Kellanova Botany Plant — Cooling Tower 9 Replacement
Replacement of end-of-life Shinwa SDC-P600ASS Cooling Tower 9 with a new Marley NC Class Diamond Series 2-cell crossflow stainless steel cooling tower (2 x 66 l/s) serving the duty/standby plant chillers
Project story
QEG was engaged by Kellanova (Kellogg Aust. Pty Ltd) to replace the 1980s-vintage Shinwa SDC-P600ASS Cooling Tower 9 at the Botany manufacturing plant, which serves two condenser water chillers operating in duty/standby (one Smardt, one Carrier). Following a competitive process against the Kellanova specification, QEG was awarded the works and delivered a design-and-construct package supplying and installing a new 2-cell Marley NC Class Diamond Series crossflow cooling tower (NC8403NAN) in stainless steel, sized for 66 l/s per cell. Works included reuse of the existing galvanised steel sub-frame with structural modifications, all condenser water pipework connections, makeup water and overflow connections, reuse of the existing water treatment system, full cranage including airport-zone notification and tiger-tail rental on adjacent Ausgrid LV powerlines, road occupancy licensing, two consecutive day commissioning, and O&M handover. The project was delivered around the Kellanova annual plant shutdown in July 2025, compressed at short notice into a 10-day window with the new towers operating by 23 July 2025.
Equipment installed
- 1 x Marley NC Class Diamond Series 2-cell crossflow cooling tower (model NC8403NAN), 2 x 66 l/s capacity, CTI thermal & acoustic certified, FM Approved
- Stainless steel grade 304 construction (basin, framework, handrails)
- Belt-driven fans with aluminium sheaves, premium efficient IP66 inverter-duty motors with SS shafts
- Cell isolation valves (SS304) for independent cell operation
- Modified existing galvanised steel sub-frame structure
- New condenser water supply/return pipework (SS304)
- Reconnected existing water treatment / chemical dosing system
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