Power GenerationFurnaces: Startup and Shutdown

Furnaces: Startup and Shutdown

2.00 Hrs
SKU: AOFSS00CEN

This course is designed to familiarize participants with basic procedures for starting up and shutting down a furnace. After completing this course, participants should be able to describe basic procedures for preparing a furnace for startup, establishing the flow of process fluid, and lighting the burners. They should also be able to describe general considerations and basic procedures associated with planned furnace shutdowns and unplanned, or emergency, furnace shutdowns.
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Course Details

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the major operator responsibilities involved in preparing a furnace for startup.
  • Explain how and why a furnace is purged.
  • Describe how to establish the flow of process fluid in a furnace.
  • Describe how to light gas burners, oil burners, and combination burners.
  • Describe a typical startup procedure for natural draft and balanced draft furnaces.
  • Describe a typical planned shutdown procedure.
  • Identify furnace conditions that may require an emergency, or unplanned, shutdown.
  • Identify typical emergency shutdown systems and equipment.

    • Specs

    Course Level
    Intermediate
    Languages
    English
    Compatibility
    Audio, Video, MobileReady

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