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Scope and Purpose
This document provides recommended practices for designing and
installing electric heat tracing systems in nuclear power
generating stations. These electric heat tracing systems are
applied, both for critical process temperature control and for
process temperature control, on mechanical piping systems that
carry borated water, caustic soda, and other solutions. Electric
heat tracing systems are also applied on water piping systems to
prevent them from freezing in cold weather. The recommendations
include identification of requirements, heater design
considerations, power systems design considerations, temperature
control considerations, alarm considerations, finished drawings and
documents, installation of materials, startup testing, temperature
tests, and maintenance of electric pipe heating systems.
The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations that
may be used in the design, installation, and maintenance of
electric heat tracing systems as applied to mechanical piping
systems. These recommendations are intended to ensure that the
piping systems will be maintained at specified operating
temperatures, which in turn will ensure that the piping systems'
fluids will be available not only during station operation but also
during normal and emergency shutdown.