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This specialization provides an in-depth and practical understanding of boiler plant construction, manufacturing, commissioning, and operational aspects in thermal power plants. It begins with the design and execution of boiler area foundations, covering construction planning, activities, and resource management, with a focus on safety practices and digitalization at construction sites. Learners explore manufacturing processes for boilers, including metal joining (welding), forming, heat treatment, and fabrication flow for headers, pipes, panels, and coils, along with commonly used materials and statutory codes and standards. Destructive and non-destructive testing, calibration, and quality control are emphasized to ensure structural integrity and reliability. The course covers boiler erection planning, sequence of erection for structures, pressure parts, ducting, fans, pulverizers, coal bunkers, and auxiliary systems. Commissioning and pre-commissioning processes, chemical cleaning, cold and hot boiler cleanup, fuel system commissioning, steam blowing, soot blower operations, and boiler start-up/shutdown sequences are explained in detail. Operational aspects include boiler controls, trip conditions, plant interlocks, special operating conditions, combustion tuning, and performance guarantee tests. This integrated approach equips learners with the skills to safely design, construct, commission, and operate boilers for optimal performance and reliability.

Syllabus

Civil Construction in Boiler Plant
- This module provides a comprehensive understanding of civil construction aspects associated with boiler plants, including foundation design, construction methodologies, execution planning, and site activities. It covers design considerations for boiler area foundations, construction procedures, planning aspects, and various civil activities required to establish robust and reliable foundations for boiler structures and equipment.
Manufacturing of Boiler and Quality Assurance and Control
- This module provides detailed knowledge of boiler manufacturing processes, materials, quality assurance, and quality control practices. It covers metal joining and welding processes, forming operations, heat treatment, fabrication procedures for headers, pipes, panels, and coils, applicable statutory requirements, codes and standards, boiler materials, destructive and non-destructive testing methods, and calibration practices to ensure manufacturing quality and reliability.
Boiler Plant Construction
- This module provides an understanding of boiler plant construction activities, including construction scope, material management, erection methodologies, resource planning, safety practices, and digitalization in construction projects. It covers boiler erection planning and sequencing, structural erection methods, installation of pressure parts, duct systems, coal bunkers, pulverizers, and major auxiliary equipment such as ID, FD, and PA fans.
Commissioning and Operation Aspects of Boiler
- This module provides comprehensive knowledge of boiler commissioning, start-up, operation, and performance evaluation. It covers pre-commissioning and commissioning activities of boiler auxiliaries, chemical cleaning, cold and hot clean-up processes, commissioning sequences from initial firing to performance guarantee testing, burner start-up and shutdown procedures, steam blowing, safety valve floating, soot blower operation, boiler operational controls, interlocks, special operating conditions, combustion tuning, and performance assessment.