Electrical & Industrial Maintenance Training

High Pressure Boiler Operation - Stationary Engineer License Preparation Course (INDT 132)

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Description

This seminar includes the latest information on safe and efficient operation of high pressure boilers (above 15 psi) and related equipment. You will receive a 265-page manual, High Pressure Boilers, which includes 187 well-defined illustrations, a comprehensive, illustrated glossary and updated computer- controlled boiler operation information.

You will learn

  1. To safely start up and shut down high pressure boilers.
  2. To blow down a boiler.
  3. To react to low water conditions.
  4. To minimize the possibility of furnace explosions.
  5. To hydrostatically test boilers.
  6. To repair gauge glasses.
  7. To lay up a boiler.
  8. To correct a steambound pump.

Who will benefit

  • Anyone who has limited experience with high pressure boiler situations
  • Operators preparing for licensing examinations in Chicago and Elgin, Illinois
  • Physical plant supervisors
  • Building engineers

Topics

  1. Steam Boilers
    • Steam boiler types
    • ASME code standards
  2. Steam Boiler Fittings and Accessories
  3. Basic Boiler Room Systems
    • Steam system
    • Feedwater system
    • Fuel system
    • Draft systems
  4. Steam and Water Accessories
    • Feedwater heaters
    • Feedwater pumps
    • Condensate tank and pump
    • Main feedwater line
    • Feedwater regulators
    • Steam traps
  5. Fuel Burning Equipment
    • Fuel oil burners
    • Gas burners
    • Combination gas/fuel oil burners
    • Stokers
  6. Draft
    • Measurement of draft
    • Natural draft
    • Mechanical draft
    • Air heaters
    • Gas and fuel oil draft system
    • Chain grate stoker draft system
    • Pulverized coal draft system
    • Scrubbers
    • Combustion
    • Fuels for combustion
  7. Combustion Controls
  8. Instruments
    • Pressure gauges
    • Temperature measuring devices
    • Pneumericators
    • Flow meters
    • Recorders
    • Smoke indicators
  9. Boiler Water Treatment
    • Boiler water conditions
    • Internal/external boiler water treatment
    • Automatic blowdown system
  10. Steam Boiler Operation
    • Operator responsibilities
    • Boiler start-up and slowdown procedures
    • Boiler inspection
    • Boiler lay-up
    • Emergency procedures
    • Routing boiler plant maintenance
    • Boiler room safety
    • Boiler room fire prevention

Your instructor

Jeff Bradford is the lead instructor and program coordinator for Joliet Junior College’s Industrial Maintenance Technology Program. He is President of Bradford and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in technical, safety and quality training. Jeff graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Education Studies from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and holds a Master of Science degree in Adult and Continuing Education from Northern Illinois University. He holds a Stationary Engineer’s License in both Chicago and Elgin, Illinois.

Jeff’s areas of expertise include: industrial fluid power, pipefitting, boilers, rigging, power transmission and pumps, compressors and turbines. He has hands-on experience in each of these disciplines and has developed curriculum and taught courses on all these topics. Jeff developed and taught maintenance courses at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, for which he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.

In-House Training Available

For additional information about in-house training, please call Amy Murphy at (815) 280-1418 or email amurphy@jjc.edu

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