Students’ Field Visit to Erbil Gas Power Station (EGPS)- Iraq-Kurdistan Region–Erbil
The Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Tishk International University, organised a trip to Erbil Gas Power Station (EGPS) in May 2022. The visit aimed to provide an opportunity for students to become familiarized with power station processes and components.
Erbil Gas Power Station (EGPS)- Iraq-Kurdistan Region–Erbil is located south of Erbil province and is about 22 km from Erbil city centre. It distributes electricity in the Kurdistan Region Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok Electricity plants with a capacity of 1500 MW. The plant includes eight gas turbine units (Frame-9E) with all accessories from the American company GE. The rate of production of each unit is 125 MW. In addition to two units of Steam turbine type (GE-C7), the production rate of each unit is 250 MW. The German company (ABB) was contracted to construct the Simple Cycle Phase.
The 500 MW Combined Cycle Phase first began by utilizing the heat from the gas turbines via four Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) to two Steam Turbines. It will increase the plant capacity to 1500 MW. It also decreases the amount of CO2 released, making the plant environmentally friendly.
The gas turbines are Dual fuel consuming gas as prime fuel and Diesel (Light fuel) as standby fuel.
Students are inspired with following The following aspects.
- To know about Electrical energy production techniques using Gas turbine and Steam Turbine.
- Students acquire knowledge in efficiency, performance and power distribution at various stages, such as generator transformers, Grids, HT Lines etc.
To study the power plant safety, precautions and handling of heavy machines with enhanced computerized plant monitoring techniques.
