Utility Requirements Checklist

The following checklist gives questions typically asked in the review of utility service requirements:

Cooling Tower Water

• Could the heat be exchanged or recovered?
• Could air fin coolers be used?

River Water

• For what purpose is it being used?
• Could clarified or recycled water be used?

Clarified Water

• For what purpose is it being used?
• Could another source be used?

Well Water

• Is this boiler feed makeup?
• Could another source of water be used, including waste well water?
• Is the water to be recycled?

Fuel Gas

• What is the BTU range?
• What is the composition, including sulfur content?

Natural Gas

• For what purpose is it being used?
• Could another gas or source of fuel be used?

High Pressure Steam

• Could low pressure steam be used?
• Any exhausting or venting?
• If steam is for driver use, should an electric motor be used?
• Is condensate recovered?

Low Pressure Steam

• What is the source of the steam?
• Any exhaust or venting?
• Is condensate recovered?

Condensate

• For what purpose is it being used?
• What is its quality?
• What is the source?

Nitrogen

• For what purpose is it being used?
• What is the pressure level?