Presents applied facilities and power plant fundamentals designed to provide introductory practical science studies for students entering the power, facilities, HVAC, and process operation and maintenance fields. Covers tools, instruments, materials and practical science including basic thermodynamics, plant visits, operation and maintenance fundamentals with exercises and experiences that meet or exceed requirements of National Skill Standards for heat, power, HVAC, and facilities technicians and engineers.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Communication in maintenance operations
- Industrial maintenance service and repair principles
- Maintenance shop operation
- Industrial maintenance service and repair principles
- Basic maintenance shop processing and procedural skills
- Maintenance principles: Basic energy conversion and conservation including force, pressure, work, energy, and power principles
- Basic thermodynamics in maintenance operations heat, steam, calorimeters, compression, gases, gas laws and measuring heat, temperature, pressure, flow and level
- Fuels, combustion, efficiency
- Refrigeration and air conditioning maintenance operations
- Hydraulics-pressure/flow and mechanical systems
- Basic pumps, valves and process systems
- Maintenance for controls: electrical, electronic, control systems and controlling heat, cooling and power systems
- Basic heat and power plant water treatment
- Demonstrates the ability to write proper reports, memos, work orders and similar documentation as specified for use in the commercial and industrial workplace.
- Demonstrates the ability to properly complete drawing, sketching, and lettering and similar documentation as specified for use in the commercial and industrial workplace.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete properly written technical article review reports including those obtained from research for articles and documentation on the Internet.
- Demonstrates the ability to identify components and fasteners and the proper use of precision measurement instruments, gages, tools and other equipment to determine dimensions on electrical and mechanical components such as on fasteners, nuts and bolts and other materials and equipment.
- Demonstrates the proper use of measuring tools and instruments to determine volume, linear measurements, flow measurements and level measurements to determine capacities of tanks, mechanical systems and equipment.*
- Demonstrates the ability to complete problems and exercises according to workbook requirements for weights, measures, levers, mechanical systems, stress in pressure vessels and for force, pressure, work, energy and power.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook exercises as specified for basic and advanced thermodynamics for heat, temperature and steam including application of the steam tables and similar tables.*
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook exercises as specified for gases and vapors including practical exercises for basic thermodynamics of gases and vapors, air compression and compressors.*
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook exercises as specified for fuels-combustion - basic fuel origin-properties, measuring combustion and combustion efficiency and flue gas analysis-for boiler or heating units.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook exercises as specified for Refrigeration, HVAC air conditioner operation-air flow measurement including identification and operation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook exercises as specified for hydraulics, basic gages, piping, valves, pump calculations, theory, pumps, pumping systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps,
- Demonstrates the ability to complete workbook and practical lab exercises to measure basic instrumentation quantities including level, temperature, pressure, and flow.
- Applies knowledge and abilities acquired on operation and maintenance activities to real workplace situations.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete exercises as specified on methods for controlling equipment and systems including those for process control, boiler control, power and heating plant control, and commercial-industrial HVACR equipment and system control.*
- Sketches Control Diagrams or power and heating systems and related systems including those for boiler and special power plant Control Systems.
- Demonstrates the ability to complete valid detailed reports on plant visits as part of course work.
Student must have access to a computer to complete the requirements for the course. This may be at home or when without a home computer the student must access computer lab computers on campus on a regular basis through out the course. Student must be computer literate with web browsers, word processing, spread sheets, e-mail, and other computer-online activities.
Assessment and Requirements
The assessment for this course will include lab experiences for each objective and exams covering each major topic with the percentage of student achievement for these elements and the percentage of the total course being determined by the individual instructor.
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
This course is identified as a departmental course for which a learner can receive college credit for prior college-level learning and/or skills acquired outside the traditional classroom. Terms of the HFCC Credit for Prior College-Level Learning Policy may be met by review of the appropriate documentation, skill, certifications, and/or knowledge acquired by the learner and submitted for evaluation by the appropriate departmental faculty. As required, one or more of the following may be considered in the evaluation process: A. field experience B. licenses held C. completing course exams and/or D. performance sequences and/or E. competing a portfolio. F. assessment of private trade school or other extensive college level industry training and learning by a departmental faculty member