ISE students visited Varahi Underground Power House
04-Apr-2022
Dept. of Information Science & Engineering organized a One-Day industrial visit in association with Sahyadri IIC and STAISE on 1st April, 2022. A total of 62 students of 3rd semester Dept. of Information Science & Engineering visited Varahi Hydro Electric Power Plant owned by Government of Karnataka and operated by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL). The visit enabled the students to gain fundamentals of Hydro Electric Power Generation, Role of Information Technology and IoT in controlling various operations of the power plant from its control room. The students were accompanied by Prof. Ganaraj K, Prof. Madhu R, Prof. Pratheek H and Prof. Prajna U R, Dept. of Information Science & Engineering.
Varahi Hydro Power Plant is located near Hosangadi in the Udupi district of Karnataka in India where power generation takes place underground. An underground power station is a type of hydroelectric power station constructed by excavating the major components (e.g. machine hall, penstocks, and tailrace) from rock, rather than the more common surface-based construction methods. Power plant consists of 4 x 115 MW Generating Units at Varahi underground Power house. There are four turbines in operation and capacity per each turbine is 115 MW. The type of Turbine used is Pelton and the turbine and Generator of the hydroelectric project is manufactured by Bharat Heavy Electricals limited of India. There are four units in operation.
