Introduction to Steam, Boilers and Thermodynamics
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3hr
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Self paced
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Trusted by professionals
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Certification included
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Industry standard content
Why take this course?
This steam and boiler course explains why industry uses steam and how it is generated, transferred and applied. It introduces thermodynamics, sensible and latent heat, conduction, convection, radiation, combustion, steam properties and common boiler designs. This self-paced online course includes video lectures and a completion certificate with PDH credits.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, you...
• understand why steam is used as an industrial energy fluid
• can distinguish sensible heat, latent heat and common thermodynamic terms
• can explain conduction, convection and radiation
• understand the basic principles of combustion and combustion efficiency
• can distinguish wet, dry, saturated and superheated steam
• can compare common boiler designs and their main advantages and limits
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1-year access
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By Industry Experts
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100% Online Course
About the course
The industrial revolution may have been fired by coal, but it was powered by steam. Humans have been harnessing the power of steam for thousands of years, but it is only in the past 200 years that we have started to rely on it for countless engineering applications. This course looks at the origins of steam, its theory (thermodynamics), generation, and applications.
You will learn:
Why we use steam instead of other energy fluids.
The history of steam in engineering.
Heat fundamentals (thermodynamics, latent heat, sensible heat etc.).
Heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation etc.).
Combustion theory (efficiency, heat values etc.).
Steam properties (wet, dry, saturated, enthalpy etc.).
Boilers (designs, advantages, disadvantages etc.).
And a lot more!
Irrespective of your engineering background, learning about steam will greatly benefit your engineering career. Steam systems are used at almost every industrial facility, so you can apply 100% of what you have learned to the real world.
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Self-Paced Course
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3hr
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3 PDH Credits
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English
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SPC704
Meet your instructor
saVRee
saVRee is an engineering-training company that uses interactive 3D models, video lessons and technical reference material to explain industrial equipment and processes. Since 2017, its material has covered valves, pumps, bearings, heat exchangers, boilers and power-generation machinery for technical learners and industrial teams.
Who should attend this course
• Mechanical engineers who need a foundation in steam systems• Process engineers who work with industrial steam users
• Power engineers who work with steam generation
• HVAC engineers who work with steam systems
• Boiler operators who need the engineering context for steam generation
• Maintenance technicians responsible for boilers or steam equipment
Program & Details
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Introduction
1. Welcome
2. Before Getting Started
3. Introduction
4. History
5. Uses of Steam
6. Why steam
7. The Steam System -
Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
1. Thermodynamic Fundamentals
2. Pressure
3. Water to Steam
4. Thermodynamic Laws
5. Heat
6. Sensible and Latent Heat
7. Transferring Heat
8. Conduction
9. Convection
10. Radiant Energy
11. Temperature
12. Heat Units
13. Specific Heat -
Combustion II
1. Combustion
2. Combustion Chemical Reaction
3. Combustion Requirements
4. Perfect Complete and Incomplete
5. Primary, Secondary and Excess Air
6. Efficiency
7. Combustion Efficiency
8. Thermal Efficiency
9. Heat Value -
Steam Properties
1. Steam Properties
2. Ideal Gas Law
3. Saturated and Superheated Steam
4. Dry and Wet Steam
5. Clean Steam
6. Enthalpy I
7. Enthalpy II -
Bonus Lecture
1. Boilers
2. Purpose of a Boiler
3. Fired and Un-Fired
4. Fire Tube and Water Tube
5. Water and Fire Tube Boilers Compared
6. Electric Boilers
7. Package and Field Erected Boilers -
Bonus Lecture
1. How Watertube Boilers Work
2. How Firetube Boilers Work
3. How Deaerators Work
4. Package and Field Erected Boilers
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