GB 50156-2012

UDC
NATIONAL STANDARD
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国国家标准
P GB 50156-2012
Code for Design and Construction of Filling

Station
汽车加油加气站设计与施工规范
Issued on: June 28, 2012 Implemented on: March 01, 2013
Jointly Issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
of the People's Republic of China and the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
NATIONAL STANDARD
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国国家标准
Code for Design and Construction of Filling

Station
汽车加油加气站设计与施工规范
GB 50156-2012
Chief Development Department: China Petrochemical Corporation

Approval Department: Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the
People's Republic of China
Implementation Date: March 1, 2013
China Planning Press

中国计划出版社
2012 Beijing
Announcement of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural
Development of the People's Republic of China
No. 1435
Notice on Publishing the National Standard of "Code for Design and Construction of Filling
Station"
"Code for Design and Construction of Filling Station" has been approved as a national
standard with a serial number of GB 50156-2012, and shall be implemented on March 1, 2013;
therein, Articles 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.0.9, 5.0.5, 5.0.10, 5.0.11, 5.0.13, 6.1.1, 6.2.1,
6.3.1, 6.3.13, 7.1.2(1), 7.1.3(1), 7.1.4(1), 7.1.5, 7.2.4, 7.3.1, 7.3.5, 7.4.11, 7.5.1, 8.1.21(1),
8.2.2, 8.3.1, 9.1.7, 9.3.1, 10.1.1, 10.2.1, 11.1.6, 11.2.1, 11.2.4, 11.4.1, 11.4.2, 11.5.1, 12.2.5
and 13.7.5 are compulsory provisions and must be enforced strictly. The former national
standard "Code for Design and Construction of Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station"
GB 50156-2002 (2006 edition) shall be abolished simultaneously.
Authorized by the Research Institute of Standards and Norms of the Ministry of Housing
and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China, this code is published and
distributed by China Planning Press.
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China

June 28, 2012
Foreword
This code is prepared by Sinopec Engineering Incorporation jointly with the

