Section 35 in Bihar Boiler Operation Engineer's Rules, 1960
35. Syllabus for examination.
- A candidate in order to be qualified for a certificate of proficiency under these Rules, shall inter alia satisfy the examiners that he-(a)can calculate loads, areas, volumes, quantities and weights;(b)can give a description of the principal types of steam boilers used on land and to state the purposes and reasons for which different types of boilers are employed; and from the date and formulae supplied, calculate the safe working pressure for any further part of a boiler in accordance with the Indian Boilers Regulations;(c)can calculate the direct stress, the torsional stress and the bending stress in round bars and shafts and the bending stress in rectangular bars and levers with given load;(d)understands the working and management of steam boilers, superheaters and economisers;(e)understands the use and purpose of various valves, cocks, mountings, fittings and other safety devices;(f)can give a description of and explain functions of feed pumps, feed injectors, feed regulators, feed water filters, and softners, feed heaters, air heaters, calorifiers, steam accumulators, forced draught, induced draught and automatic draught control devices;(g)can answer questions on facts relating to combustion, heat and steam and calculate consumption of coal and water and the quantity of steam that may be generated from a given aggregate area of heating surface under the various systems of draught, in any land boiler, and also calculate the overall efficiency of a boiler plant;(h)can explain jet and surface condensation, reheating and the working of steam extensively;(i)can explain the general methods employed in laying foundation for boilers and chimneys and the suitable area and height of chimneys to promote efficient combustion;(j)can explain the significance of principal appliances in use for the prevention of smoke and the principle on which they work and give description of the principal mechanical stokers pulverisers, gas, oil and pulverised fuel systems in use;(k)understands the need for periodical cleaning, the methods used for prevention of scale or other deposits on heating surfaces and the necessity for maintaining a certain PH value in feed water;(l)can detect defects in boilers and state the means and methods of rectifying them;(m)understands the precautions to be taken for starting a boiler and economiser from cold or from benked fire condition;(n)understands the procedure to be adopted in putting an economiser out of commission while the boiler is on steam;(o)can read and prepare a working sketch and drawing of boilers and boiler mountings or parts thereof; and(p)can explain the methods adopted for the achievement of fuel economy and the use of various instruments used in a Boiler House.
