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    The document summarizes a tour of the Aboitiz MakBan Geothermal Power Plant located in Laguna, Philippines. It is the only indigenous base load plant in Luzon, meaning it provides continuous electricity. During the tour, the class learned about the plant's history and key geothermal power generation processes. These include extracting high pressure steam from underground, using it to power turbines, and condensing the steam. The plant has 12 units across Laguna and Batangas that generate a total of 450 MW annually. It operates continuously to meet southern Luzon's electricity demands. The document concludes that visiting the plant provided a valuable learning experience about renewable energy.

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    The document summarizes a tour of the Aboitiz MakBan Geothermal Power Plant located in Laguna, Philippines. It is the only indigenous base load plant in Luzon, meaning it provides continuous electricity. During the tour, the class learned about the plant's history and key geothermal power generation processes. These include extracting high pressure steam from underground, using it to power turbines, and condensing the steam. The plant has 12 units across Laguna and Batangas that generate a total of 450 MW annually. It operates continuously to meet southern Luzon's electricity demands. The document concludes that visiting the plant provided a valuable learning experience about renewable energy.

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    The document summarizes a tour of the Aboitiz MakBan Geothermal Power Plant located in Laguna, Philippines. It is the only indigenous base load plant in Luzon, meaning it provides continuous electricity. During the tour, the class learned about the plant's history and key geothermal power generation processes. These include extracting high pressure steam from underground, using it to power turbines, and condensing the steam. The plant has 12 units across Laguna and Batangas that generate a total of 450 MW annually. It operates continuously to meet southern Luzon's electricity demands. The document concludes that visiting the plant provided a valuable learning experience about renewable energy.

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    Ervin Sean Margate
    The document summarizes a tour of the Aboitiz MakBan Geothermal Power Plant located in Laguna, Philippines. It is the only indigenous base load plant in Luzon, meaning it provides continuous electricity. During the tour, the class learned about the plant's history and key geothermal power generation processes. These include extracting high pressure steam from underground, using it to power turbines, and condensing the steam. The plant has 12 units across Laguna and Batangas that generate a total of 450 MW annually. It operates continuously to meet southern Luzon's electricity demands. The document concludes that visiting the plant provided a valuable learning experience about renewable energy.

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    Ervin Sean C.

    Margate ChE 190


    2014-06430 Technical Paper 2

    Visit to the Aboitiz MakBan Geothermal Powerplant

    Brief Summary of the Tour


    The MakBan Geothermal Power Plant, located at Bay, Laguna, is the only “indigenous base load plant in Luzon,”
    which means a power plant that is capable of producing continuous supply of electricity, satisfying a minimum power
    demand requirement. The Power Plant is able to utilize geothermal energy, a well known renewable source of
    energy, to produces high pressure and temperature steam that subsequently drives a turbine, thereby generating
    electricity in the process. The Power Plant is currently being run by AP Renewables, Inc. a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power
    Corporation.
    Upon arriving, the class was first oriented at the Cleanergy Center about the history of the power plant and the main
    processes of the said plant. From here, we were also able to learn that the Philippines, being blessed with a
    topography that hides vast geothermal vents underneath the crust, is the world’s second largest producer of
    geothermal energy (second only to US), accounting for 12% of the nation’s electric power supply. It is here we were
    also able to learn, that despite its promising characteristics, the country still mainly relies on coal and gas fired power
    plants due to the small capacity and unreliability of renewable energy sources such as geothermal powerplant. After
    the orientation, we went to the plant grounds; however, we only saw the cooling tower since different parts of the
    plant were being closed due to maintenance.

    Key Processes
    Throughout the trip, we were able to understand the basic key processes of a geothermal power plant, which
    consists of the following: Raw Material Sourcing, Removal of Impurities, Power Generation through Turbine, And
    Condensation and Collection of Steam. A direct application of the topic we have learned in ChE 122, passing steam
    over a turbine causes the rotor blades to turn rapidly, and this in turn causes the steam to lose some of its energy
    and heat in the process, causing it to cool down. This is further cooled down using a cooling tower, producing cooling
    water that can be reused and circulated all over the plant.

    Operations of the Plant


    Different parts of the plant are situated in 2 different provinces, namely Laguna and Batangas, and divided into 12
    different units, all capable of generating electricity which amounts to a total capacity of 450 MW. As for the 4 units
    situated in Bay, around 150 MW of electricity is being generated per year. Being a provider of electricity in the
    Southern parts of Luzon, the plant operates continuously 365 days a year to meet the demand from its consumers,
    even having shifts during the Christmas holidays. As for its HSE practices, the plant itself strictly imposes the rule of
    PPE inside its plant premises, even requiring additional clothing and tools to ensure the safety of its visitors. As for
    its employees, everyone is always required to maintain proper PPE whenever inside the plant, as mentioned by the
    supervisor and plant tour guide.

    Engineers in the Plant


    According to Ms. Kim, the plant employs several engineers in different fields to maintain operations of the plant.
    Only 2 chemical engineers are currently working in the said power plant under the Environment Division (if I’m not
    mistaken) whose main job is to check the safety regulatory practices of the plant.

    Comments on the Event


    Overall, it feels great and fulfilling to finally visit a chemical plant utilizing renewable energy source, which I think
    should be something that the chemical industry should be investing on, as discoveries and breakthroughs on
    renewable energy would be the key to a sustainable and cleaner future. Through the tour, the helpfulness of the
    plant personnel (being accommodating and jolly at the same time) and the learnings that accompanied it, I can finally
    say that the MakBan Geothermal Power plant is an excellent plant to visit if one wants to know more about
    renewable energy source. The schedule and itinerary is also just enough, (albeit traffic caused a major delay in the
    ETA at UP).

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