organizations concerned on the basis of the former national standard "Code for Design and
Construction of Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station" GB 50156-2002 (2006 edition),
according to the requirements of Document Jian Biao [2009] No. 88 issued by the Ministry of
Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China-"Notice on
Printing 'Development and Revision Plan of National Engineering Construction Standards
and Codes in 2009'".
In the process of revising this code, the revision group conducted relatively extensive
investigation and study, organized domestic and foreign investigation for several times,
summed up the design, construction, development, operation and management experience in
filling station in China for many years, referred to the existing professional standards in China
and the relevant standards of foreign developed countries, widely solicited for opinions on
design, construction, scientific research and management, etc., and conducted several
discussions and coordinations on the main problems, and finally finalized upon review.
This code comprises 13 chapters and 3 appendixes, with the main contents as follows:
general provisions, terms, symbols and abbreviations, basic requirements, site selection,
station layout, fuel filling process and facilities, LPG filling process and facilities, CNG
filling process and facilities, LNG and L-CNG filling process and facilities, fire-fighting
facilities and water supply and drainage, electrical, alarm and emergency shut-off system,
heating and ventilation, buildings (structures), greening and engineering construction.
Compared with the former national standard "Code for Design and Construction of
Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station" GB 50156-2002 (2006 edition), this code has
the following main changes:
1. The content of LNG (liquefied natural gas) filling station is added.
2. The content of self help fuel filling station (area) is added.
3. The content of EV charging facilities is added.
4. The safety and environmental protection measures for the fuel filling station are
strengthened.
5. The content of primary CNG filling station and secondary CNG filling station is
subdivided.
6. Some new processes, technologies and equipment are adopted;
7. Classification criteria of protection category of civil buildings are adjusted.
In this code, the provision(s) printed in bold type is(are) compulsory one(s) and must be
enforced strictly.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of
China is in charge of the administration of this code and the explanation of the compulsory
provisions, China Petrochemical Corporation is responsible for the routine management and
Sinopec Engineering Incorporation is responsible for the explanation of specific technical
contents. All organizations are kindly requested, during the process of implementing this code,
to combine the engineering practice, seriously sum up experience, pay attention to
accumulating data, and feed back the relevant opinions, advice and data, whenever necessary,
to the Sinopec Engineering Incorporation (Address: No. 21, Anyuan, Anhuibeili, Chaoyang
District, Beijing, 100101, China) for future reference in revision.
Chief development organization, participating development organizations, participating
organization, chief drafting staff and chief examiners:
Chief development organization: Sinopec Engineering Incorporation
Participating development organizations: North China Municipal Engineering Design &
Research Institute
Southwest Branch of China Petroleum Group Engineering Design Co. Ltd.
Architectural Design & Research Institute of General Logistics Department of PLA
PetroChina Planning & Engineering Institute
Sinopec The Fourth Construction Company Limited
Sinopec Commercial Holding Company Limited
Sales Branch of PetroChina Company Limited
Gas Design Institute of Shaanxi
Sichuan Oil Natural Gas Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Participating organization: CNOOC Gas & Power Group
Chief drafting staff: Han Jun, Wu Hongsong, Zhang Shenyuan, Xu Wenzhong, Ge
Chunyu, Cheng Xiaochun, Yang Xinhe, Wang Mingkun, Wang Changjiang, Guo Zonghua,
Chen Lifeng, Yang Chusheng, Ji Hongjin, Wu Wenge, Zhang Jianmin, Zhu Xiaoming, Deng
Yuan, Kang Zhi, Yin Qiang, Guo Qinggong, Zhong Daodi, Gao Yonghe, Cui Youyuan, Fu
Yiping, Jiang Ronghua, Cao Hongzhang, Chen Yunqiang, He Jun
Chief examiners: Ni Zhaopeng, He Longhui, Zhou Jiaxiang, Zhang Xiaopeng, Zhu Hong,
Wu Lin, Zhao Xinwen, Yang Qing, Wang Danhui, Luo Aimin, Xie Wei, Zhu Lei, Chen Yunyu,
Li Gang, Song Yuyin, Zhou Honger, Tang Jie, Sun Xiuming, Qiu Ming, Yang Jiong
Contents
1 General Provisions...................................................................................................................... 1
2 Terms, Symbols and Abbreviations........................................................................................... 1
2.1 Terms.................................................................................................................................1
2.2 Symbols.............................................................................................................................4
2.3 Abbreviations....................................................................................................................4
3 Basic Requirements.....................................................................................................................4
4 Site Selection............................................................................................................................... 7
5 Station Layout........................................................................................................................... 17
6 Fuel Filling Process and Facilities...........................................................................................29
6.1 Oil Tank.......................................................................................................................... 29
6.2 Fuel Dispenser................................................................................................................31
6.3 Process Pipeline System................................................................................................31
