Steam Trap
Examiner Training
The Steam Trap Examiner course is created for inspectors looking for experience in testing steam traps. This course covers how by using ultrasound, you can inspect any type of steam trap and easily determine its operating condition. Classroom lead instruction is combined with practical learning in the field.
This course is a 2-day course and the price is $995.
In this course, we will cover:
- Steam Fundamentals
- Steam Traps
- Testing Procedures
- Testing Equipment
- Identification of Components
- Documentation
- Installation “Best Practices”
- Sizing Steam Traps
- Flash Steam
Complete Program & Topics for the Steam Trap Examiner
- Review of Class Schedule and Time
- Introduce Additional Instructors and/or Support Team Members
- How Steam is Produced
- Latent and Sensible Energy
- Expansion of Steam
- Pressure, Temperature, Volume, Energy
- Different Terms for Steam
- Applications for Different Steam Types
Break
- Why Flash Steam Occurs
- What is the Volume of Flash Steam at the Different Condensate Pressures?
- Flash Steam Tables
- Pressurized Condensate Systems
- Cascade Systems
- Vent Condensers
- In-depth Review of Steam Trap Designs
- Mechanical
- Inverted Bucket
- Float and Thermostatic/Free Float
- Thermodynamic
- Thermostatic
- Bi-Metallic
- Set Temperature
- Bellows
- How They Function
- What Applications Are They Best Suited For?
- What Failures Can Occur?
- General Piping Best Practices
Lunch
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Visual
- Overview
- How Can Visual Inspection Help Us Test Steam Trap Stations?
- What Do We Look for in A Steam Trap Discharge?
- Temperature Devices
- Overview
- Why Use Temperature
- Benefits and Downsides
- Troubleshooting Procedures
- How Can Infrared Help Us Test Steam Trap Stations
- Spot to Distance
- Intrinsic Safety
- Emissivity and How to Adjust
- Ultrasound – Overview
- Why Use Ultrasound?
- How Ultrasound Equipment Works
- How Can Ultrasound Help Us Test Steam Trap Stations?
- Understand That We Are Listening to the Turbulence as Condensate/Steam Passes Across the Discharge Orifice
- Short Wavelength is Easily Identified, Dissipates Quickly, and Can Quickly Locate and Localize Where the Loudest Sound is Being Generated
- How and Why the Best Frequency to Audibly Pick up the Turbulence in the Steam Trap
- Frequency Adjustments May Need to Be Made for Competing Sounds
- Standard Operating Procedures Were Provided Before Class and Will Be Reviewed Before Field Testing
Break
- All Teams to the Field for Testing Steam Trap Stations
- Objectives for the Field Work to Practice:
- Ensure PPE is Being Used
- Safety Procedures Are Being Followed
- How to Find and Locate Steam Trap Stations
- Identifying Steam Traps
- Reviewing the Steam Trap Station Installation
- Testing the Steam Trap by the Three Different Methods
- Understanding Steam Trap Operations
- Data Logging
- Review Field Work
- Identification
- Steam Trap Operation
- Testing Procedures
- Data Logging Steam Trap Station Information
- Review And Discuss Each Component
- Steam Trap
- Strainer
- Valves
- Test Valve
- Check Valve
- Double Block and Bleed
- All Teams to the Field for Testing Steam Trap Stations
- Ensure PPE is Being Used
- Safety Procedures Are Being Followed
- Focus on Steam Trap Station Testing Procedures
- Identification
- Testing
- Ensure Documentation is Being Recorded Correctly
- Emphasis on Identifying Steam Trap Types and Operational Modes
- Review Field Work
- Identification
- Steam Trap Operation
- Testing Procedures
- Data Logging Steam Trap Station Information
Lunch
- Best Practice: Steam Locking or Binding
- Best Practice: Steam Trap Sizing
- Best Practice: Cost of Steam
- Best Practice: Water Hammer
- Types of Shock and How They Occur
- How to Prevent It
- How Piping Affects Water Hammer
Break
- All Teams to the Field for Testing Steam Trap Stations
- Ensure PPE is Being Used
- Safety Procedures Are Being Followed
- Team Should Be Easily Identifying Steam Traps at This Point
- Procedure Should Be Correctly Performed
- SOP’s Being Followed and Improved
- Review with Teams on All Field Work and Materials Covered
- Written Exam
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