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Target Group: National energy efficiency experts, service providers, equipment vendors and industry engineers
Learning Objectives
o Understand the need of using a Systems Approach to accurately evaluate steam systems and optimization opportunities
o Develop and model simple steam system projects using the fundamental laws of physics, thermodynamics and heat transfer
o Proficiently use the US DOE Steam BestPractices software tools (SSST, SSAT and 3EPlus) and/or other resources to evaluate steam systems,
identify optimization opportunities in industrial plants and conduct an impact-level analysis
o Identify the measurements required to manage steam generation efficiency
o Measure individual boiler and overall plant generation efficiency
o Estimate the magnitude of specific steam generation losses
o Identify and prioritize areas of potential boiler and overall plant generation efficiency improvement
o Recognize the impacts of fuel selection
o Evaluate the effectiveness of system insulation
o Identify areas of end-use efficiency improvements
o Recognize the requirements of an appropriate steam trap management program
o Evaluate the primary economic impact of condensate recovery
o Characterize the operational impact of backpressure and condensing steam turbines
o Calculate the energy costs associated with steam systems operation
o Increase familiarity to undertake field work to do steam system assessments
Section 1: Fundamentals
Start Time: 08:30 120 minutes
(SSO 2 Day Training Fundamentals Section1.ppt)
Thermodynamics of steam
Participants questions or
discussions on steam system Steam system components
thermodynamics and steam
system components Law of Conservation of Mass
Steam System Fundamentals 50 minutes 39-92
Participants are able to solve First Law of Thermodynamics
mass and energy balance
Application of these principles in steam
problems
system evaluations
Steam System Scoping Tool Participants questions Demonstration of the SSST Excel version 15 minutes 7-20
Performance characteristics of
backpressure steam turbines
missing (or damaged) insulation steam system insulation in the loss from missing insulation in the system
example system
Calculation of equivalent energy cost
Participants correctly use 3E Plus savings for the addition of insulation
information with Project 1 in the
Determining equivalent steam demand
SSAT 3-header model for impact
analysis corresponding to the insulation energy loss
and using marginal cost of steam for cost
impact
Steam Trap performance investigation steam traps in the field Review of equipment that can be used for
10 minutes 13-20
and Management program Participants can share their steam traps performance investigation
experiences with steam trap Understanding the elements of a steam
management programs in their trap management program that should be
industry implemented in industry
model for steam turbine PRV Complete Project 7 in the SSAT 3-header
operations impact analysis model for evaluating economic impact of
backpressure turbine PRV operations
Start Time: 17:00 Section 11: Steam System Optimization - Conclusions 20 minutes