Boiler Control and Burner Management Systems
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Boiler Control and Burner Management Systems Course
Introduction:
The parts of the boiler and what they do. Standard symbols for boiler control, together with a means of presenting the engineering and recognizing the engineering and boiler control through the use of symbols. The course covers the definition of the basic concepts of ratio control and control, including how boiler control uses feed forward control, feed forward plus feedback control, cascade control, and ratio control. Additionally covered are the concepts of derivative controlling what they are and how they are utilized, as well as proportional controls, proportional plus reset control, and proportional plus reset control. The many techniques for detecting flames are discussed, along with their individual benefits.
Course Objectives:
Participant will be able to:
- Understand the benefits of improved boiler process control and savings as a result of improved efficiency
- Develop proper control systems documentation
- Apply principles and methods for flow and level measurements to improved boiler operations
- Specify appropriate strategies for flow, level and pressure control
- Tuning of boiler control systems
- Implement analyzer measurements for improving boiler efficiency
- Analyze basic control loops required for boiler operation
- Apply control concepts such as cascade, ratio and feedforward control for boiler control
- Specify appropriate safety system interlocks
- Evaluate process requirements for writing instrumentation specifications
- Understand the primary cause of furnace explosions
- Use design basis documentation and flow sheets
- Identify equipment needs for gas, oil, and pulverized coal systems
- Understand pre-firing purge requirements for both single and multiple burner boilers
- Follow the ignition-permissive establishment procedures for single and multiple burner systems
- Implement flame failure protection for specific systems
- Design alarms, interlocks, and emergency shutdown systems
- Understand the function and use of the burner front, operator interfaces, and logic systems
Who Should Attend?
This Intensive five-day instructional program covering the educational needs of Instrumentation and Control Engineers, Operation Engineers, Process and Utility Supervisors, Technical Management, Quality Control and Technical Supervisory personnel involved in Boiler Control & Burner Management Systems Engineering. No specific prerequisite training or experience required for registration.
Course Outlines:
- Basic Control Loops
- Combustion of Fuels
- Fuel Gas Analysis
- Steam Supply and Firing Rate Demand
- Feed water Control Systems
- Boiler Draft Systems
- Combustion Control
- Improving Operations with Computers and Analyzers
- Emerging Technologies
- Causes of Furnace Explosions
- BMS Interlock and Alarm Systems
- Control Systems
- System Design Trip Philosophy
- Programmable Electronic Systems
- Develop P&IDs for the boiler and gas, oil, and pulverized coal
- Review methods of efficiency calculations
- Use personal computer software to simulate boiler start-up and shutdown, and boiler control including drum level and cross -limiting fuel control
- Tune a boiler control system for maximum efficiency and learn the effects of boiler tuning
- Understand the function and use of the burner front, operator interfaces, and logic systems