Title: Module Overview-2
Course: Open PRO210 Systems > Section: Module 2: Air, Water & Gas Systems

Module Overview:

Face-2 Face Class

- Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (Please do not worry about having so many chapters to read, these chapters are very short and all related)
- Lab
Module Learning Objectives
Online

For this module, you should:
1. First read, watch or listen to the videos.
2. Download the PDF take notes and write questions for the classroom.
3. Next Read the Chapters assigned for this module
4. Answer and submit the questions in the Review Questions.
By the end of this module you will be able to:

Chapter 3

- Describe the purpose of fire water systems.
- Identify the basic equipment that makes up fire water systems.
- Explain the theory of operation for fire water systems.
- Identify safety, health, and environmental concerns associated with fire
- water systems.
- Explain the purpose of wastewater systems.
- Identify the basic equipment that makes up wastewater systems.
- Identify safety, health, and environmental concerns associated with
- wastewater systems.
- Explain the purpose of storm water systems.

Chapter 4

- Describe the uses of potable water systems.
- Explain the hazard of cross-contaminating potable water systems.
- Explain the theory of operation for potable water systems.
- Identify safety, health, and environmental concerns associated with
- potable water systems.
- Describe the purpose of process water systems.
- Identify the basic equipment of a process water system.
- Describe factors that affect normal process water system operation.
- Describe how demineralized water is made.
- State the uses of demineralized water.

Chapter 5

- Explain the importance of cooling water to a production site.
- Describe the most common cooling water system used in the process industry.
- List four hazards associated with the cooling tower system.
- Explain the importance of blowdown.
- List major factors that influence a cooling tower’s efficiency.
- Explain how tower efficiency is reduced.
- List three chemical additives added to cooling water and explain the
- function of each.
- List the four components of the cooling water system.
- List three functions of the cooling water system.
- Describe four effects of ignoring cooling water impurities.

Chapter 6

- Describe the uses of plant air (utility) systems.
- Identify the basic components of a utility air system.
- Explain the purpose of the lube oil system on compressors.
- Explain the purpose of the cooling water system on compressors.
- Explain the purpose of the plant air receiver.
- Describe the harm caused by particulate and excessive moisture
- in plant air.
- Describe two ways the instrument air system differs from the plant air system.
- Explain the purpose of a breathing air system.
- List the two ways nitrogen is supplied to plants.
- List four uses of plant nitrogen.
- List three hazards of nitrogen.

Chapter 7

- Explain how natural gas is normally supplied to process sites.
- List some of the equipment used in natural gas systems.
- List two hazards of natural gas and fuel gas.
- List four uses of natural gas in the process industry.
- Describe the composition of fuel gas.
- Explain the advantage of a fuel gas system.

Chapter 8

- List three uses of steam in the process industry.
- Explain the function of each component of a boiler.
- Explain the purpose of boiler blowdown.
- List the three elements of the boiler control system.
- Explain how flame pattern is controlled in a furnace.
- Explain the purpose of the boiler’s forced-draft and induced-
- draft fans.
- List three hazards associated with boiler operations.
- Explain why boiler feedwater must be treated.
- Explain how water is filtered during the filtration stage.
- Describe how pH is controlled in a boiler.
- State the harm caused to a boiler by boiler water pH that is too high.