Power Engineering Techniques - 3rd Class

This course will cover basic chemistry and metallurgy. The student will learn to explain the fundamental principles in the structure, formation and interaction of chemical compounds and the importance of chemistry in industrial operations. Production, properties, and applications of metallic and non-metallic materials are fundamental topics in this course. Students will also explore the mechanisms that cause corrosion and the methods used to monitor and control corrosion.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 1
• Credits: 0
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course will further the students’ knowledge of engineered industrial drawings and the components to a Third Class Power Engineering level. They will advance their interpretation and drawing skills of PFDs, P&IDs and equipment layout drawings. Students will be introduced to material balance drawings and construction drawings. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to effectively use and sketch the mentioned industrial drawings as tools to support accurate communication, volumetric accounting and an encompassing understanding of processes in Power Engineering applications.

• Hours: 14
• Credits: 1
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course will cover the production of DC and AC electrical power, the equipment used to produce it and the instrumentation used in the operation of power plants. Concepts of production of electricity and the design and characteristics of electrical machines as well as the operation and components of control loops are covered. The students will perform simple calculations involving DC and AC power circuits and demonstrate the concepts learned in lab assignments.

• Hours: 84
• Credits: 6
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course will cover mathematics including mensuration, elementary algebra, trigonometry, and elementary applied mechanics. Students will learn and utilize these concepts to solve various applied mechanics problems. At the end of this course, students will be able to solve problems involving material stresses, bending of beams, simple machines, mechanical advantage, velocity ratios, and fluid flow.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course will cover piping, fittings, welding processes and pressure vessel design. The student will be able to explain pipe materials, piping support, pressure vessel design and code requirements. Through practical exercises the student will be able to show the designs, configurations and operations of the common piping components, the testing of welds and joints and welding procedures.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course will cover introductory thermodynamics as they apply to typical Power Engineering applications. Students will be able to explain concepts of heat transfer, thermal expansion of solids and liquids, and concepts of perfect gases. During this course, students will perform heat transfer calculations for steam production, thermal expansion, and expansion and compression of gases. This course will give students the skillset to utilize steam tables and knowledge of sensible and latent heat to perform change-of-state calculations for individual substances and mixtures.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.