Thomas Blair - Energy Production Systems Engineering

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Dedicated to the memory of
Professor Joseph Peter Skala
Adjunct Professor at USF and St. Petersburg Junior College
for your support and encouragement to your many students.

• Appendix A-1 Application of 1910.269 and 1910 Subpart S to Electrical Installations.
• Appendix A-2 Application of 1910.269 and 1910 Subpart S to Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices.
• Safety clearance to electric supply station fences.
• Photo of load termination compartment in typical medium voltage switchgear.
• Photo of typical shock protection PPE.
• Photo of typical arc flash protection PPE.
• Typical insulated tools.
• Decision matrix if a task requires arc flash PPE.
• NFPA 497 Table 5.9.2 (a) Leakage located outdoors, at grade. The material being handled could be a flammable liquid, a liquefied or compressed flammable gas, or a flammable cryogenic liquid.
• Figure 4.8(a) from NFPA 499 Group F or Group G Dust Indoor, Unrestricted Area; Open or Semi-Enclosed Operating Equipment.
• T-s diagram for water.
• Basic flow diagram for equipment thermodynamic performance evaluation.
• Basic thermodynamic cycle.
• Basic Carnot cycle.
• Basic Rankine cycle showing operation in subcooled region for pumps.
• Feedwater regenerative cycle.
• Feedwater regenerative T-s diagram.
• Superheat design.
• Feedwater regenerative cycle with reheat.
• Feedwater regenerative cycle with reheat T-s diagram.
• Typical steam turbine thermodynamic cycle equipment
• T-Diagram for isentropic Brayton cycle.
• Brayton cycle.
• T-s Diagram for isentropic and non-isentropic Brayton cycle.
• Typical feedwater heater arrangement.
• DCA temperature vs. shell liquid level.
• Basic steam flow path.
• Typical temperature profile for a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG).
• Reduction of boiler efficiency due to excess air.
• Photo of burner front area with boiler wall removed and water wall tubes exposed.
• Secondary air damper before installation.
• Tangentially fired furnace.
• Coal dryer/crusher.
• Ball mill coal pulverizer.
• Coal classifier.
• Vertical spindle coal mill arrangement.
• Vertical spindle coal mill roll assembly.
• Chart of dry bulb temperature to wet bulb temperature
• Fire triangle.
• Estimated US energy usage for 2013.
• Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process.
• Typical kinetic energy conversion devices.
• Radioactive decay in terms of half-life.
• Typical boiling water reactor (BWR) arrangement.
• Typical pressurized water reactor (PWR) arrangement.
• Reactor emergency core cooling system.
• Reactor post-accident heat removal system.
• Reactor post-accident radioactivity removal system.
• Simplified belt conveyor arrangement with different diameters.
• Simplified belt conveyor arrangement with same diameters.
• Typical tripper arrangement.
• Types of centrifugal fan blade designs.
• Chart showing fan system curve for three system resistance values that depend on damper position with constant fan speed.
• Power for operating points A, B, and C.
• Chart showing fan system curve for three fan speeds with constant system resistance utilizing fan speed for control.
• Power for operating points A, D, and E.
• Pump system resistance with zero differential head and no throttling.
• Pump system resistance with zero differential head and throttling.
• Pump system resistance with non-zero differential head and throttling.
• Pump system operating point.
• Pump flow control utilizing pump speed.
• Pump flow control utilizing throttling.
• Pump flow control utilizing pump speed.
• Pump flow control energy savings.
• Pump monitoring configuration.
• Pump monitoring configuration.
• Typical centrifugal pump.
• Typical rotary screw positive displacement pump.
• Typical condenser arrangement.
• Typical condenser arrangement.
• Two-stage air ejector system.
• Steam turbine gland steam seal system.
• Typical steam turbine equipment.
• Impulse stage pressure and velocity response.
• Velocity compounded impulse stage.
• Pressure compounded stage.
• Reaction stage pressure and speed response.
• Rankine thermodynamic cycle.
• Location of stop (or Throttle) valves and control (or governor) valves and concept of partial arc admission.
• Simplified steam turbine valve arrangement.
• High pressure (HP) steam turbine side view.
• Turbine front standard.
• Radial bearing numbering arrangement for turbine generator.
• Radial shaft seals.
• General machinery vibration severity chart.
• Combustion turbine: compressor rotor assembly.
• Combustion turbine: typical combustor assembly.
• Combustion turbine: typical combustor arrangement.
• Combustion turbine: turbine rotor assembly.
• Combustion turbine: turbine casing assembly showing cooling air.
• Combustion turbine: complete turbine assembly.
• Typical flow diagram for combined cycle power plant.