An advanced-level course for engineers seeking 1st or 2nd Class Steam License. Course reviews various power engineering subjects including boilers, basic thermodynamics, boiler operation, maintenance, plant efficiency, pumps, auxiliaries, power plant accessories, turbines, engines, electrical, compressors, internal combustion engines, and national, state and local steam and boiler codes. Explores how to solve typical power plant problems. Also offers information on how to study, sketch, analyze, and describe the function of systems and components on commercial-industrial power and process plant equipment and systems. NOTE: License exams are not included in this course.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Codes and Code Orientation, Governmental License-Registration Agencies, NFPA, Appropriate Ordinances
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the codes and licensing subject areas.*
- Basic Thermodynamics, Practical Power Engineering Science, Heat Engines, Basic Combustion, Gas Laws, Steam Tables, Steam Calorimetry
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the practical steam and heat application areas.
- Boilers, Types, Construction, and Calculations
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler construction and calculation areas to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of license agency examiners, employers or evaluators/instructors and to meet license agency exam requirements and/or pass these exams or college administered industry example exams.*
- Boilers, Problems, Sketches, Questions, Operation and Maintenance, and Boiler Controls
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler problem, operation, maintenance and controls subject areas.
- Pumps and Auxiliaries, Pump Theory and Calculations, Piping, Boiler Feedwater Pumps and Controls, Injectors
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler pumps and auxiliaries subject areas.
- Treatment, Testing, Boiler Blowdown Systems, and Water Treatment Systems
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler water treatment subject areas.
- Combustion, Boiler Efficiency, and Emission Controls
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler combustion, efficiency and emission controls subject areas.
- Fuels - Firing, Gas, Oil, and Coal Systems
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler fuels, firing systems subject areas.
- Steam Engines, Heat Engines, and Basic Plant Cycles
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the steam engine, heat engine, basic plant cycles subject areas.
- Steam Turbine Types, Construction, and Calculations
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the steam turbine construction and calculations subject areas.
- Steam Turbine Lubrication, Governing, Operation and Maintenance, Condensers, and Generator Controls
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the steam turbine lubrication, governing and operation and maintenance subject areas.
- Internal Combustion Engines and Compressors
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in theinternal combustion engine and compressors subject areas.
- Power Plant Basic Electrical Theory and Calculations, AC, DC, Machines And Generators, Transformers, Rectifiers, Converters
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the power plant electrical equipment, machines and system subject areas.
- Power Plant Electrical Systems, Generation, Distribution Circuit Protection, Operation and Maintenance
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the power plant electrical generation, distribution and protection system subject areas.
- Industrial Energy Management and Quick Energy Profiler (PEP) Qualification (DOE-EERE)
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the industrial energy management subject areas.*
- Boiler Plant Best Practices and Base Line Case Studies Basics
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery in the boiler plant best practices and base line studies subject areas*
- Practical/Lab Exercises and Practice Exams and Exercises and Activities for Typical License Exams
Demonstrate technical and practical field conditions mastery upon taking practice lab example and field type licensing exams.
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
Prescribed by the subject matter expert FT instructor responsible for curricular development and implementation of this course.
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: 1. field experience. 2. licenses held. 3. completing course exams and/or. 4. performance sequences and/or. 5. competing a portfolio. 6. assessment of private trade school or other extensive college level industry training and learning by a departmental faculty member.