6.4 Portable Fuel Device......................................................................................................34
6.5 Seepage-proof Measures............................................................................................... 34
6.6 Self Help Fuel Filling Station (Area)........................................................................... 36
7 LPG Filling Process and Facilities.......................................................................................... 36
7.1 LPG Tank........................................................................................................................37
7.2 Pump and Compressor...................................................................................................38
7.3 LPG Dispenser............................................................................................................... 39
7.4 LPG Pipeline System.....................................................................................................40
7.5 Unloading Point of Tank Car........................................................................................ 41
8 CNG Filling Process and Facility............................................................................................ 41
8.1 Process and Facility of CNG Normal Filling Station and Primary Filling Station..41
8.2 Process Facility of Secondary CNG Filling Station................................................... 43
8.3 Safety Protection of CNG Process Facility................................................................. 44
8.4 CNG Pipeline and Components....................................................................................45
9 LNG and L-CNG Filling Process and Facilities.....................................................................46
9.1 LNG Tank, Pump and Gasifier..................................................................................... 46
9.2 LNG Unloading..............................................................................................................48
9.3 LNG Filling Area........................................................................................................... 49
9.4 LNG Pipeline System.................................................................................................... 49
10 Fire-fighting Facilities and Water Supply and Drainage..................................................... 50
10.1 Arrangement of Fire-fighting Equipment.................................................................. 50
10.2 Fire Water Supply........................................................................................................ 51
10.3 Water Supply and Drainage System...........................................................................52
11 Electrical, Alarm and Emergency Shut-off System..............................................................52
11.1 Power Supply and Distribution...................................................................................52
11.2 Lightning Protection and Electrostatic Protection.................................................... 53
11.3 Charging Facilities.......................................................................................................55
11.4 Alarm System............................................................................................................... 55
11.5 Emergency Shut-off System....................................................................................... 56
12 Heating and Ventilation, Buildings (Structures) and Greening...........................................56
12.1 Heating and Ventilation...............................................................................................56
12.2 Buildings (Structures)..................................................................................................57
12.3 Greening....................................................................................................................... 59
13 Engineering Construction.......................................................................................................59
13.1 General Requirements................................................................................................. 59
13.2 Materials and Equipment Inspection..........................................................................60
13.3 Civil Engineering.........................................................................................................62
13.4 Equipment Installation Engineering...........................................................................64
13.5 Pipeline Engineering....................................................................................................66
13.6 Electrical Instruments Installation Engineering........................................................ 69
13.7 Corrosion Protection and Thermal Insulation Engineering......................................71
13.8 Hand-over Documents.................................................................................................72
Appendix A Start and End Points for Calculating Distance........................................................ 74
Appendix B Classification of Protection Category of Civil Buildings.......................................75
Appendix C Grade and Range Division of Explosion Danger Areas in Filling Station........... 77
Explanation of Wording in this Code.............................................................................................87
List of Quoted Standards................................................................................................................ 88
1 General Provisions
1.0.1 This code is formulated with a view to implementing the national relevant principles
and policies in the design and construction of filling station, unifying the technical
requirements, and achieving safety and usability, advanced technology, economy and
rationality.
1.0.2 This code is applicable to the design and construction of newly-built, expanded and
renovated filling station, gas filling station and fuel and gas combined filling station
engineering.
1.0.3 In addition to this code, the design and construction of filling station shall also comply
with those in the current relevant ones of the nation.
2 Terms, Symbols and Abbreviations
2.1 Terms
2.1.1 Filling station

