PEFT-143: Power Engineering Boilers

This course is INACTIVE
School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Industrial Technology - DNU
Department
Advanced Manufacturing
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Power Engin. & Facilities Tech
Course Number
143
Course Title
Power Engineering Boilers
Credit Hours
3.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Co-requisites
MFMT-114
Catalog Course Description

Covers the operation and maintenance of high- and low-pressure boilers and their related auxiliaries. Includes elements required to safely operate, service, and maintain boiler and auxiliary equipment pertaining to state-of-the-art cogeneration and heating and power plants. Learners are required to interface with actual or virtual plants as part of the activities for this course. May require plant visits as part of course work.

Goals, Topics, and Objectives

Core Course Topics
  1. Boiler classification, ratings, and general definitions
  2. Basic heating boilers: firetube, bent/flex tube, cast iron, firebox
  3. Process and generating plant boilers: watertube, central station, process
  4. Boiler construction, details, boiler design considerations
  5. Boiler fittings, accessories, and appliances
  6. Boiler operation and maintenance procedures
  7. Boiler emissions control, boiler efficiency improvement
  8. Fuels, combustion, gas-oil-solid fuel burning
  9. Boiler controls -- positioning, metering, control loops/measurement
  10. Boiler auxiliaries -- pumps, water treatment
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)

Skills identified below from national standards include those required for power engineering license exams and are those which are typically accomplished on a regular basis by persons who are identified as being successful on the job as a power/building engineer or boiler operator.

    Basic Operation

  1. Supplies treated and conditioned feed water to boilers.
  2. Supplies heated and conditioned fuel oil to the burners.
  3. Supplies natural gas to burners.
  4. Supplies combustion air to the boilers.
  5. Supplies pulverized coal to burners.
  6. Transfers liquids through the operation of pumps.*
  7. Operates pollution control equipment; reduces emissions.*
  8. Supplies emergency power.

Commissioning

  1. Performs plant acceptance inspections and installation tests.*
  2. Prepares new equipment for initial start up.
  3. Conducts and coordinates start up, running, and testing.

Steam Generation

  1. Starts, operates, and stops packaged firetube boilers.
  2. Starts, operates, and stops packaged watertube boilers.
  3. Starts, stops, and operates boilers (simulation).*

Testing and Inspection

  1. Performs boilers feedwater tests.
  2. Inspects and tests safety valves.*
  3. Inspects and tests "flame scanner."
  4. Inspects and tests "low water cutout."
  5. Inspects and tests operating controls.*
  6. Identifies the procedures for heat and power plant tests.*
  7. Inspects boilers, identifying necessary maintenance items.*

Automation, Control, and Instrumentation

  1. Operates and maintains boiler monitoring and control systems.*
  2. Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs positioning control systems.
  3. Operates, monitors, adjusts, and programs boiler control systems.
  4. Analyzes control system malfunctions; observes and calibrates controls.*

Maintenance

  1. Maintains and repairs water treatment systems.
  2. Maintains and repairs combustion air handling equipment.
  3. Maintains fuel oil systems.
  4. Maintains boilers by cleaning, inspecting, and repairing.*
  5. Maintains and repairs air compressors and their systems.
  6. Maintains pumps by cleaning, lubricating, and repairing.
  7. Maintains piping systems by inspecting, adjusting, and repairing.
  8. Maintains plant or building heating systems.
  9. Maintains plant and/or building air conditioning systems.

Safety and Basic Skills

  1. Practices safety in power, process, or heating plant environments.*

Assessment and Requirements

Assessment of Academic Achievement

Students will demonstrate their competence in the subject matter and objective areas by one or more of the following based upon the indication of industry standards and requirements:

  1. Written exam or multiple quizzes on specific subjects
  2. Online quizzes, exams, or exercises
  3. Performance-based exercises, labs, or industry practical training
  4. Scenario or context-based exercises, activities from field situations
  5. Written paper, report, project, or collaborative exercise
  6. Presentations, learning object development, or creative research
  7. Proctored, supervised, or real workplace experience
  8. Independent study, internship, externship, or co-op education experience
  9. Performance-type experiences-exercises approved by instructor

Outcomes

Satisfies Wellness Requirement
No

Credit for Prior College-Level Learning

Options for Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other
Other Details
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
Effective Term
Fall 2023