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Home Near You Southern Asia Sri Lanka Event Reviews 2015

SAR Meeting at Lahore Pakistan Open Forum on Engineering Industries In Srilanka Introduction to IMechE Activities and Lecture at University of Peradeniya Industrial Visit to Lakvijaya Power Plant Public lecture on "Building Facilities Management" Industrial Survey Visit to Tokyo Cement Trincomalee Engineering Tomorrow 2015 Srilanka Group Annual Dinner 2015

Industrial Visit to Lakvijaya Power Plant

IMechE Srilanka group visited the Lakvijaya power plant Noracholai. The plant is located in the northern west coast of Srilanka,which is the largest power station in the island. 3 X 300MW of power is being produced in this power plant where coal is utilized as the main source of power to produce steam which is used to rotate the turbine at 3000 rpm. Coal is imported from
indonesia, this is brought through ships and they’re transferred to the factory through barges and conveyors.Mr.Lucien Perera (Chairman of the Srilanka group), Mr. Chanaka Wanniarachi (Chair-Member Development) and Mr. Lasantha Kurukulaarchchi (YM Chair/Editor) represented IMechE Srilanka group during this visit. The corporate sector which consist about numerous
mechanical engineers made it a point to get the associate membership of IMechE.