EN-3131

Steam Generators

Course Description

Covers the design, construction, and operation of steam generators (boilers). It also considers fuels and their combustion, combustion equipment, combustion control, feedwater regulators, air heaters, economizers, superheaters, reheaters, boiler water treatment, and auxiliary boilers. A lab aboard the Academy’s training ship is included, emphasizing boiler external fittings, safety valves, fuel oil systems, and main and auxiliary steam systems. [Lab time required]

This course consists of three 1-hour classes a week for a semester, six 3-hour labs with practical assessments, and a comprehensive final exam.

Entrance requirements

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following STCW elements:

Demonstrate proficiency in the following skills:

Topics

  1. Introduction to course
  2. Basic concepts:
    1. energy,
    2. pressure,
    3. temperature, etc.
  3. Properties of steam:
    1. saturated
    2. superheater
  4. Combustion, heat transfer, circulation
  5. Boiler capacity limitations
  6. Boiler classification
  7. Design and construction of boilers
  8. Boiler refractories
  9. Boiler fittings
    1. Internal
    2. External
  10. Heat recovery devices
  11. Feedwater regulators
  12. Combustion
    1. fuel oil
    2. atomizers, registers
    3. fuel oil systems
    4. chemistry of combustion
    5. stack gas analysis
  13. Auxiliary boilers
  14. Boiler water chemistry and treatment
  15. Boiler operation
  16. Carry-over - causes and response

Other objectives

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