Online college courses in gas piping/combustion 1

[USAeng]

My boss wants me to look into taking some course work in combustion/gas engineering type classes.

The objective is to learn to design piping and ignition components for igniters in utility power plants for natural gas

Are there any online courses offered that anyone knows about that would be a good fit for these things?

I will continue to search on yahoo and such, but I figured I'd ask here as well in case someone point me in the right direction.

Thank you very much.

 

[flash3780]

ASME offers a short course on Power Boilers that you may look into.
ASME Section I Power Boilers - Types, Design, Fabrication, Inspection & Repair

Can't say that I've taken it, but it might be an option for you.

 

[USAeng]

yeah... I know about that course... I was hoping to get some classes online offered by a legit university and would deal a little more specifically with the topics. Thank you very much for the idea though! still looking on yahoo

 

[Fezi4u]

is there any accredited\certified university offer the online course in MSc Engineering management or any master

 

[chicopee]

There may not be universities offering the courses of interest, however, there are manufacturers that will provide courses relating to their products. For example, I attended a week long seminar held by Cleaver Brooks in Lebanon, PA back in the early 80's. Included in that seminar were daily classes and a day long visit at their boiler manufacturing plant. Seminars such as these are priceless and would be hard to duplicate by universities.

 

[MintJulep]

I agree with chicopee, look to manufacturers.

I took a pretty good two or three day course from Eclipse many years ago.

http://www.eclipsenet.com/products/Default.aspx?ID=177

 

[USAeng]

awesome! That combustion workshop could really be helpful perhaps... I will definately look into that one as well as looking for more programs like this as well as courses offered from university's distance learning.

 

[rmw]

Have you looked at resources like B&W's "Steam" or an old copy of CE's "Combustion".

There are textbooks that have been mentioned in threads in years past - one comes to mind: "Boilers, Their Types & Uses" (may not be the exact title).

Another, "Plant Operators Manual" to name a few.

Do a thorough search of this site for some good resources.

rmw

 

[USAeng]

I have steam and combustion but will look up boilers, their types and uses... thank you very much!

 

[USAeng]

http://www.salford.ac.uk/course-finder/course/1874

I know it would be much more involved than a workshop, but how do you guys think something like this would be for someone like me? My background is in civil engineering from college, but I have worked in a mechanical engineer's postition for 5 years now. 4 years at a large boiler design firm and about 6 months now at an aftermarket ignition manufacturer for power boilers... if I could get my employer to pay for this do you think it would be worth it? or should I just keep reading books and go to workshops? I will be starting a family soon too and am worried about being overloaded... also worried that some of the courses will be too focused on european standards perhaps? I will keep looking in the meantime for an American equivalent. Thanks for any input.