Practical Boiler Control
and Instrumentation for Engineers
& Technicians
21 – 23 May 2025
Sandton Centre, Johannesburg South Africa

Register Now! Limited Seats Available!
R17, 999.00 Per Delegate
This Practical Boiler Control Systems workshop focuses on efficient and cost effective
start-up and shutdown procedures, safety interlocks and on-line operations of boilers.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- The key features of basic boiler control loops & systems
- Boiler combustion control – to optimize combustion efficiency for burning liquid, gaseous, solid or pulverized fuels
- Principles & design concepts governing:
- boiler feed water control
- steam demand & firing control
- main steam & reheat steam temperature control
- importance of boiler & unit interlocks
- boiler draft systems & controls
- flue gas analysis & fuel combustion trimming controls
- Artificial intelligence & expert systems for improved boiler plant efficiency
Who Should Attend:
- Senior Boiler Plant Operators, Repairers & Installers
- Boiler Plant Construction Managers
- Plant Engineers
- Operation, Maintenance, Inspection & Repair Managers,
- Mechanical Engineers & Technicians
- Design Engineers
- Insurance Company Inspectors
- Consulting Engineers
- Boilermaker
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
After attending this practical ONE-DAY workshop, you will be able to:
- Recognize key features of basic boiler control loops & systems
- examine boiler combustion control for optimization of combustion efficiency with burning liquid, gaseous, solid or pulverized fuels
- identify principles & design concepts governing:
- boiler feed water control
- steam demand & firing rate control
- main stream & reheat steam temperature control
- importance of boiler control & unit interlocks
- boiler draft systems & controls
- flue gas analysis & fuel combustion trimming controls
- explore artificial intelligence & expert system for
improved boiler plant efficiency
Course Outline:
INTRODUCTION
- Objectives of boiler control
- Basic control loops & their interconnections
- Feedforward plus feedback controls
- Cascade/ratio controls
- Process dynamics – generic control response
- Factors affecting control system or loop applications
BOILER FUEL COMBUSTION CONTROLS FOR:
- Liquid fuels
- Gaseous fuels
- Solid fuels both graded & pulverized
- Combustion chemistry & products of combustion
- Stoichiometric air & excess air requirements
CONTROL PRINCIPLES & DESIGN CONCEPTS
- Boiler water level indicators & measuring devices
- Feed water control objectives
- Single, two or three element feed water controllers
- Associated problems & refinements
- Steam demand & firing rate control relationships
- Relationship between boiler load & temperature
- Temperature of & strategies for superheated steam
- Measurement of furnace draft
- Feedforward/feedback controls
- Impact of dew point & nitrous oxides & Sulphur oxide pollutants
- Protection against implosion
- Pros & cons of measurement methods & gases selected
- Digital interlocks within control systems
- Practical session & questions.
End of the workshop
IN HOUSE AND ONLINE TRAINING

While both In-House and Online training can present with cost-effectiveness and time-efficacy, there are some very specific differences between in-house courses and those based online.
The demand for additional courses by individuals or groups of people is increasing. Still, it depends entirely on the preferences of a person what type of training he or she wants to receive. Online courses and in-house training carry some similarities but they are considered to exhibit some very pivotal differences too. Despite that, both types of learning can be really beneficial for attendees.
For Registration and other Training arrangements,
contact us on the detail below.
SOUTH AFRICA : +27 11 057 6001
TANZANIA Cell: +255 769 688 544
WhatsApp +27 79 574 0389
info@bmktraining.co.za / www.bmktraining.com