General term of fuel filling station, gas filling station as well as fuel and gas combined
filling station.
2.1.2 Fuel filling station
Place where fuel storage facilities are provided, and a fuel dispenser is used to fill
vehicle fuel oil such as gasoline and diesel for motor vehicles and other convenient services
may be provided.
2.1.3 Gas filling station
Place where gas storage facilities are provided, and a gas dispenser is used to fill vehicle
fuel gas such as LPG, CNG or LNG for motor vehicles and other convenient services may be
provided.
2.1.4 Fuel and gas combined filling station
Place where fuel (gas) storage facilities are provided, vehicle fuel oil and vehicle fuel gas
may be filled for motor vehicles, and other convenient services may also be provided.
2.1.5 Station house
Building for filling station management and operation, where other convenient services
may be provided.
2.1.6 Operational area
Area in the filling station where such equipments as fuel (gas) unloading facilities, fuel
(gas) storage facilities, fuel dispenser, gas dispenser, dispensing (bleeding) pole, vent pipe
(bleeder), combustible liquid tank car unloading parking space, vehicle-mounted storage
bottles group trailer parking space, LPG (LNG) pump and CNG (LPG) compressor are
arranged. The boundary line of this area is the boundary line of equipment explosion danger
area plus 3m, and is the outer edge of diesel-filling equipment plus 3m.
2.1.7 Auxiliary service area
Area outside the operational area within the range of property line of filling station.
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2.1.8 Safe-break valve
Device that may be separated into two sections under certain external force action and
has self-sealing function. This device is installed on the hose of fuel dispenser, gas dispenser
or dispensing (bleeding) pole and is the dedicated protective device to prevent the hose from
being snapped off to have any leakage accident.
2.1.9 Piping components
Elements used to connect or assemble pipeline (including pipes, pipe fittings, valves,
flanges, gaskets, fasteners, joints, pressure hoses, filters and flame arresters).
2.1.10 Process equipments
General term of equipment arranged in the filling station such as fuel (gas) unloading
interface, oil tank, LPG tank, LNG tank, CNG storage bottle (well), fuel dispenser, gas
dispenser, dispensing (bleeding) pole, vent pipe (bleeder), vehicle-mounted storage bottles
group trailer, LPG pump, LNG pump, CNG compressor and LPG compressor.
2.1.11 EV charging facilities
Relevant electrical equipment providing the electric vehicle with charging service, such
as low-voltage switch cabinet, DC charger, DC charging point, AC charging point and battery
replacement device.
2.1.12 Unloading point
Fixed place for receiving or unloading fuel, LPG or LNG carried by automobile tank car.
2.1.13 Buried oil tank
Horizontal fuel tank whose tank top is lower than the ground within 4m around, buried
underground by directly covering soil or filling sand in the tank.
2.1.14 Fuel filling island
Platform used to install the fuel dispenser.
2.1.15 Gasoline-filling equipment
Fixed equipment such as gasoline tank (including its vent pipe) and gasoline dispenser
arranged for filling gasoline into the motor vehicles.
2.1.16 Diesel-filling equipment
Fixed equipment such as diesel tank (including its vent pipe) and diesel dispenser
arranged for filling diesel into the motor vehicles.
2.1.17 Vapor recovery system for gasoline unloading process
System that seals and recovers the vapor generated when the tank truck unloads oil to the
gasoline tank into the tank truck.
2.1.18 Vapor recovery system for filling process
System that seals and recovers the vapor generated when filling the gasoline vehicle into
the buried gasoline tank.
2.1.19 Portable fuel device
Ground fuel device that integrates the ground fire-proof and explosion-proof oil tank,
fuel dispenser, automatic fire sprinkler, etc. into a portable body.
2.1.20 Self help fuel filling station (area)
Fuel filling station (area) where corresponding safety protection facilities are provided
and the customer may complete fuel filling for the vehicles at discretion.
2.1.21 LPG filling station
Place where vehicle LPG is filled in LPG automobile storage bottles.
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2.1.22 Buried LPG tank
Horizontal LPG tank whose tank top is lower than the ground within 4m around, buried
2.1.23 CNG filling station
General term of CNG conventional filling station, primary CNG filling station and
secondary CNG filling station.
2.1.24 CNG conventional filling station
Place where gas is taken from the natural gas pipeline out of the station, process treated
and pressurized, and then vehicle CNG is filled into the automobile CNG storage bottle by the
gas dispenser.
2.1.25 Primary CNG filling station
Place where gas is taken from the natural gas pipeline out of the station, process treated
and pressurized, and then CNG is filled into the vehicle-mounted CNG storage bottles group
by the dispensing pole.
2.1.26 Secondary CNG filling station
Place where CNG is transported by the vehicle-mounted storage bottles group trailer and
CNG is filled into the automobile CNG storage bottle by the gas dispenser.
2.1.27 LNG filling station
Place where vehicle LPG is filled into LNG automobile storage bottle.
2.1.28 L-CNG filling station
Place where LNG may be transformed to CNG, and vehicle CNG may be filled into
CNG automobile storage bottle.
2.1.29 Gas filling island
Platform used to install the gas dispenser or dispensing pole.
2.1.30 CNG filling (unload) facility
General term of CNG dispenser, dispensing pole and bleeding pole.
2.1.31 Gas dispenser
Special equipment for filling LPG, CNG or LNG into fuel automobile storage bottles,
with metering and valuation devices.
2.1.32 CNG dispensing (bleeding) pole
Special equipment for filling (unloading) CNG into (from) vehicle-mounted storage
bottles group, with metering devices.
2.1.33 CNG storage well
Pipe-shaped facility which is vertically buried underground and adopts cement paste to
conduct full packing sealing between the well bore and the well wall, is used to store CNG,
and consists of the well bottom device, well bore, built-in drain pipe and well head device.
2.1.34 CNG storage bottles group
CNG storage device that connects several CNG storage bottles by a pipelines as a whole.
2.1.35 CNG fixed storage facility
General term of overground or underground CNG storage bottles (group) and storage
well installed at fixed positions.
2.1.36 CNG storage facility
General term of storage bottles (group), storage well and vehicle-mounted storage bottles
group.
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2.1.37 Total volume of CNG storage facility
Sum of geometric volume of CNG fixed storage facilities and all the vehicle-mounted
CNG storage bottles (groups) at a full load or in an operation state.
2.1.38 Buried LNG tank
Horizontal LNG tank whose tank top is lower than the ground within 4m around, buried
2.1.39 Underground LNG tank
LNG tank hose tank top is 0.2m lower than the ground elevation within 4m around,
arranged in the tank.
2.1.40 Semi-underground LNG tank
LNG tank whose more than half tank shell is installed below ground within 4m around,
arranged in the tank.
2.1.41 Safety dike
Structure for retaining the overflowed flammable and combustible liquid in case of LPG
and LNG tank accident.
2.2 Symbols
A——Sum of surface areas of metal objects immersed into the fuel;

