Boilers and Plant Systems
• Boiler designs, firetube and
     watertube boilers
• Maintaining clean dry steam
• Safety factors
• Boiler theory
• Reducing energy costs of boilers
• As-found efficiency
• Tuned-up efficiency
• Maximum-economically achievable efficiency
• Maximum-attainable efficiency
• Typical gas-fired boiler performance
• Typical oil-fired boiler performance
• Typical coal-fired boiler performance
• Loss prevention
• Accountability
• Measure and manage the 2M program
• An effective energy conservation program
• Heat value of Fuels
• Introduction to steam tables and energy accounting
• Computing savings
• Analysis of heat exchange sections of boilers
• Questions and review

MODULE 2:  2 hours

Step by Step Boiler Efficiency Survey and Efficiency Improvement
• Steam ssystem cost factors
• Fuel savings influence on corporate profits
• Boiler plant efficiency
• Fuel consumption and fuel costs
• Analyzing performance
• Stack losses
• Excess air losses
• Blowdown losses
• Surface losses
• Tune up - lowering excess air
• Lowering exhaust temperature
• Water treatment and water cycle heat losses
• Carbon emission reductions
• Cost of steam
• Efficiency increases plant capacity
• The real value of boiler fuel savings
• Hidden costs of switching fuels as an economy measure
• Questions and review

MODULE 3:  2 hours

The Boiler Test Code
• Efficiency calculation methods
• ASME computational methods
• Comparing the input-output method and the heat-loss method
• ASME test form and calculations and formula
• ASME heat balance
• Calculation of stack gas heat loss
• Combustibles loss in refuse
• Radiation and unmeasured losses
• Carbon emissions - greenhouse gas
• Hydrocarbon (combustibles) losses
• Steam quality influence
• Summary of heat credits and losses
• Fuel to steam efficiency in plant monitoring
• Calculating combustion efficiency
• Questions and review



MODULE 4:  2 hours

Understanding the Key Elements of Boiler Efficiency
• Smoke and CO problems
• Burner design and flame control
• Burner defects and problems
• Troubleshooting guide
• Application of different flame shapes
• Fuel oil heating
• Flame characteristics
• Burner safety system
• Draft designs and control
• Combustion analyzer instruments
• Operating with minimum excess air
• Step-by-step tune-up procedure
• Oxygen trim and carbon monoxide trim
• Dual fuel firing and switching
• Smoke problems
• Tune-up review
• Questions and review