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The combined cycle power plant fundamentals course is a general introductory course providing basic technical concepts needed to understand how a power plant works, followed by a general overview of combined cycle power plant layout and operating principles. All major systems in the power plant will be discussed from fuel and water into the plant to the generation of electricity. Relationships between power plant systems will be illustrated. Focus will be on simple presentation of technical ideas, so attendees are not required to have an engineering or technical background.

Who Should Attend

• New employees who work at or deal with combined cycle power plants.
  
• Generation dispatchers who need a basic understanding of combined cycle power plant operation.
  
• Regulators, communications staff, and others who need a basic understanding of combined cycle power plant operations.
  
• Administrative or management support professionals who need a better understanding of combined cycle power plants to plan and implement projects.
  
• Corporate accountants who desire a better understanding of combined cycle power plant operations and the factors that can affect operating costs.
  
• Sales professionals who must understand combined cycle power plant operations to better serve customers.

Learning Outcomes

Attendees will review and discuss:

• The basic concepts of energy conversion, namely, conversion of chemical energy to electricity.
  
• The basic concepts of temperature, work, and heat in power plant operation.
  
• The basic components of a combined cycle power plant and how they work together to produce energy.
  
• The basics of fuel combustion and how fuels are prepared and combusted in a combustion turbine.
  
• The basic components of a heat recovery steam generator and how they work together to produce steam energy.
  
• The basic components of a steam turbine and how the turbine transforms steam energy from the heat recovery steam generator into mechanical energy.
  
• The basic components of the electrical generator and how the generator transforms mechanical energy from the turbine into electrical energy.
  
• The basic components of an electrical switch yard and how it works to transmit electrical energy into the electrical transmission and distribution systems outside of the power plant.
  
• Operation and maintenance of a combined cycle plant.

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must sign in/out each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

PowerPoint Presentations and classroom discussion.

Continuing Education Credits:

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer up to 1.0 CEUs for this program.