V——Total volume of oil tank, LPG tank, LNG tank and CNG storage facility;
Vt——Single tank volume of fuel tank.
2.3 Abbreviations
LPG——liquefied petroleum gas;

CNG——compressed natural gas;
LNG——liquefied natural gas;
L-CNG——transformed to CNG from LNG
3 Basic Requirements
3.0.1 Fuel and gas may be supplied to the filling station in the mode of tank car transport,
vehicle-mounted storage bottles group trailer transport or pipeline transport.
3.0.2 Fuel filling station may be established jointly with other various gas filling stations
except primary CNG filling station; various natural gas filling stations may be established
jointly. The filling station may be established jointly with the EV charging facilities.
3.0.3 Portable fuel devices may be applied to the enterprises' self-use, temporary or specific
places approved by the relevant government departments. For the fuel filling stations with
portable fuel devices, their design and installation shall meet the relevant requirements of the
current professional standard "Technical Specification for Portable Filling Device in
Automobile Filling Station" SH/T 3134 and Section 6.4 of this code.
3.0.4 The design of ethanol gasoline facilities in the fuel filling station shall not only
comply with the requirements of this Code, but also the relevant requirements of the current
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national standard "Code for Design of Automobile Ethanol Gasoline Storage and
Transportation" GB/T 50610.
3.0.5 The design of EV charging facilities shall not only comply with the requirements of
this code, but also those in the current relevant ones of the nation.
3.0.6 For the CNG filling and city natural gas storage and distribution combined station, and
CNG filling and city natural gas receiving combined station, their design and construction
shall not only comply with the requirements of this code, but also the relevant ones of the
current national standard "Code for Design of City Gas Engineering" GB 50028.
3.0.7 The design and construction of the CNG filling and natural gas pipeline combined
station shall not only comply with the requirements of this code, but also the relevant ones of
the current national standard "Code for Fire Protection Design of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Engineering" GB 50183.
3.0.8 The filling station may operate non-fuel service administratively licensed by the
nation and diesel tail gas treatment liquid filling facilities may be arranged in the station.
3.0.9 The grade classification of fuel filling station shall be in accordance with those
specified in Table 3.0.9.
Table 3.0.9 Grade Classification of Fuel Filling Station
Oil tank volume (m3)
Grade
Total volume Single tank volume
Grade I 150<V≤210 V≤50
Grade II 90<V≤150 V≤50
Grade III V≤90 Gasoline tank V≤30, diesel tank V≤50
Note: The volume of diesel tank may be reduced by half and counted in the total volume of oil tank.
3.0.10 The grade classification of LPG filling station shall be in accordance with those
Table 3.0.10 Grade Classification of LPG Filling Station
LPG tank volume (m3)
Grade
Total volume Single tank volume
Grade I 45<V≤60 V≤30
Grade II 30<V≤45 V≤30
Grade III V≤30 V≤30
3.0.11 The total volume of storage facilities in CNG filling station shall be comprehensively
determined according to such factors as design gas filling automobile quantity, gas filling
time of each automobile as well as number, scale and service radius of secondary stations
served by the primary station. In the urban built-up area, the total volume of storage facilities
in CNG filling station shall meet the following requirements:
1 The total volume of storage facilities in the primary CNG filling station shall not
exceed 120m3.
2 The total volume of storage facilities in CNG conventional filling station shall not
exceed 30m3.
3 Where fixed storage facility is arranged in the secondary CNG filling station, the
total volume of the fixed storage facility shall not exceed 18m3, and the vehicle-mounted
storage bottles group trailer parked in the station shall not be greater than 1.
4 Where there is no fixed storage facility in the secondary CNG filling station, the
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vehicle-mounted storage bottles group trailers parked in the station shall not be greater than 2.
5 The CNG conventional filling station may adopt LNG tank as supplementary gas
source, but the volume of LNG tank, total volume of CNG storage facility and grade
classification of gas filling station shall meet the requirements of Article 3.0.14 of this code.
3.0.12 The grade classification of LNG filling station, L-CNG filling station and LNG and
L-CNG combined filling station shall be in accordance with those specified in Table 3.0.12.
Table 3.0.12 Grade Classification of LNG Filling Station, L-CNG Filling Station and LNG and L-CNG
Combined Filling Station
L-CNG filling station and LNG and L-CNG combined filling
LNG filling station
station
Grade Single tank

