Power Generation & Energy Systems
Water Chemistry for Thermal Power Stations — Plant Chemists & Boiler Engineers
A practical programme on boiler-water, steam-cycle and cooling-water chemistry for personnel responsible for thermal power-plant chemistry and equipment integrity — chemical dosing regimes, sampling, limits and the damage mechanisms that follow when control slips.
Industry focus: Power Generation & Electrical Engineering
Who Should Attend
Designed for these roles
- Plant chemists and chemistry technicians in thermal and combined-cycle stations
- Boiler, steam turbine and HRSG engineers
- Operations and maintenance engineers responsible for cycle integrity
- Reliability and inspection personnel investigating tube and blade damage
Delivery formats
- Customised in-house training at your plant or office
- Public classroom delivery, subject to schedule
- Live online delivery where suitable
- Recommended group size: 8–20 participants
Problems Solved
What this course fixes
Chemistry limits monitored but excursions not linked to equipment damage
Repeat boiler tube failures traced late to feedwater or condensate contamination
Cooling water treatment programmes accepted from vendors without technical challenge
Sampling and analysis practice that gives numbers nobody trusts
Learning Outcomes
What participants can do after the programme
Outcomes are written as tasks, not topics — so managers can verify capability back at work.
- Explain the chemistry of each cycle: makeup, feedwater, boiler water, steam and condensate
- Select and justify a treatment regime (AVT, OT, phosphate, caustic) for the plant's design
- Diagnose deposition, caustic gouging, acid attack, hydrogen damage and stress corrosion from evidence
- Set action levels and shutdown criteria for chemistry excursions
- Audit cooling-water and cycle-chemistry programmes and challenge vendor recommendations
Course Outline
Detailed programme content
Day 1 — Fundamentals & Cycle Chemistry
- Water sources, makeup treatment, demineralisation and polishing
- Feedwater and boiler-water chemistry regimes and their limits
- Sampling, on-line instrumentation and data validity
Day 2 — Damage Mechanisms
- Deposition, scaling and flow-accelerated corrosion
- Boiler tube failure mechanisms linked to chemistry excursions
- Steam purity, carryover and turbine deposits
Day 3 — Cooling Water, Layup & Practice
- Cooling water treatment, biofouling and condenser integrity
- Shutdown, layup and preservation practice
- Workshop: review participants' own chemistry logs and excursion history
Practical Work
Practical exercises and case studies
Sessions are built around calculations, data interpretation and technical decisions. Case material is generic or anonymised — no client-confidential project data is used.
Interpreting cycle chemistry logs to identify excursions and their likely source
Treatment regime selection exercise for a given boiler design and makeup quality
Damage mechanism identification from tube failure photographs and chemistry history
Setting action levels and shutdown criteria for a participant's own plant
Trainer Profile
Delivered by Ir. Hafiz Rahman
Lead Trainer — Pressure Equipment & ASME Codes
22 years industry experience
Hafiz has spent his career between the design office and the plant floor — sizing shells and heads in the morning, walking down repairs with an inspector in the afternoon. He teaches code work the way it is actually used: calculation sheets, nameplate data, and repair decisions that must survive an audit.
Real project exposure
- Pressure vessel and heat exchanger design review for a Pengerang refinery expansion
- Fitness-for-service assessment on ageing separators at an East Malaysia gas terminal
- Turnaround inspection planning for a Kerteh petrochemical complex
Certifications
- ASME Section VIII Div. 1 Design
- API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector
- BEM Registered Professional Engineer
Trainer allocation is confirmed in your proposal. Substitute trainers hold equivalent certification and sector experience.
Next Step
Run this programme for your team
We will confirm available dates, trainer, duration and HRD Corp claimable investment — and adjust the outline to your equipment and standards at no extra cost.
No obligation. Proposals include HRD Corp claim guidance.
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