STEAM BOILER

STANDARD
OPERATING
PROCEDURES
OBJECTIVES:
1.TO GATHER PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE,
EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTAND THE
PROS AND CONS OF STEAM BOILER

2.TO IDENTIFY THE COMPONENTS OF

BOILERS AND EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE
OF EACH

3.LEARN THE SAFETY GUIDES WHEN

HANDLING WITH INDUSTRIAL AND
LABORATORY STEAM BOILERS.
OPERATION:
TO START:
START- UP PROCEDURE
STEAM TURBINE, CONDENSER IN COOLING TOWER

1. FULLY “OPEN” COOLING WATER SUPPLY VALVE TO

CONDENSER
2. SWITCH “ON” COOLING WATER CIRCULATING PUMP
3. FULLY “CLOSE” THE INLET VALVE OF THE STEAM TURBINE
4. FULLY “OPEN” THE INLET VALVE OF THE STEAM TURBINE
GOING TO CONDENSER
5. SLOWLY “OPEN” THE STEAM OUTLET VALVE OF THE BOILER,
AND ALLOW THE STEAM FLOW UNTIL PIPELINE IS ALREADY
FILLED
6. SLOWLY “OPEN” THE STEAM INLET VALVE OF THE TURBINE
AND ITS DRAIN VALVE ALSO TO REMOVE THE CONDENSATE
WATER ACCUMULATED DURING ITS IDLE TIME
7. FULLY “CLOSE” THE DRAIN VALVE OF THE TURBINE AS SOON AS
STEAM IS ALREADY COMING OUT OF IT.
8. LET THE TURBINE OPERATES UNTIL THE REQUIRED OUTLET
VOLTAGE (220VAC) IS REACHED, SEE VOLT METER
9. LET THE TURBINE OPERATES FOR SOMETIME AT NO-LOAD FOR
A FEW MINUTES
10. FULLY “OPEN” DRAIN VALVE OF THE CONDENSER UNTIL
CONDENSATE WATER COMING OUT IS ALREADY CLEAN, THEN
CLOSE THE DRAIN VALVE
11. OPEN SET OF BOARD BULBS TO LOAD THE TURBINE
12. AFTER NOTICED THE VOLTAGE IS DROPPING AND START TO
DECREASE, OPEN FURTHER THE STEAM INLET VALVE OF THE
TURBINE JUST TO INCREASE ITS VOLTAGE AGAIN TO 220 VAC, SEE
VOLT METER
13. OPERATE THE LOAD FOR ANY LENGTH TIME
14. FOR RECORD PURPOSES, GET THE FOLLOWING DATA:

14.1 TURBINE INLET STEAM PRESSURE, PSI

14.2 RPM OF STEAM TURBINE

14.3 STEAM FLOW RATE, KG/R

14.4 FUEL FLOW RATE , M^3/HR

14.5 TURBINE OUTPUT VOLTAGE

14.6 TURBINE OUTPUT CURRENT

15. SWITCH “ON” CONDENSATE PUMP, WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH
ACCUMULATED CONDENSATE WATER IN THE CONDENSER, BY
JUST LETTING THE AIRVENT VALVE OPEN UNTIL THERE IS STEADY
FLOW OF STEAM OUT OF IT
ASSESMENT (SELF-CHECK)
BO-01-4
IN MONITORING “ MONITORING STEAM TURBINE FUNCTIONALITY
FOR PARTICULAR” STUDENT SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT RELATED
VALVES ARE “OPEN”
TEST 1. CLOSE THE STEAM TURBINE INLET VALVE @ILLUSTRATION
I-H.5
ASSESMENT (SELF-CHECK)
BO-01-4
IN MONITORING “ MONITORING STEAM TURBINE FUNCTIONALITY
FOR PARTICULAR” STUDENT SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT RELATED
VALVES ARE “OPEN”

TEST 1. CLOSE THE STEAM TURBINE INLET VALVE @ILLUSTRATION

I-H.5
(NOTE : STEAM TURBINE WILL NOT OPERATE, THEREFORE
VOLTAGE WILL NOT GENERATE )

( YOU MAY THINK OF OTHER WAYS IN ORDER TO SELF-CHECK THE

STUDENT)