Teh Ilijan Power Plant field trip and "plant" inspection

Last March 4, 2007 our class in Chemical Engineering 199 (PLant Inspection and Seminar) had a field trip in KEILCO Ilijan Combined Cycle Power Plant in Batangas. We departed at around 6 am. and by 7 am we are already in Star Tollway. Ang akala ko malapit na since yung Star Tollway yung nagcoconnect sa batangas sa ibang parte ng Southern Luzon. pero hinde! grabe inabot kami ng 3 oras from the Star Tollway to the Power plant. But the journey there was fun. Buti na lang hindi mga kj ang kasama ko sa van, sobrang kulit nila. Tsaka hindi ako ang pinakamatanda sa van :D at least may ka-age ako na kasama. hehehe pero masaya kasama ang barkada ni Ria. :D sobrang enjoy sa van lalo na nung nag-travel back in time kami. may nadaanan kami na baranggay na ang color theme ng bahay at fence pati na yung mga bato na nakapaligid at yellow, green, at pink. Tapos ang daming parol, so nafigure-out namin na pasko pa lang dun sa town nayun. and as we go farther, the father we travel back in time. There's this village na ang name ay "Good Man's village" so we though na panahon pa ng mga Amerikano yung time dun. And yung last town na nadaanan namin before the Power Plant ay panahon pa ata ni Rajah Sulaiman. Nakakatawa nga e, yung isa pang town nangangampanya pa lang si gloria dun, 2004 ata yung time dun. heheh after 4 long hours we arrived at the power plant. di sya ganun kaexciting as i expected. i have been on a combined cycle power plant, first gas ata yun. tapos mas ok pa yung trip dun. actually badtrip yung tour namin sa power plant, we only went to the control room and the water treatment facility. ang corny! sa first gas pumunta kami sa turbine and generator room. tsaka sobrang wala akong nakuhang info na mahalaga sa plant inspection. Si Ria ata sa sobrang corny nung trip e medyo iba na ang pagkakaintindi sa plant inspection :P she inspected different kinds of plants :D well 1/4 of the time sa plant nagtour kami, the other 1/4 went to eating, and the remaining 1/2 went to sleeping. grabe boring! pero pagbalik namin sa van nagkabuhay ulit. :D as i have said earlier, Ria planned to inspect some "plants". actually balak nya talaga kunan ng picture yung power plant from a different angle pero sa tuwing iccapture nya haharangan yung image ng mga "plants" hehehe all in all we enjoyed the trip to the plant and the trip back to LB. regarding the tour in the power plant, mas ok pa sana kung nagcasual trip na lang kami sa different plants dun sa place since madaming plants dun na pwede iinspect. Tsaka di ba nila nahahalata na sawang-sawa na ang mga Chem Engg Students sa power plants! ang dami daming ibang plants na pwede iinspect bakit kaya power plant pa.. it would have been a lot educational kung dun kami na cement plant or petrochemical plant ng JG summit. wala lang. :D



Here are some of the pics dun sa trip namin :D

Ayun o!
Vanmates unite!
Ang ganda ng view!
Mindoro ata yun o
SoX yuck!
Hindi plant Inspection!
Plant Inspection as defined by Ria
The Land Before Time