BLR217: Boiler Control Loops Training Course

Duration: 1 Day Classroom or 8 hours Online
Audience: Process Control Engineers, Application Engineers, Boiler Technicians, DCS technicians, Instrument Engineers, and Supervisors.
Prerequisites: Some plant experience and/or a 3-year associate's diploma in a technical field.
Course Material: Boiler Control training slides and certificate of completion.

This comprehensive course provides in-depth training on industrial boiler automation systems and their critical control loops. Participants will learn the fundamental principles of automatic boiler operation systems, focusing on the steam boiler control loops as well as the fuel-air-flue gas system.

The course covers essential boiler efficiency control systems, including Plant Master Control, Boiler Master Control, Furnace Combustion Control, and various temperature and level control systems. The training emphasizes safety protocols and covers advanced multi-boiler control strategies for multiple boiler systems.

 At the end of the course, attendees will have comprehensive knowledge of industrial boiler instrumentation and their applications. Participants will understand the operational principles of all major boiler monitoring and control loops, including boiler master control vs plant master control explained for multiple boiler configurations, Boiler Master Control for multi-boiler load distribution best practices, and how cross-limiting works in furnace combustion systems with safety features.

Students will be proficient in oxygen trim control for improved boiler efficiency, draft pressure control in induced and forced draft systems, including induced and forced draft systems, and the difference between one-element, two-element, and three-element drum level control configurations.

Attendees will master energy savings with optimized boiler deaerator level control principles, superheater and reheater temperature control strategies with advantages of feedforward and cascade control in boilers, and Reheater Temperature Control methods. Students will understand how to troubleshoot boiler drum swell and shrink issues, and gain practical troubleshooting skills for common boiler control problems and solutions.