Design Class Detail

Utilities Heat Transfer Fluids (HTF)

Systems

PROJECT

Date

Capacity
Design
Item

Design Class
Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Design Heating
Duty

Total design duty + heat

loss of 0.3%

Total design duty + 10%

margin for process
variations +heat loss of
0.5%

Total design duty + 20%

margin for process
variations +heat loss of
2%

Process temperature
approach to HTF
temperature
A. Shell and Tube
HE

15 C (30 F)

10 C (20 F)

10 C (20 F)

Process temperature
approach to HTF
temperature
B. Plate Heat
Exchanger
(Limited to supply
temperature < or =
175 C (345 F))

8 C (15 F)

5 C (10 F)

3 C (5 F)

Design flow,
hydraulics

Design operating flow +

0% hydraulic margin

Design operating flow +

10% hydraulic margin

Design flow + 15%

hydraulic margin

Trim cooler duty

Maximum of

Maximum of

Maximum of

For design with

fired heater

a. Minimum fired heater

duty
b. Minimum trim
cooling duty required
not to exceed MABT
+ 0% margin

a. Minimum fired heater

duty
b. Minimum trim cooling
duty required not to exceed
MABT
+ 10% margin

a. Minimum fired heater

duty
b. Minimum trim cooling
duty required not to
exceed MABT
+ 20% margin

For design with

WHRU
a. Installed w/
bypass

5% of the design duty as

leakage

10% of the design duty as

leakage

20% of the design duty as

leakage

b. installed w/o
bypass

Maximum of the trim

cooling duties for all the
operating cases at the
premised conditions to
maintain supply
temperature temp not
exceeding MABT.
(Heat source process/gas
turbine trip in
emergency)

WHRU heat duty with

60% gas turbine load for
the WHRU in turbine
exhaust with no process
user on line (Emergency
gas turbine load turn down
in the design)

100% WHRU duty at the

premised conditions with
no process users on line.

DEP 00.00.07.94-Gen. September 2011

WHRU heat duty at the

premised conditions
(WHRU in process) less the

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minimum always on line

consumer duty

Expansion vessel
capacity

The expansion volume

of the HTF system
between minimum to
Maximum operating
temperature = volume
between Low to High
level (about 30% of the
vessel volume)
+
0% additional vessel
volume

Storage tank and

spare HTF
inventory
Circulation pumps
sparing

N+1
3x50% pumps

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Maximum of
a. The expansion volume of
the HTF system between
minimum to Maximum
operating temperature =
volume between Low to
High level (about 30% of
the vessel volume)
+
20% additional vessel
volume to cater for
operational variations and
stability

Maximum of
a. The expansion volume
of the HTF system
between minimum to
Maximum operating
temperature = volume
between Low to High
level (about 30% of the
vessel volume)
+
30% additional vessel
volume to cater for
operational variations and
stability

Inventory of a single train.

Inventory of a single train

+ 10% margin

N+1
(2x100% pumps)

N+2 pumps

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Operability & Maintainability

Design
Item

Design Class
Class 1

Types of liquid
based Heat transfer
fluid
A.
Supply temperature
of about 120 C
(250 F)

Class 2

Hot water system

Class 3

Refinery process
rundown such as VGO,
Hydrocrcked gasoil,
HCCCO (Heavy Cat
Cracked Cycle oil), LGO
Mineral oils of HTF
quality
( such as Thermia A,
Thermia B)

Hot water system

B.
Maximum supply
temperature ~200
C (390 F)

Refinery process
rundown such as VGO,
Hydrocrcked gasoil,
HCCCO (Heavy Cat
Cracked Cycle oil), LGO
Mineral oils of HTF
quality
( such as Thermia A,
Thermia B)

C.
Supply temperature
> 200 C and < 300
C (> 390 F and <
570 F)

Mineral oils of HTF quality

Thermia A up to 250 C
(480 F)
Thermia B up to 320 C
(605 F)
Synthetic Aromatics
( such as Dowtherm G up
to 370C, Dowtherm A up to
385C, Santotherm VP-1 up
to 385C etc)

D.
Supply temperature
> 300 C and < 400
C
(> 570 F and < 750
F

Supply temperature = 5
C (10 F) below the
manufacturer specified
MABT of the HTF

Expansion vessel
design

Single leg (cold) design

Silicone based synthetic

HTF (such as Syltherm 800
up to 400 C (750 F))
Supply temperature = 10 C
(18 F) below the
manufacturer specified
MABT of the HTF

DEP 00.00.07.94-Gen. September 2011

Double leg (hot, flow

through) design.

Synthetic Aromatics
(such as Dowtherm Q up
to 330 C (625 F),
Dowtherm HT up to 345
C (650 F), Therminlol
66 up to 345 C (650 F),
Dowtherm RP up to 350
C (660 F), Dowtherm G
up to 370 C (700 F),
Dowtherm A up to 385 C
(725 F), Santotherm VP1 up to 385C (725 F),
etc.)
Silicone based synthetic
HTF
( such as Syltherm 800
up to 400 C (750 F))
Supply temperature = 20
C (35 F) below the
manufacturer specified
MABT of the HTF
Not considered.

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Energy Efficiency
Design
Item
Heat duty source

Design Class
Class 1

Class 2

No waste heat recovery

100% duty from furnace

At least 50% of heat duty is

sourced from waste heat
recovery or gas turbine
exhaust if available.

DEP 00.00.07.94-Gen. September 2011

Class 3
100% of the heat is
sourced from waste heat
recovery or gas turbine
exhaust if available.

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