Appendix III

Syllabus for skilled persons for assisting the operation and maintenance of thermal power stations

GENERAL COURSE FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL

Item No	Particulars	Number of hours
I	General description of thermal power stations and outline of power station operation	5
II	Fundamental units and their conversion (Mechanical, electrical, thermo-dynamics).	2
III	Fuels and combustion types of fuels-their properties and testing	1
IV	Boiler and boiler house plant and auxiliaries : 1. General description 2. Arrangement of boilers 3. Boiler auxiliaries 4. Boiler instrumentation 5. Fabrication and assembly of different parts of boiler and its accessories 6. High pressure welding in boilers. 7. Arrangement of pulverised fuel boiler in a modern thermal power station.	10
V	Water conditioning, pre-treatment and demineralisation	4
VI	Ash handling-electrostatic precipitation and mechanical dust collector-functions and description of two types.	2
VII.	Turbine and turbine house auxiliaries : 1. Fundamental principle of steam turbine 2. Theory and operation of steam turbine 3. Governing and protection of turbine	5
VII	Handling of turbines and boilers under emergency conditions	5
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IX	Condensor and vacuum extraction plant:	3
X.	Regenerative feed water heating constructional details of low pressure and high pressure feed water heaters, regenerators and evaporators.	2
XI	Cooling water systems and cooling towers.	1
XII	Flow diagrams of basic cycles: 1. Coal handling 2. Steam and condensate 3. Ash and slag handling 4. Station services, domestic water, air conditioning, ventilation, lifts 5. Air services, air compressors, switch-gear 6. Bearing cooling, and general service water systems 7. Circulating water systems 8. Feed water and reheating plant 9. Fuel oil system 10. Station batteries and battery charging equipment 11. Station lighting, power supply and distribution boards	12
XIII	Station instrumentation and controls	8
XIV	Fire-fighting installations in thermal power station.	2
XV.	Electric shocks, acid burn, alkali wounds, chlorine gas poisoning and their treatment	3
XVI	Duties and responsibilities of operators and plant attendants, carrying out instructions, reporting to supervisors, recording readings, unusual occurrences, expected behaviour, discipline, sincerity , cleanliness and love for machines.	3
XVII.	Personnel safety equipment cleanliness, caution and care in power station working.	3
XVIII.	How electricity is generated, transmitted and distributed, i.e. generator to consumer service board.	2
XIX	Fundamental units, conversion and measurement of electrical quantities	1
XX.	Principle and working of alternating current and direct current generators and their parallel operation	2
XXI.	Principle and working of transformers and their parallel operations	2
XXII	Principle and working of alternating current and direct current motors, their speed characteristics, controls.	2
XXIII.	Storage battery-principle, construction and charging.	1
XXIV	Alternator cooling, different systems of cooling, advantages of hydrogen cooling over others, hydrogen plant.	2
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