The Department of Mechanical Engineering, organized one-day Industrial visit to TUTICORIN THERMAL POWER STATION, Tuticorin on 21st, September, 2022 for B.E. III year Mechanical Engineering students. Dr.G.vairamuthu (Associate Professor), Mr.A.Vignesh Moorthy Pandiyan (Asst. Prof.), Mr.R.Meby Selvaraj (Asst. Prof.),Mr. S.Balamurugan (Asst. Prof.) and Mr. M.Kaliraj (Asst. Prof.), faculty of Mechanical Engineering department were accompanied with this industrial visit. Training Engineer of Thermal Power Plant gave a detailed explanation on the processing of fuel materials, generation of electricity, types of pulverizer, Cooling Tower and safety practices followed in the industry. After that we were provided with a safety helmets and then an engineer-in-charge took us inside the power plant. He took us around the power plant from one section to another and explained each and every process involved in the generation of the electricity. Since all the processes are automated, it was handled by the control unit. All the process is centrally controlled by the control unit, it shows each and every status of the process happening. It can be monitored through data points. Finally, the industrial visit ends at 02:30P.M.
