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BN-DS-C49 Typical Air Fin Cooler Piping and Data

This document provides design standards for air fin cooler piping. It outlines general considerations for forced and induced draft coolers and notes the importance of proper location to prevent starved airflow. Standards specify providing ladders, platforms, and walkways for access to header boxes, drives, and motors. Piping notes prohibit pocketing inlet piping and require accessibility to valves. Forces on piping must not exceed allowable loads specified by the vendor.

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BN-DS-C49 Typical Air Fin Cooler Piping and Data

This document provides design standards for air fin cooler piping. It outlines general considerations for forced and induced draft coolers and notes the importance of proper location to prevent starved airflow. Standards specify providing ladders, platforms, and walkways for access to header boxes, drives, and motors. Piping notes prohibit pocketing inlet piping and require accessibility to valves. Forces on piping must not exceed allowable loads specified by the vendor.

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This design standard provides typical design data for air fin piping design. The notes with the figures are:
General
1.1 - Forced draft air coolers are defined as those coolers whose fans are located below the tube bundle and push the air through
the tubes.
1.2 - Induced draft air coolers are defined as those coolers whose fans are located above the tube bundle and draw the air through
the tubes.
Location
2.1 - Care should be exercised in locating air cooler to prevent starvation of air flow. Intake of hot exhaust gases (from whatever
source) and recucling of air flow from th air coolers themselves (see examples for correct and incorrect air cooler arrangments)
2.2 - Air coolers are to be located as close as possible to their related equipment and within available space above overhead
pipeways or other elevated structrure
2.3 - Air coolers may be mounted at grade if process requirements can be met and adequate space is available
2.4 - Multiple air cooler units should be grouped together whenever possible to enable supporting of a common location and the
sharing of common platforms
2.5 - Whenever air coolers are mounted above pipways, consideration must be given to provide ample clearances between fan
drives and access platforms. These considrations will normally determine the elevations of coolers.
Ladders and Platforming
3.1 - Air coolers located above pipeways or elevated structures are to be provided with ladders from grade and platforms for the
purpose of servicing gearing, fan drives and motors, these consist of main walkways, at or near center of the coolers, with auxiliary
platforms to each drive mechanism. The width of the auxiliary platform should be of sufficient size to permit the removal of the driver
gear and the transporting of same, by portable means to a convenient dropout areato grade.
3.2 - Platforms are also required at cooler header boxes for access to inlet and outlet connections. These platforms are often
provided by the air cooler vendor. Access to the above platforms can be either by ladder or stairways or a combination of both
depending on individual job requirements.
3.3 - Air coolers located at grade shall be provided with ladders from grade and platforming for access to header boxes only, as fan
drives are normally accessible from grade
3.4 - Provide escape ladder only when walking distance from main access ladder or stairway exceeds 15 meters
Piping
4.1 - Pcketing of inlet piping to the air cooler is not permitted
4.2 - When inlet or outlet valves at the coolers are rquired, they must be accessible from and clear of platforming
4.3 - These piping configurations to be used only when flexibility requirements dictate. If these confiburations are use, the resultant
total forces and loading on the equipment shall be transmitted to the vendor, so that he may incorporate the required pipe support
on the equipment. If vendor's requirement cannot tolerate this additional loading, consideration must be given to the possibility of
spreading apart adjacent coolers, (if present) so that column extensions may be provided to support the piping.
4.4 - Close liaison mus be maintained between the piping design, pipe support and stress analysis group during the layout phase to
ensure that the allowable forces and moments on the nozzles as specified by the vendor, are not exceeded. If impractical to meeet
specified loading, consult vendor to develop a satisfactory solution

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