ECCN EAR 99

Design Class Detail

Utilities Cooling Systems / Cooling Water
Systems PROJECT Date

Capacity
Design Design Class
Item
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Line Sizing Cooling water (CW) CW system piping shall be CW system piping shall be
system piping shall be designed with a 5% designed with a 10%
designed without a circulation allowance. circulation allowance.
circulation allowance.
Tower Sizing No recirculation allowance shall be added to ambient 1 to 2F shall be added to
wet bulb temperature. ambient wet bulb
temperature, selected per
21EG-1, to allow for hot air
recirculation.

Expandability
Design Design Class
Item
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Plot Space No plot space shall be Consideration shall be Plot space shall be
provided for extra given to providing plot provided for expansion of
cooling water tower space for one additional the CWT (via new cells) to
(CWT) cells or CW CWT cell and space in the accommodate a specified
pumps pump pit for one additional future expansion case.
CW pump if minimal cost Blinded connections shall
is involved. be provided in the main
supply and return piping to
tie-in piping from new CW
pumps and to new cells.
The basin shall have
blinded connections for tie-
in to a new basin.
Line Sizing CW system piping shall Sizes of main supply and All CW lines shall be
be designed for high main lateral CW lines shall designed for a specified
velocity with no room for be “rounded up” future expansion case.
expansion

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 ECCN EAR 99
Design Class Detail
Utilities Cooling Systems / Cooling Water
Systems PROJECT Date

Capacity Utilization
Design Design Class
Item
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Electrical Supply A single electrical supply Electrical supply for fans Electrical supply for fans
for the CWT fans and and pumps shall have and pumps shall have
the CW supply pumps minimum level of highest level of
shall be provided, unless redundancy. redundancy.
safety is a concern. Consideration shall be
given to using combination
of electric motor and
steam turbine drivers for
pumps.
Number of Cells Single cell design shall Designs with two cells may Designs shall use a
be used where be used. No spare cells minimum of three cells.
permitted. No spare shall be provided. No spare cells shall be
cells shall be provided. provided.
Spare Pumps CW system may have CW system shall have two CW system shall have a
one supply pump unless auto-start pumps, each minimum of three auto-
safety is a concern. capable of meeting 100% start pumps, each capable
of system requirements of meeting 100/(N-1) % of
(unless Class 3 provides a system requirements
lower installed cost) (where N is the total
number of pumps).

Operability and Maintainability

Design Design Class
Item
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Backflush No backflush Backflush connections on Backflush connections on
Connections connections on CW selected CW exchangers all process CW
exchangers shall be shall be provided. exchangers shall be
provided. provided. Chemical
cleaning connections shall
be provided where
required.
Basin Simple basin and pump Simple basin and pump pit Pump pit shall be
pit with minimum basin with 3 minute residence designed in accordance
capacity shall be time in basin shall be with Hydraulic Institute
provided. provided. standards with 5 minute
residence time in basin.

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 ECCN EAR 99
Design Class Detail
Utilities Cooling Systems / Cooling Water
Systems PROJECT Date

Operability and Maintainability (cont'd)

Design Design Class
Item
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Instrumentation No flow instrumentation Local flow instrumentation Local flow instrumentation
in the CW distribution for total CW circulation, for total CW circulation,
system shall be blowdown and make-up flows to critical
provided. shall be provided. exchangers, blowdown
and make-up shall be
provided.
Type of Tower Film fill shall be used in Film or splash fill shall be selected basis careful analysis
CWT unless quality of of makeup water quality an its variations and
makeup water is consequences of a leak of process fluids into the CW.
prohibitively poor.
Packaged CWTs with Long life low maintenance CWT built in accordance with
integral basins shall be 21 GS-1 shall be used.
used as dictated by
costs.
Valving for Flow No flow balancing valves Flow balancing valves in main CW laterals shall be
Balancing in main CW laterals shall provided. Contractor shall perform a hydraulic network
be provided. analysis of the CW distribution system.
Water Chemistry Manual monitoring and Automated monitoring and adjustment of CW chemistry.
Control adjustment of all CW
chemistry except pH.

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