Part 1

• Introduction      
• Steam Power Plant Basics           
• Water treatment plant 
• Objectives of water treatment 
• Deaerators        
• Feedwater         
• Feedwater Pump selection criteria         
• Capacity requirements of feedwater pumps      
• Feed water pump drives             
• Design and operational considerations for feedwater pumps     

Part 2

• Types of plants
• Advantages and Disadvantages of a Thermal Power Plant            
• Co-generation,
• Basic Concepts of CHP  
• An Ideal Cogeneration Plant      

Part 3

• Components, Systems and Service for Thermal Power Plants
• Transformer Care
• degassing
• dewatering
• oil insulation filtration

Generator

• Lubrication / Cooling systems Lifting systems,
• emergency function lubrication

Steam Turbine Control

• Electro-hydraulic safety controls
• Electro-hydraulic oil supply unit

Fuel Gas Filtration

• Fuel-gas filter
• Main component in the fuel package

Fuel Oil Filtration

• Fuel-oil filter
• Main component in the fuel package

Compressors

• Cleaning and conditioning of sealing gas
• Reducing wear and tear on sealing gas seals

Turbine / Generator Lubrication

• Standard lifting systems (also as redundant model)
• Bladder and / or piston accumulator stations for emergency lubrication

Gas Turbine Control

• Electro-hydraulic safety controls
• Safety controls
• Modular hydraulic units

Part 4

Secondary Functions / Service, Balance of Plant (BoP)

Treatment of water-based media

• Automatic back-flushing filter
• Cooler protection
• Nozzle protection (e.g. sprinkler system)
• Sealing water filtration for seal protection

Treatment and conditioning of hydraulic and lubricating media

• Oil-conditioning units
• filtering hydraulic and lubrication fluids

Fluid conditioning units

• for separating solid particle contamination from hydraulicand lubricating media
• Stationary power units
• Integrated fluid sensors

Filter elements

VMU VarnishMitigation Unit for treating mineral oils

• Removal of oil ageing products

Flue Gas Conditioning

• Water filtration for nozzle protection on NOX systems
• OK-EL oil-air cooler use in NOX systems

Part 5

Thermal power plant troubleshooting

Boiler troubleshooting

• Boiler systems
• What needs to be checked
• Steam traps
• Pressure gauges
• Insulation
• Pumps
• Valves
• Safety limits, sensors, and controls
• Electrical systems
• Carbon monoxide
• Prevent costly downtime and expensive equipment failures

Steam turbine troubleshooting

• Turbine Operation, Overspeed Trip Check
• Turbine Operation, Effects of Uneven Heating & Cooling
• Turbine Operation, Shaft Bow
• Turbine Operation, Packing Box Leakage
• Turbine Operation, Steam Deposits

Auxiliaries systems troubleshooting

• Lubrication and Fuel Systems
• Lubricating systems
• Gas fuel systems
• Liquid fuel systems
• Duel fuel systems
• Fuel types,
• Treatment for trace metals and sulfur
• Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Systems
• s turbine protection (including pressure switches)
• Instrumentation and control systems
• Instrumentation used for vibration analysis
• Start-up sequence, normal operation
• Emission Guidelines and Control Methods
• Emissions from gas turbines an dboiler
• General approach for a national emission guideline, NOx emission target levels
• Low NOx combustors, ultra low NOx combustors
• Emission levels for other contaminants
• Gland Sealing System
• Condensation System
• Turning Gear Condition monitoring

Part 6

• Visual checks/inspections
• Trending
• Vibration
• Thermography
• Oil analysis
• Ferrography : wear particle analysis
• Ultrasonic: material flaws, leaks
• Performance checks/inspections
• On line alignment measurement

Turbine Maintenance

• Long, Effective Machine Life
• Safe Operation

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 75% of the total course duration.