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Section INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Effective Date 01/10/2017

Subject BOILER MOCK TEST 1 Page No. Page 1 of 1

2 Hours

1. What are the duties of a Boiler Operator? (5)

2. Assuming that all Boiler works have been completed, all permits cleared and you have (10)
received an instruction to fire the Boiler, what are the pre-firing checks you carry out?
3. Can you draw and clearly label and show all valves in the steam circuit from the risers to (10)
the Boiler stops?
4. a) What signs show us that a Boiler needs to be sootblown? (5)
b) What causes very high air heater gas exit temperatures? (3)
c) What is the impact of very high air heater gas exit temperatures? (2)
5. a) Name 5 Boiler parameters you monitor during a Boiler return to service (RTS) (5)
b) According to Hwange Operating Instructions:
i. When is airheater sootblowing carried out during a Boiler RTS? (1)
ii. When is HP Chemical dosing carried out during a Boiler RTS? (1)
c) After carrying out forced purge, you fail to get a release to fire an Oil burner, (4)
what could be the cause?
6. a) What course of action do you take as a BTO when an ID Fan bearing temperature (6)
alarm comes up?
b) What course of action do you take when a Mill trunion bearing temperature alarm (3)
comes up?
c) What is the effect of using the wrong type of oil on an auxiliary? (1)
7. a) How do you tell a coal feeder is not feeding? (5)
b) What trips a coal feeder? (3)
c) What causes coal not to flow from the bunker to the coal feeder? (3)
d) You want to start a coal feeder and it has no permissive to start, what do you (3)
check?
8. a) What are the main sootblowers pre-start checks? (5)
b) Which areas of the Boiler are sootblown by main sootblowers? (3)
c) Why do we carry out sootblowing? (2)
9. What Boiler Protection Systems are put on the Boiler and why are they put? (10)
10. a) What are the conditions required for Boiler Natural purge? (6)
b) Why do we carry out Natural purge? (2)
c) How does Natural purge happen? (2)
TOTAL (100)

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