Power Plant Boilers: Startup and Shutdown

This course is designed to familiarize participants with basic techniques for starting up and shutting down drum-type boilers and once-through boilers. After completing this course, participants should be able to describe basic procedures for performing a cold startup of a drum-type boiler, lighting off the furnace, warming up the boiler, and establishing the boiler flame. They should also be able to describe basic procedures for shutting down a typical drum-type boiler. In addition, participants should be able to compare and contrast the startup and shutdown of a drum-type boiler with the startup and shutdown of a once-through boiler.
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Course Details

Learning Objectives

  • Describe basic checks that boiler operators make during an initial pre-startup walk-through.
  • Describe typical procedures for a cold startup of a controlled circulation, drum type boiler.
  • Describe basic preparations for lighting off the furnace, how light-off is initiated, and how a typical boiler is warmed up.
  • Describe how pulverizers are started up and controlled.
  • Describe how the main coal burners are ignited and controlled.
  • Describe the basic procedures for shutting down a typical drum-type boiler.
  • Describe the basic differences and similarities between the operation of a once-through boiler and a drum-type boiler.
  • Describe how a steam/water separation system is used during the startup and the shutdown of a once-through boiler.
  • Specs

    Course Level Intermediate
    Languages English
    Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady

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