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Capstone: Steam System Diagnostics

Hands-on: work out condensate return, flash, trap loss and more from raw readings, then diagnose and fix eight real call-outs.

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You've learned how steam is generated, distributed, trapped and recovered, and where it wastes energy. This capstone puts you on site as the auditor โ€” but with a twist that matters for steam systems: the panel gives you raw readings, and you have to do the engineering calculation yourself before you can diagnose anything. Nobody hands you "the condensate return is 60%" or "you're losing 13% to flash." You get the meter totals, the temperatures, the pressures and the dimensions โ€” and you work the figure out, exactly as you would standing in a real plant room.