An introduction to chemistry fundamentals, feed water treatment, and environmental pollution control as it relates to power plants. Focuses are on common impurities found in raw feed water and their potential effects on a boiler, methods and equipment used in external and internal feed water treatment, as well as types of environmental pollutants resulting from power plant operations. Chemistry theories, applications and calculations related to the properties of matter, atomic structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, solutions, acid-bases, corrosion, combustion, heat of reaction, and gaseous behavior will be examined in order to better understand feed water treatment, pollution prevention and control strategies. Water testing and analysis for boilers, closed loop systems and cooling towers systems will be covered. An introduction to thermodynamic principles and steam tables will be covered as well. The application of concepts covered in this course is achieved through a blend of laboratory experiments and problem solving sessions.
Course Code
PSE112
Course Credit
4