Friday, May 14, 2010

Chimneys of Bee Leong Brickworks

This two 10m high brick chimney of Bee Leong Brickworks in Kuantan
is from a slope type brick kiln.
This kiln company is a very old one and i think it is one of the first few brick kiln operating in Kuantan. They also have a few tunnel kiln running in the factory.




The slope kiln is about 100m long with two kiln running parallel.




Firewood for the old kiln.


Wood chips is also used.


Clay for the brick making is source in the factory compound itself.







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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Chimneys of Putrajaya Power Station

These five chimneys of Putrajaya Power Station formerly known as Serdang Power Station
are about 50m high.
The Gas Turbines used here are 2x John Brown GE FR9E(110mw each) and 3x Siemens V94.2(135mw each) with a total generating capacity of 625mw,
build in 1993 after the national blackout,this is a peaking power plant
to cater to peak demands during the daytime.




The three Siemens Gas Turbine chimneys.



and the two John Brown GE GT chimneys,decommissioned.



The admin office with the chimneys in the background.



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