PRPL 253: Advanced Process Instrumentation and Automatic Control

Course Designation
Trade Course
Credits 2.5
Examines on-line boiler control concepts, including combustion, feedwater, header pressure, oxygen percent, power demand, and other processes, with special attention to high pressure (above 15 psi.) steam boilers as applied to industrial power generation and process heat supply. Emphasizes on-line boiler control procedures and typical applications that illustrate outcomes associated with such procedures. Includes lab experiments in drum level and steam process control.