Duration: 1 Day Classroom or 8 hours Online
Audience: Maintenance Technicians and Engineers, Plant Engineers, Process Engineers, Steam System Operators, Facilities Managers, and Energy Managers.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of industrial steam systems and some plant experience preferred.
Course Material: Steam trap training slides and certificate of completion.

This comprehensive training course provides fundamental knowledge of steam traps and their critical role in industrial steam systems. Steam traps are essential condensate removal devices that automatically discharge condensate while retaining live steam, ensuring efficient energy use and system protection. The course covers steam and condensate basics, thermodynamic principles, and detailed explanations of different steam trap technologies, including mechanical (float and inverted bucket), thermostatic (bimetallic and temperature-responsive), and thermodynamic traps.

Students will learn proper sizing and selection methods, steam trap inspection tools, steam trap maintenance procedures, diagnostics for steam traps techniques, and steam system optimization strategies. The course teaches how to conceive, design, and implement effective industrial steam trap systems, perform diagnostics for steam traps and troubleshooting, and optimize steam systems for maximum energy-efficient steam systems and reliability.

 At the end of the course, attendees will clearly understand the purpose and function of steam traps in industrial steam systems. Attendees will be able to identify and explain different steam trap operating principles, perform proper steam trap sizing calculations and selection, conduct effective inspections using steam trap inspection tools, implement steam trap maintenance strategies, identify common failure modes, and apply steam system optimization techniques for energy-efficient steam system conservation.

Attendees will understand steam and condensate fundamentals, thermodynamic principles, and have the skills and knowledge to develop new industrial steam trap systems applications, save costs using proper steam trap maintenance management, prevent steam loss, and implement new energy-efficient steam systems conservation schemes faster and with lower costs using reliable condensate discharge methods.

The following topics are covered in this course:

• Purpose of Steam Traps in Industrial Steam Systems
• Steam and Condensate Basics
• Steam Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams
• Mechanical Steam Trap Principles
• Thermostatic Steam Trap Operation
• Thermodynamic Steam Trap Technology
• Steam Trap Sizing and Selection Methods
• Inspection and Testing Procedures
• Diagnostics for Steam Traps Tools and Techniques
• Common Failure Modes Analysis
• Blockage and Scale Buildup Issues
• Steam Leakage Detection
• Water Hammer Prevention
• Calibration and Steam Trap Maintenance Strategies
• Steam System Optimization Techniques
• Energy-efficient steam systems Conservation Methods
• Case Studies and Troubleshooting
• Practical Workshop Applications for Industrial Condensate Management