Power Engineering (General Program)

This course familiarizes students with the actual operation of auxiliary equipment such as turbines, pumps and boilers found in a typical small heating or industrial steam plant. As part of their course work, students will trace out the steam, water and condensate lines in the steam lab area, and familiarize themselves with the boiler layouts. As a group, students will start up boilers and auxiliary equipment including deaerators, pumps, turbines and generators. The course includes various plant tours.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course provides the theoretical knowledge of processes that make up systems in various types of power plants. Topics in this course include chemistry terminology as related to power plants, and the principles and types of combustion.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course provides students with fundamental knowledge and skill in drafting. Learning activities include applying basic drafting skills, including creating piping drawings.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course introduces boiler design, development, and operation, including boiler types, terminology and components. Students will become familiar with the operating processes of typical power plants and other aspects of operation such as plant safety and WHMIS, high pressure boiler parts and fittings, and the high pressure boiler operation Act & Regulations.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course covers basic electricity, electrical problem solving, and introduces electrical machines and devices found in industrial plants. Topics for study include atomic theory, circuit fundamentals, circuit analysis, conductors, insulation, magnetism, and motors and generators. This course also prepares students to meet the requirements of the Interprovincial 4th class syllabus.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course teaches the basic skills necessary to carry out common maintenance tasks in a power plant. This course takes a very hands-on approach with plenty of time devoted to completing shop projects, including welding, lathe operation, drilling and tapping holes, soldering, electrical wiring, precision measurements, and pump maintenance.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course is designed to give students an understanding of power plant controls and measuring instruments. The course covers pneumatic, electrical, electronic and computer control. Students will become familiar with theoretical foundations of instrumentation and control principles such as pressure, flow, level and temperature sensing and control, boiler burner management, boiler combustion and water level control. Through various learning activities, students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to computerized control operations as they relate to power plant operation.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This math course focuses on mathematic problems and situations encountered in the trades environment, particularly in power plants. Course topics include basic mathematical concepts, algebraic expressions, linear equations, geometric problems, logarithms, and trigonometry. The course also covers section one (Math) of the 4th Class Inter-Provincial course with preparation for the examination.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course continues from POWR 1100, and familiarizes students with the actual operation oand maintenance of auxiliary equipment such as blow down tanks, soot blowers, heat exchangers, and water softeners found in a typical small heating or industrial steam plant. As part of their course work, students will perform start-up procedures for feed water systems, boilers, and associated equipment. Students will also apply safety practices to these procedures. The course includes plant tours.
Prerequisite(s):

• 50% in POWR 1100

This course discusses the various types of industrial power plants and the major processes used in these plants. Topics include pulp and paper mills, sawmills, oil refining, natural gas processing, food preparation/refrigeration, fluidized bed units, steam turbine power generation, and gas turbine power generation.
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• 50% in POWR 1101

POWR 2203 focusses on the processes and systems used in various types of power plants. The course continues from Power Plant Theory 1. Topics covered include pumps and air compressors, refrigeration, engines such as steam and gas turbines as well as internal combustion engines, and all components of heating boilers such as heating systems, fittings and burners. Students will consider both the set up and the operation of different heating systems.
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• 50% in POWR 1103

This course provides more of a hands-on approach to working with electrical equipment using the theoretical knowledge base established in General Electricity 1. Topics include magnetism and electromagnetism, electrical metering devices, electrical distribution circuits, motors, generators, and transformers.
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• POWR 1104

This course is a continuation of POWR 1105. It prepares students to carry out the routine maintenance duties expected of a Fourth Class Power Engineer.This course takes a very hands-on approach with plenty of time devoted to completing shop projects. Topics include braze and arc welding, methods used to control the distortion of steel, bearings, and Babbitts. Hands-on projects started in POWR 1105 are completed in POWR 2205.
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• 50% in POWR 1105

This course continues from POWR 1106, and is designed to deepen students' understanding of power plant controls and measuring instruments. The course covers pneumatic, electrical, electronic and computer control. Students will become familiar with theoretical foundations of instrumentation and control principles such as pressure, flow, level and temperature sensing and control, boiler burner management, boiler combustion and water level control. Through various learning activities, students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to computerized control operations as they relate to power plant operation.
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• 50% in POWR 1106

This course discusses heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Topics include properties of air, air conditioning systems, absorption refrigeration systems, and auxiliary building systems.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.

This course covers basic principles of applied science relevant to the Power Engineering field, with an emphasis on applied mechanics and thermal engineering. Course topics include work, power, and energy, forces and vectors, levers, machines, motion, pulleys and gears, stress and strain, heat energy, steam, combustion, and the gas laws.
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• POWR 1107

This course teaches skills needed to write all types of business correspondence. Students consider the principles and strategies that underpin effective workplace communication, such as clarity of purpose, meeting of readers' needs, and the appropriateness of context. Students gain practice planning, drafting and revising emails, memos and letters, as well as job applications and resumes, the use of graphics and the writing of procedures and instructions.
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• No prerequisites are required for this course.