OP308 - Power Plant Abnormal & Emergency Conditions

2½ days - 1.6 Continuing Education Units Awarded
On-Site-Only

Correct and timely operator actions prevent forced outages and reduce potential damage to plant equipment and the availability of a unit could be the direct result of the operator's skill and knowledge to identify and react to an abnormal or emergency plant condition.

This course targets Control Room Operators, Plant Operators and Shift Supervision.

HPC's "Power Plant Abnormal and Emergency Conditions" course intends to accomplish the following objectives. Examine these objectives and you will agree on the relevance to your operating staff.

OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course the participant should be able to:

1. Define the term Abnormal Condition.
2. Define the term Emergency Condition.
3. State the abnormal conditions that typically occur within the Power Plant Systems.
4. State the emergency conditions that typically occur within the Power Plant Systems.
5. Identify the proper actions necessary to handle an Abnormal or Emergency Condition.
6. Given an abnormal or emergency condition, write a simple procedure (or guideline) to follow in the event of a reoccurrence.

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction
2. Combustion System
   1. Loss of ignitors
   2. Loss of burners
   3. Loss of pulverizers
   4. Loss of seal air
   5. Loss of primary air
3. Combustion Air and Flue Gas System
   1. Loss of an ID Fan
   2. Loss of an Air Heater
   3. Air Heater Fire
4. Condensate and Feedwater System
   1. Loss of a condensate pump
   2. Loss of a boiler feed pump
   3. Loss of feed water heaters
5. Boiler General
   1. Economizer leaks
   2. Water wall leaks
   3. Superheater leaks
   4. Reheater leaks
   5. Safety valve leaking
   6. Low superheat temperature
   7. Low reheater temperature
   8. High superheat temperature
   9. High reheater temperature
   10. Low or high water (Drum Boilers)
6. Auxiliary Systems
   1. Loss of control air
   2. Loss of station air
   3. Loss of sootblowing system
7. Turbine
   1. Temperature differential
   2. Loss of partial circulating water
   3. Loss of sealing system
   4. Rapid load shedding
   5. Rapid load increases
   6. Operating at reduced loads
   7. Cycling
   8. Water induction
8. Generator
   1. Loss of seal oil
   2. Hydrogen problems
   3. Low voltage
   4. Stator heating
   5. Stator cooling water system

Satisfied Clients include: Duke/Fluor Daniel Facility, Calpine Gilory Cogen, City Utilities of Springfield MO, Western Resources, SaskPower Boundary Dam, SaskPower Poplar River, SaskPower Queen Elizabeth, NYPA/Poletti Project, Tucson Electric, UtiliCorp, Entergy/Lake Catherine, Crawfordsville Electrical Light & Power, Roamoke Valley Energy, Mead Paper Company, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, West Texas Utilities, Foster Wheeler/Mt Carmel, Allegheny Energy/Mitchell, American Refuges Fuel, US Navy Department of Public Works at the Oceana/Dam Neck, US Navy Department of Public Works Navy Little Creek Navel Shipyard, US Navy Department of Public Works Norfolk Navel Ship Yard, US Navy Department of Public Works Swells Point, US Navy Department of Public Works Yorktown, US Navy Department of Public Works Portsmouth Hospital