As part of preparing a process discipline manual for one of my previous organizations, one section that I had prepared was"Guidelines for Preparation of Utility Summary". This document besides containing an excel template for utility summary alsohad some guidelines for determining the consumption of utilities such as instrument air, cooling water make-up, potable waterand water requirements for a safety shower. I am reproducing some information:
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Instrument Air Requirement
The following guidelines may be adopted for estimating instrument air consumption for different types of pneumaticinstruments:- Control Valves with diaphragm actuator and positioner and I/P converter-2.0Nm
3
/h- Control (generally on-off type) valves with piston actuator and positioner
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5 Nm
3
/h 10% of this consumption will beconsidered in calculations.The estimated total instrument air quantity should be multiplied by 1.3 to account for uncertainties in the data used for theestimate and to allow the installation of additional instruments during the early years of plant operation.
2 Cooling Tower Make-up
-Evaporation Loss: Approximately equal to 1% of circulation rate for each 5.5°C (10°F) of cooling tower temperature range.- Drift Loss: 0.1 % of circulation rate as a preliminary estimate.- Blowdown: This quantity is dependent on circulation rate, range, and cycles of concentrationTotal Make-up water = Evaporation Loss + Drift Loss + Blowdown
3 Potable Water Requirement
As a conservative estimate a figure of 150 litres per day per person should be considered for preliminary calculations forpotable water. This includes water for drinking and sanitation.
4 Safety Shower
Water quantity requirement for safety showers to be considered based on each safety shower operating for 15 minutes per day.A minimum flow rate of 4.5 m
3
/h for each safety shower is recommended as per ANSI Z538.1. As an example if there are 10safety showers required to be installed for the project, then the water requirement may be calculated as follows:Quantity required per day per safety shower = 4.5 x (15/60) = 1.125 m
3
/dayNo. of showers = 10Total water quantity for safety showers for the project = 10 x 1.125 = 11.25 m
3
/dayOther utilities such as Fuel Gas, Nitrogen, Steam etc. are not considered because they cannot be generalized and requirespecific consumption calculations depending on the project / plant requirement.Let me hear comments from the knowledgable members and readers of "Cheresources".Regards,Ankur.
Point No. 1, 2 & 3 are almost tallying with my figures. I do not have idea on Safety Shower.icingrockFeb 21 2012 06:36 PM
Control (generally on-off type) valves with piston actuator and positioner
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5 Nm3/h 10% of thisconsumption will be considered in calculationsI don't have experiences with design of utilities so my question could be not heavy.What do youmean by 10% of 5 Nm3/h should be considered in calculations.If 0.5 Nm3/h should be considered forcalculation, what about the other 4.5 Nm3/h.sameerjbFeb 21 2012 09:56 PMvery nicely compiled Ankur...thks a lotdebasisq8Feb 21 2012 11:18 PMThanx Ankurankur2061Feb 21 2012 11:21 PM'icingrock', on 22 Feb 2012 - 06:46 AM, said:Control (generally on-off type) valves with piston actuator and positioner
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5 Nm3/h 10% of thisconsumption will be considered in calculations I don't have experiences with design of utilities so myquestion could be not heavy.What do you mean by 10% of 5 Nm3/h should be considered incalculations.If 0.5 Nm3/h should be considered for calculation, what about the other 4.5 Nm3/h.On-off valves are either in open or closed position as required by the process. In any of these staticpositions, on-off valve will not consume any instrument air except for leakage losses from thecyclinder which is negligible. Thus of the total on-off valves in the plant, operation of 10% of themsimulataneously can be considered conservative enough to include in instrument air calculations.This is the logic behind the statement that "10% of this consumption will be considered incalculations"Hope this helps.Regards,Ankur
Qalander (Chem)Feb 21 2012 11:57 PMDear Congratulations!Good info;seems reliable to fairly estimate in practical way.Thanks.Robert MontoyaFeb 22 2012 03:22 PMDear Ankur; is important take into account in the instrument air 30% due the consumption duringthe regeneration of air dryer tower.Zack AdamApr 16 2012 11:10 AMDear Ankur;For the item 1Some considered (10%-15% Margin for Control Valve + Continuous IA users) x 1.3 (30%uncertainties) + Max Intermittent UserFor the Intermittent users, some call for 3 biggest SDVsMay I know what are the continuous air consumers that normally considered in IA Receivercalculation?any commentsankur2061Apr 16 2012 11:53 AM
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