MANAGEMENT AND OPERATOR TRAINING

PREMIER WATER & ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INC. offers an in depth training program on Water Treatment for Managers and Operators at your facility.  Training is available for Basic Chemistry and Definitions, External Treatment, Boiler Water Treatment, Cooling Water and Closed System Treatment, and Health, Safety & Regulation.  Contact your Water Treatment Consultant for details.

  I.      Basic Chemistry and Definitions
a.       Ions - Cations, Anions, Radicals
b.       Amphoteric Metals
c.       Water Analysis
                    i.      Sampling Procedures
                  ii.      Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
                 iii.      Specific Conductance
                 iv.      pH
                  v.      Alkalinity Relationships P, M, OH, CO₃, HC₃
                 vi.      Hardness, Total and Calcium
               vii.      Specific Gravity
d.       Dissolved Gases, Gas Laws, Partial Pressures
e.       Latent Heat 
f.         Heat Transfer
g.       Specific Heat
h.       Feed Calculations, Pump Problems
i.         Conversions: ml, gal, pounds, Ca, Mg CaCO₃
j.         Langelier Index Calculations
k.       Ryznar Index Calculations

 II.      External Treatment
a.       Filtration – Media Filters
b.       Clarification – Polymer
c.       Reverse Osmosis
d.       Cold and Hot Process Softening – Lime Soda
e.       Zeolite Softening, Types of Resins
f.         Ion Exchange Process and Design
g.       Brine Process of Softener Regeneration
h.       Softener Problems – Channeling, Causes of Resin Damage  

III.      Boiler Water Treatment
a.       Pretreatment
b.       Deaeration
                  i.      Oxygen Scavengers
                ii.      Catalyzed Sulfite, DEHA, Hydrazine, Hydroquinone
      Sulfite Oxygen Reaction Time, Temperature, etc.
               iv.      Oxygen Solubility
c.       Phosphate Scale Treatment for Scale Control
d.       Coordinated pH Phosphate Treatment
e.       Carbonate Cycle Boiler Treatment
f.         ABMA, ASME Boiler Water Standards, Guidelines
g.       Boiler Water Alkalinity
h.       Cycles of Concentration Calculations
i.         % Blowdown, Makeup, etc.
j.         Blowdown – Bottom and Continuous
k.       Chelate Treatment and Parameters
l.         Tube Ruptures – Thin Lip and Thick Lip
m.     Caustic Embrittlement
n.       Carryover – Steam Quality, Causes, Prevention
o.       Condensate Line Corrosion – Causes, Prevention
p.       Lay-Up of Boilers
                 i.      Wet Lay-Up Procedures
                ii.      Dry Lay-Up Procedures

    IV.      Cooling Water and Closed System Treatment
a.       Causes of Corrosion
b.       Corrosion as Electrochemical Reactions - Anode Cathode, etc.
c.       Corrosion Prevention
                   i.      Cathodic Protection
                  ii.      Inhibitors for Copper, Steel
d.       Scale Causes – Scale Inhibitors
e.       Langelier Index
f.         Cycles of Concentration – Bleed-off Calculations
g.       Microbiological Fouling Causes
h.       Microbiocides – Chlorine, Bromine, Non-Oxidizers
i.         Legionella
j.         Cooling Tower Operation, Evaporation Rates
k.       Absorption Chiller
l.         Centrifugal Chiller
m.     Closed Systems – Corrosion, Scale, Fouling Potential
n.       Closed System Treatment

 V.      Health, Safety & Regulation
a.       Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) – Contents, Purpose
b.       Hazardous Materials – Defined
c.       NFPA Diamond Contents and Purpose
d.       Acute vs. Chronic Toxicity
e.       Toxic Reactions
f.         OSHA Regulations
g.       Spill Response
h.       Storage of Hazardous Materials
i.         List of DOT Hazards
j.         DOT Hazards – Defined
                   i.      Oxidizer
                   ii.      Corrosive
                 iii.      Poison
                  iv.      Flammable
                   v.      Combustible
k.       Boiler Additive Regulations – USDA, FDA
l.         OSHA Written Hazard Communication Plan