Total volume of Single tank volume Total volume of Total volume of CNG
volume of LNG
LNG tank (m3) of LNG tank (m3) LNG tank (m3) storage facility (m3)
tank (m3)
Grade I 120<V≤180 V≤60 120<V≤180 V≤60 V≤12
Grade I* — 60<V≤120 V≤60 V≤24
Grade II 60<V≤120 V≤60 60<V≤120 V≤60 V≤9
Grade II* — V≤60 V≤60 V≤18
Grade III V≤60 V≤60 V≤60 V≤60 V≤9
Grade III *
— V≤30 V≤30 V≤18
Note: The gas filling station marked with "*" especially refers to the station building type of CNG conventional filling
station with LNG tank as the supplementary gas source.
3.0.13 The grade classification of fuel and LPG combined filling station shall be in
accordance with those specified in Table 3.0.13.
Table 3.0.13 Grade Classification of Fuel and LPG Combined Filling Station
Total volume of LPG tank Sum of total volume of LPG tank and
Grade of combined filling station
(m3) total volume of fuel tank (m3)
Grade I V≤45 120<V≤180
Grade II V≤30 60<V≤120
Grade III V≤20 V≤60
Notes: 1 The volume of diesel tank may be reduced by half and counted in the total volume of oil tank.
2 Where the total volume of oil tank is greater than 90m3, the single tank volume of oil tank shall not be greater than 50m3;
where the total volume of oil tank is less than or equal to 90m3, the single tank volume of gasoline tank shall not be greater than
30m3, and the single tank volume of diesel tank shall not be greater than 50m3.
3 The single tank volume of LPG tank shall not be greater than 30m3.
3.0.14 The grade classification of fuel and CNG combined filling station shall be in
Table 3.0.14 Grade Classification of Fuel and CNG Combined Filling Station
Total volume of storage facility Storage facility in secondary
Total volume of fuel tank
Grade in CNG conventional filling filling station
(m3)
station (m )
3
(m3)
Grade I 90<V≤120 Where the total volume of

