The purpose of this training is to instruct building and facility maintenance staff on safe boiler operation and maintenance. The curriculum is broadly designed to cover every aspect of boilers, from installation and operation to design and maintenance. The training covers a variety of other topics, including energy consumption, boiler efficiency, environmental and safety concerns, legal needs and regulations, and running a treatment plant. Please see the course topics for further information about the course.

Course Objectives:

How/When to Schedule Preventive Maintenance Procedures
Differences between High Pressure and Low-Pressure boilers
Primary boiler components
Operating pressures and temperatures of cast iron boilers
Differences between steam boilers and hot water boilers
Applications for Electric Boilers
Major perils associated with boilers
Common boiler accidents to avoid
All about furnace explosions
Dangers of low water conditions
How to inspect your Boiler
Conducting efficiency tests
Maintenance troubleshooting tips
Waterside and Fireside maintenance
Boiler design and construction codes and standards
How to safely and efficiently operate your boiler
Burner operations and combustion control systems

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for anyone who needs to understand the operation of boilers in order to improve efficiencies and safety at their industrial plants and large building facilities like:-

Boiler Inspectors
Steam Plant Operators
Maintenance Engineers / Managers
Operation Managers
Safety Officers
Environmental Officers
Boiler Design Engineers

Course Outlines:

Understand the fundamentals of boiler operations
Identify boiler components and know what they do
Fundamental terms and concepts
Combustion in Boiler Furnaces
Heat Transfer in Boiler Furnaces
Types of fuel, combustion and draught
Feed water
Properly start up and shutdown boilers
Water Tube Boiler Specifications
High Temperature Insulation and Refractories in Boilers
Operate boilers normally at safe and proper pressures & temperatures
Instruments for Boiler Measurements
Single Burner Boiler Operations NFPA8501
Design review and computer simulations
Prevention of Boiler Explosions/Implosions NFPA8502
Understand the major perils associated with boilers and how to avoid boiler accident and explosions
Boilers, controls and instrumentation
Boiler operation
Safety and legal requirements
Efficiency and environment
Management of Boiler house

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