Electric Boilers

AIS Technical Training School, which is an educational non-profit, is a provider of correspondence course to corporations, businesses, non-profits and government. 

"As a proud student of this school, thank you and your staff for helping working persons continue their eduction and fore-feeling their career goals!"  Jack T, Facility Operating Engineer

Highly recommended. This correspondence course will further your general understanding of high pressure boilers, in preparation for obtaining a boiler operators license. It is designed to explain the safe, efficient operation of high pressure boilers commonly practiced in today's workplace. This course consists of 12 lessons and students will be quizzed after each lesson. Many of these test questions are from actual state and city licensing boards. This course does not require access to a computer.

 

 

The course outline is as follows:

• Steam Boilers
  
  • Steam Boiler Types
  • Package Boilers
  • Field-Erected Boilers
  • Electric Boilers
  • ASME Code Standards

• Steam Boilers and Fittings
  • Fittings
  • Accessories

• Boiler Room Systems
  • Steam System
  • Feedwater System
  • Fuel Systems
  • Draft Systems

• Steam and Water Accessories
  • Feedwater Heaters
  • Feedwater Pumps
  • Surge Tank
  • Condensate Tank and Pump Unit
  • Main Feedwater Line
  • Feedwater Regulators
  • Steam Traps
  • Desuperheating and Pressure-Reducing Station

• Fuel Burning Equipment
  • Fuel Oil Burners
  • Gas Burners
  • Combination Gas/Fuel Oil Burners
  • Stokers (Coal Burners)
  • Utilizing Waste Heat

• Draft
  • Measurement of Draft   
  • Natural Draft
  • Mechanical Draft
  • Air Heaters
  • Gas and Fuel Oil Draft System
  • Chain (Traveling) Grate Stoker Draft System
  • Pulverized Coal Draft System
  • Scrubber 

• Combustion
  • Fuels For Combustion
  • Combustion of Fuels

• Combustion Controls
  • Automatic Combustion Controls
  • Building/Plant Automation Systems

• Instruments
  • Pressure Gauges
  • Temperature-Measuring Devices
  • Pneumercators
  • Flow Meters
  • Recorders
  • Smoke Indicators

• Boiler Water Treatment
  • Boiler Water Conditions
  • Internal Boiler Water Treatment
  • External Boiler Water Treatment
  • Automatic Blowdown System

• Steam Boiler Operation
  • Operator Duties and Responsibilities
  • Boiler Start-Up and Shut-Down Procedures
  • Boiler Inspection
  • Boiler Lay-up
  • Emergency Procedures in Boiler Operation
  • Routine Boiler Maintenance
  • Boiler Room Safety

• Licensing
  • Boiler Operation Skills
  • Boiler Operator Licenses
  • Licensing Examination Questions