Sootblowers for Fired Equipment IP 7-3-1

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SCOPE
I 1.1 This practice covers the design, fabrication, and installation of sootblowers for fired heaters, boilers, and
other fired equipment.
I 1.2 An asterisk () indicates that a decision by the Purchaser is required, or that additional information is
furnished by the Purchaser.

SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

I 2.1 Table 1 lists the practices which shall be used with this standard.

TABLE 1

PRACTICES

IP 3-4-1 Piping for Fired Equipment

IP 15-11-1 Instrument Control Panels
IP 16-9-1 Low Voltage A-C Motors Up to 200 HP (150 kW)

DOCUMENTATION

PROPOSAL INFORMATION
I   3.1 The vendor shall submit as a minimum the following information with his proposal:
a. Complete description of sootblower including model number and type.
b. Outline drawing of unit showing mounting (including wall box and wall support bearing/bracket).
c. Materials of construction of lance, feed tube, nozzle, and valve components.
d. Lance travel speed and steam consumption rate at sootblower valve inlet flange pressure.
e. Proposed method and utility requirements for purge, sealing, and aspirating air, when specified.
f. Maximum pressure/temperature rating of valve and other pressure-containing components.
g. Specification for drive motors, motor starters, and switchgear including NEMA rating and area
electrical classification.
h. Proposed sootblower control scheme.
i. Details of control panel, including electrical classification.

REVIEW INFORMATION
I 3.2 The vendor shall submit, as a minimum, the following information for review by the Owner's Engineer:
a. Updated proposal information.
b. Details of vendor-supplied instruments and control valves.
c. Control panel and motor starter console arrangement drawings, wiring diagrams, and interconnecting
wiring diagrams.
d. Installation, operating, and maintenance manuals.
e. Thrust calculation.

FINAL RECORDS
I 3.3 The following information shall be submitted for final records:
a. Complete “as-built" documentation issued for review.
b. Spare parts lists.

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DESIGN

GENERAL DESIGN
O,R   4.1 Sootblowers shall be of automatic retractable design with electric motor drive, automatic warm-up and
condensate draining facilities unless otherwise specified, such as for steam generating boilers, etc.
O,R   4.2 Types of sootblowers which are acceptable include: Clyde Mark F. H. or 400 series; Diamond Power
Model 4M or IK Series, and Vulcan T Series. Use of other makes of sootblowers must be approved by the
Owner's Engineer.
O   4.3 Blowing medium shall be steam unless otherwise specified
O  4.4 Sootblower shall be selected to achieve a minimum thrust of 130 lbf (580 N) with the specified media
pressure and temperature at the sootblower valve inlet flange. Thrust shall be calculated from the
following equation:
T = C W hi - he

where: C = 6.95 English units (70.9 metric units)

W = mass flow rate through nozzle, lb/sec (kg/sec)
hi = inlet enthalpy, Btu/lb (MJ/kg)
he = exit enthalpy, Btu/lb (MJ/kg) - determined from steam tables assuming isentropic
expansion through the nozzle with pressure equal to atmospheric

O   4.5 Sootblowers shall not be supplied with integral blowing steam pressure-reducing disc, linkage, or other
device unless specified by the Purchaser.
R,M  4.6 Packing used for the joint between the steam feed tube and steam lance, and for the sootblower valve
itself, shall be graphite with corrosion inhibitors unless otherwise specified.
O,R  4.7 Sootblower lance tube shall be provided with holes near the tip for drainage of condensate.
R  4.8 All sootblower valves shall be provided with an air purge connection equipped with a check valve.
R 4.9 Wall box design shall minimize leakage of air and flue gas between the fired equipment and atmosphere.
O,R 4.10 Sootblower mounting shall allow for elevation adjustments to maintain the required slope.
S  4.11 Removable guards or other means of protection shall be provided, which fully enclose all gears,
chains, and moving pinch points.
O,R 4.12 Fixed position rotary sootblowers shall:
a. Be supported at both ends and within the flue gas stream by brackets attached to the tubes.
b. Provide one nozzle per space between tube rows.

DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

R,M 4.13 Sootblower motor shall be of TEFC/TENV type.
O,R 4.14 A Control panel shall be provided for each set of sootblowers which provides the following functions:
a. Ability to operate all or individually selected sootblowers in automatic sequence as determined by
selector switches.
b. Manual operation of any sootblower.
c. Indication of forward and reverse travel, along with sequence finish, for each sootblower.
d. Indication of any fault which stops the sequence.
e. Ability to test integrity of all lamps on or off line.

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O,R  4.15 The following minimum interlocks and alarms, with adjustable setpoint/time delay shall be incorporated
into the control logic.
a. Warm-up time interlock (for entire system).
b. Automatic condensate drain at end of sequence.
c. Magnetic overload and motor stall interlock (retract).
d. Excessive elapsed time interlock (retract).
e. Loss of control voltage interlock (retract).
f. Loss of blowing medium interlock (retract).
g. Low blowing pressure (alarm only unless otherwise specified).
O 4.16 Each sootblower shall have a local push-button or lever actuator, subject to the same interlocks and
safeguards as the primary control system.

Revision Memo
6/96 Revision 0
3/98 Revision 1
Complete editorial revision to rationalize this practice with referenced IPs. Significant changes include:
Old Pars. 1.3 & 1.4, Table of Contents, deleted. Old Pars. 3.1 thru 3.7, Definitions, deleted. Par. 3.1, deleted details
of valve/seat requirements. Par. 4.1, Modified to allow provision for non-retractable blowers. Par. 4.2, Added Diamond
Model 4M. Par. 4.3, Deleted allowance for other than steam as blowing media. New Par. 4.5, Added restriction
against use of pressure-reducing devices. Pars. 4.7 & 4.8, Editorial change. Old Par. 5.8, Deleted , since standard
practice. Par. 4.11, Added requirement for guards to be removable. Old Pars. 5.13 & 5.15, Deleted since no added
technical value.
Paragraph renumbering:
Old Par. No. New Par. No.
4.1 thru 4.3 3.1 thru 3.3
5.1 thru 5.4 4.1 thru 4.4
5.5 & 5.6 4.6 & 4.7
5.9 thru 5.12 4.8 thru 4.11
5.14 4.12
5.16 thru 5.19 4.13 thru 4.16

 Exxon Research and Engineering Company, 1996, 1998

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