot of things to consider upon.
Other than that, they would need to do a marvellous record keeping and tracking for all the equipments so that any defects arises can be monitored and counter measures can be taken accordingly. Defects like corrosion, erosion, creep, oxygen pits, and others are to be monitored and evaluate by metallurgists as well as corrosion engineer/s. Furthermore, a proper monitoring and evaluation of the equipments is very crucial for the plant survival and running period. Well this Lumut Power Plant is the largest Combined Cycle Power Plant in Malaysia with a total capacity of 1953 MW. It consists of 3 blocks of combined cycle power plant, each with a capacity of 651 MW. For each block, there are 3 gas turbine-generator units, 3 HRSG and 1 steam turbine generator unit. Also, there are a lot of auxiliary equipments such as cooling towers, valves and etc. Although they have a long equipments list, they have never left safety behind. They've developed a 600 HIRARC only for this purpose which covers repairing and commissioning.
That's all for now. Just a brief overview how they do it.