About Our Training

McHale has conducted heat rate improvement and power plant performance monitoring courses for plant performance engineers and operators. Some typical training topics include:

• Basic Thermodynamics
• Plant Thermodynamic Design Cycle
• Plant efficiency and losses
• Impact of operational parameters on heat rate and efficiency
• Individual component performance
• Review of test codes, instrumentation, methodology and calculations
• Sample problems

Classroom Training:

• Typically two days of classroom sessions to discuss course content

Hands-On Operator Training:

• Plant Lineup walk down
• Identify sources of thermal losses
• Observe plant operations
• Controllable losses

One on One Engineer Training:

• Review cycle heat balances, thermal kit and other component performance de-sign information.
• Review component and overall plant testing, plant instrumentation / test in-strumentation, data requirements, test model inputs/outputs, and sensitivity of results to variations in operational parameters.

Reporting:

• Results of training program

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