Plant Operations Basics

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Equipment rarely fails without first sending signals. The question is, are you looking for the signals? Utilizing an oil analysis program is one of the best ways to find those early indications of equipment failure. This interactive online course will teach you about the importance of instituting an oil analysis program and partnering with the right laboratory. You will also learn how to choose what equipment to sample, what tests to use and how to train your personnel.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the difference between basic oil analysis and an oil analysis program
• Describe how to select equipment for sampling
• Describe how to select a laboratory Identify different types of oil analysis tests
• Describe best practices for training personnel to obtain samples from equipment

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

This course is designed to familiarize participants with the characteristics of dynamic process operation and with devices that are commonly used to measure process variables. After completing this course, participants should be able to explain what resistance and capacitance are in process systems and to describe factors that affect the response of a process system to operating changes and process disturbances. Participants should also be able to describe devices that can be used to measure pressure, flow, level, and temperature.

Learning Objectives

• Describe resistance and capacitance in process systems.
• Describe and give examples of system characteristics between periods of steady-state conditions when changes occur.
• Describe ways that pressure can be measured.
• Describe ways that flow can be measured.
• Describe ways that level can be measured.
• Describe radiation heat transfer

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, MobileReady

High-quality fresh water is an increasingly rare and valuable commodity. The Earth contains a finite supply of water and the small fraction which is useable for drinking and other valuable uses will continue to come under increasing pressure. With a worldwide focus on water quality and management, the fate of wastewater generated by industry is more important than ever. Treating water for discharge or reuse, and minimizing the amount of water to be treated, are important concepts for the engineering, science or other professional to understand.

This interactive online course will focus on considerations and technologies for treating industrial wastewater. Treatment of municipal and domestic wastewater, such as at publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), will be discussed briefly.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify three classes of wastewater contaminants that are a threat to public health
• Explain the importance of a water analysis in determining how to treat potentially hazardous wastewater
• Compare the advantages and disadvantages of zero liquid discharge on the environment
• Differentiate between the three general treatment methods that remove contaminants from wastewater

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: MobileReady

This interactive online course covers the concepts, calculations, and operational uses of hydraulics in the water industry, and will examine the physics behind certain operations and processes within the water treatment industry. Subjects included in the course are density and specific gravity, pressure and force, head, head loss, pumping rates and pump heads, flow rates, and flow measuring devices. This course will examine each of these concepts in detail and explain their application.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the concepts of pressure and force
• Explain how pressure varies throughout a water system
• Define the characteristics of pumps
• Interpret basic pump curve information
• Recall Net Positive Suction Head Required (NPSHR) and Net
• Positive Suction Head Available (NPSHA)
• Describe pump horsepower and efficiencies
• Name the different styles and types of impellers for pumps
• Explain how to calculate flow rates and describe the devices used to measure flow rate

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: MobileReady

In your career as a water operator, you will work with many different types of pumps, motors, and circuitry. These components provide the beating heart of the water system, serving as the force that moves water through the plant for processing. This interactive online course will teach water operators how to properly work with and maintain a wide variety of pumps, motors, and circuits. This course will also identify how methods of corrosion control, proper pump safety, and the best techniques for moving pumps.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the difference between breakdown, preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance practices
• Implement appropriate safety precautions when performing maintenance
• Explain the difference between packing and mechanical seals for sealing pumps
• Recall how to properly maintain pumps, motors, and circuits
• Ensure long-term, continuous use of pumps, motors, and circuits through various maintenance techniques
• Identify the safety procedures for lifting a pump
• Recognize basic pump controls concepts Interpret basic bearing concepts
• Describe basic motor concepts and troubleshooting techniques

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Chemical plants are groups of systems that work together to process raw materials and produce finished products. Participants will learn about the types of systems, equipment, and instrumentation commonly found in chemical plants; and about their operating and safety procedures.

Learning Objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Describe chemical plants and their functions.
• Explain common chemical plant systems.
• Describe types of chemical plant equipment and instrumentation.
• Explain chemical plant operation and safety procedures.

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

The European Community (EC) is a single trading bloc including many countries in Europe. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an organization working with the EC and other countries to develop worldwide standards for products and services. The series of quality system standards and guidelines is commonly called ISO 9000. The focus of this course will provide examples showing how process plant operations can be modified to comply with ISO 9000.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the basic purpose of ISO 9000.
• Describe the role ISO 9000 plays on marketing, purchasing, and documentation.
• Identify four production areas covered under ISO 9000.
• List actions taken for nonconforming material.
• Describe four basic steps in a typical corrective action process.
• Explain what quality records, audits, and training requirements are under ISO 9000.

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

An important goal of every process plant is to produce a quality product at the lowest possible cost. In this course, you will explore how statistical process control, or SPC, can be used to help maintain consistent quality and reduce costs.

Learning Objectives

Product Quality and the Origin of SPC

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Define quality in terms of the process industry.
• Explain what SPC is.
• Describe benefits of SPC.
• Describe how SPC was developed.

SPC Terminology and Application

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Describe what a process is.
• Identify factors that affect a process.
• Describe the two basic types of variation in a process.
• Identify factors that affect how SPC is applied to a process.

Introduction to SPC Charts

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Describe how to plot values on a basic X-Y graph.
• Explain what a histogram is and how it relates to SPC control charts.
• Explain what standard deviation is.

The Shewhart Control Chart

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Identify the basic elements of a typical Shewhart control chart.
• Relate a Shewhart control chart to a normal distribution curve.

Using SPC Control Charts, Part 1

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Describe how to plot values on an X ÍÂ… chart.
• Describe how to plot values on an R chart.
• Explain why an X ÍÂ… chart and an R chart are commonly used together.

Using SPC Control Charts, Part 2

In this topic, you will learn to:

• Describe how to plot values on a moving X ÍÂ… chart.
  Describe how to plot values on a moving R chart.
  Describe how to plot values on an individual X chart.