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Can calculate loads, areas, volumes, quantities and weights.
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Syllabus For BOE Examination
A structured presentation of the syllabus areas mentioned under the Boiler Operation Engineer’s Rules, 2011. The list below helps candidates understand the knowledge areas expected for BOE examination preparation.
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Syllabus Areas
Core technical areas as expected under the examination framework.
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Boiler Operation
Working, management, start-up, economizer and boiler house practices.
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Calculations
Loads, areas, stresses, efficiency, coal, water and steam generation.
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Drawing
Working sketch and drawing of boilers, mountings and related parts.
As mentioned in the notification by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, under “The Boiler Operation Engineer’s Rules, 2011”, a candidate, in order to be qualified for a Certificate of Proficiency under these rules, shall, inter alia, satisfy the examiner in the following areas.
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Can describe the principal types of steam boilers used on land; state the purposes and reasons for which different types of boilers are employed; and, from the data and formulae supplied, calculate the safe working pressure for any part of a boiler in accordance with the Indian Boiler Regulations.
3
Can calculate the direct stress, torsional stress and bending stress in round bars and shafts, and the bending stress in rectangular bars and levers with given load.
4
Understands the working and management of steam boilers, superheaters and economizers.
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Understands the use and purpose of various valves, cocks, mountings, fittings and other safety devices.
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Can describe and explain the functions of feed pumps, feed injectors, feed regulators, feed water filters and softeners, feed heaters, air heaters, calorifiers, steam accumulators, forced draught, induced draught and automatic draught control devices.
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Can answer questions on facts relating to combustion, heat and steam; calculate consumption of coal and water; calculate the quantity of steam that may be generated from a given heating surface under different systems of draught in any land boiler; and calculate the overall efficiency of boiler plant.
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Can explain jet and surface condensation, reheating and the working of steam expansion.
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Can explain the general methods employed in laying foundations for boilers and chimneys, and the suitable area and height of chimneys to promote efficient combustion.
10
Can explain the significance of principal appliances used for the prevention of smoke and the principle on which they work; and can describe the principal mechanical stokers, pulverizers, gas, oil and pulverized fuel systems in use.
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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.
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Can detect defects in boilers and state the means and methods of rectifying them.
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Understands the precautions to be taken for starting a boiler and economizer from cold or from banked fire condition.
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Understands the procedure to be adopted in putting an economizer out of commission while the boiler is on steam.
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Can explain the methods adopted for the achievement of fuel economy and the use of various instruments used in a boiler house.
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Understands materials used in boiler components and piping.
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Can read and prepare a working sketch and drawing of boilers and boiler mountings or parts thereof.