BestPractices Steam System Improvement Workshop

Best Practices Steam System Improvement Workshop
Industrial Safety Training Council
324 Hwy 69
Nederland, Texas 77627
Thursday, May 19, 2005
8 am to 4 pm
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The BestPractices Steam System Improvement Workshop covers the operation of typical steam systems and discusses methods of system efficiency improvement. The training is designed for end users – at the energy manager, steam system supervisor, engineer, and operations level – who have steam system responsibilities in industrial and institutional plants. The workshop is divided into three major categories:

Steam Generation Efficiency. The boiler is investigated with the target of obtaining optimum steam generation efficiency.
Resource Utilization Effectiveness. Encompasses fuel selection, combined heat and power systems, steam system balancing and steam end users. The course covers the basic concepts of combined heat and power systems along with opportunities associated with steam system balancing.
Steam Distribution System Losses. Focus areas include: steam leaks, heat transfer loss through insulation, and condensate loss.

For each of the categories the workshop goes into detail about the equipment and the theory of operation. Several case studies are presented from steam system surveys conducted by the course developer.

The workshop also introduces the major steam opportunity assessment tools developed and utilized by BestPractices Steam. The major text for this workshop is the "Steam System Survey Guide," a technical reference document developed by BestPractices Steam. The workshop also introduces the Steam System Assessment Tool (SSAT), and several of the workshop examples are presented using the SSAT. Finally, the workshop introduces the 3E-Plus insulation appraisal software and an example is presented that uses the 3E-Plus software.

Agenda:

8:00 - 11:30
• Introduction: The boiler & steam system
• The Steam System Scoping Tool
     - Overview & results
• Steam Generation Efficiency
     - Definitions & measurements
     - Shell loss
     - Blowdown loss
     - Stack losses
     - Boiler analysis case studies

11:30 - 12:30 Lunch (provided*)

12:30 - 4:00
• Resource utilization effectiveness
     - Fuel selection
     - Backpressure turbine operation
     - Condensing turbine operation
• Distribution system management
     - Steam leaks
     - Steam traps
     - Insulation
     - Condensate recovery

Course Objectives: At the completion of the Boiler and Steam System course, participants will be able to:
    Utilize tools developed by U.S. DOE to assess steam systems
    Identify the measurements required to manage steam systems
    Measure boiler efficiency
    Estimate the magnitude of specific boiler losses
    Identify and prioritize areas of boiler efficiency improvement
    Recognize the impacts of fuel selection
    Characterize the impact of backpressure and condensing steam turbines
    Identify the requirements of a steam trap management program
    Evaluate the effectives of thermal insulation
    Evaluate the impact of condensate recovery
    Recognize the economic impacts of steam system operations

Cost: $25

CEP Credits: Attendees will be issued a certificate for 7 hours of CEP credits.

Instructors:

Richard J. Jendrucko, Ph.D.
Dr. Jendrucko is a professor in the University of Tennessee Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering. He has been involved in teaching and research in the university setting for over thirty years. Dr. Jendrucko previously served as Director of the University of Tennessee’s DOE-funded Industrial Assessment Center for eighteen years. In this role he managed energy assessments of over 300 industrial manufacturing plants. Dr. Jendrucko has published a several papers on industrial energy conservation and he has served as an energy conservation short-course trainer for several organizations. Dr. Jendrucko is a co-developer of the DOE Steam Tool Specialist Qualification training program and he currently serves as an instructor for both DOE Steam End User and Qualified Specialist training conducted nationally.

Bill Moir
Bill is a profession mechanical engineer specializing in all aspects of steam generation and use. He has a BS in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University. He has 30 years of experience in steam system engineering. He founded Steam Engineering, Inc., in 1987.

Hosts: Texas Industries of the Future and the Industrial Safety Training Council

Sponsors: US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
State Energy Conservation Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable
Southeast Texas Section of AIChE

Registration: Register online at http://www.istc.net before May 4, 2005.

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