fixed storage facility ≤12, 1
V≤24
Grade II V≤90 vehicle-mounted storage
bottles group trailer may be
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parked
1 vehicle-mounted storage
Grade III V≤60 V≤12 bottles group trailer may be
parked
3.0.15 The grade classification of fuel and LNG, L-CNG and LNG/L-CNG combined filling
station shall be in accordance with those specified in Table 3.0.15.
Table 3.0.15 Grade Classification of Fuel and LNG, L-CNG and LNG/L-CNG Combined Filling Station
Total volume of LNG
Grade of combined filling Sum of total volume of LPG tank Total volume of LNG storage
tank
station and total volume of fuel tank (m3) facility (m3)
(m3)
Grade I V≤120 150<V≤210 V≤12
Grade II V≤60 90<V≤150 V≤9
Grade III V≤60 V≤90 V≤8
3 The single tank volume of LNG tank shall not be greater than 60m3.
4 Site Selection
4.0.1 The site selection of filling station shall meet the requirements of urban and rural
planning, environmental protection and fire safety in the accessible position.
4.0.2 Grade I fuel filling station, Grade I gas filling station, Grade I fuel and gas combined
filling station and primary CNG filling station should not be constructed in the urban built-up
area. Grade I fuel filling station, Grade I gas filling station, Grade I fuel and gas combined
filling station and primary CNG filling station shall not be constructed in the urban center.
4.0.3 The filling stations in the urban built-up area should be close to the urban roads, but
should not be adjacent to the arterial street intersections.
4.0.4 The safety clearance from the gasoline-filling equipment in the fuel filling station and
fuel and gas combined filling station to the off-station buildings (structures) shall not be less
than those specified in Table 4.0.4.
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Table 4.0.4 Safety Clearance from Gasoline-filling Equipment to Off-station Buildings (Structures) (m)
In-station gasoline-filling equipment
Buried oil tank

Fuel dispenser and vent pipe orifice
Grade I station Grade II station Grade III station
With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor

Off-station buildings recovery recovery recovery recovery
Without recovery Without recovery Without recovery Without recovery
(structures) system for system for system for system for
vapor system for vapor system for vapor system for vapor system for
gasoline gasoline gasoline gasoline
recovery gasoline recovery gasoline recovery gasoline recovery gasoline
unloading unloading unloading unloading
system unloading system unloading system unloading system unloading
and filling and filling and filling and filling
process process process process
Important public buildings 50 40 35 50 40 35 50 40 35 50 40 35
Open flame site or

30 24 21 25 20 17.5 18 14.5 12.5 18 14.5 12.5
sparking site
Category I
25 20 17.5 20 16 14 16 13 11 16 13 11
Protection protection
category of Category II
20 16 145 16 13 11 12 9.5 8.5 12 9.5 8.5
civil protection
buildings Category III
16 13 11 12 9.5 8.5 10 8 7 10 8 7
protection
Category A and B goods

production plants and
warehouses as well as 25 20 17.5 22 17.5 15.5 18 14.5 12.5 18 14.5 12.5
Category A and B liquid
tanks
Table 4.0.4 (Continued)
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Buried oil tank


Off-station buildings recovery recovery recovery recovery
Without recovery Without recovery Without recovery Without recovery
(structures) system for system for system for system for
vapor system for vapor system for vapor system for vapor system for
gasoline gasoline gasoline gasoline
recovery gasoline recovery gasoline recovery gasoline recovery gasoline
unloading unloading unloading unloading
system unloading system unloading system unloading system unloading
and filling and filling and filling and filling
Category C, D and E
goods production plants
and warehouses as well as
Category C liquid tanks
18 14.5 12.5 16 13 11 15 12 10.5 15 12 10.5
and Category A and B
buried liquid tanks with
volume not greater than
50m3
Outdoor substation and

25 20 17.5 22 18 15.5 18 14.5 12.5 18 14.5 12.5
distribution station
Railway 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5
Expressway
and main 10 8 7 8 6.5 5.5 8 6.5 5.5 6 5 5
Urban road trunk road
Secondary
8 6.5 5.5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
trunk road
9
and branch
road
Table 4.0.4 (Continued)

Buried oil tank

With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor
Off-station buildings
Without recovery recovery Without recovery recovery Without recovery recovery Without recovery recovery
(structures)
vapor system for system for vapor system for system for vapor system for system for vapor system for system for
recovery gasoline gasoline recovery gasoline gasoline recovery gasoline gasoline recovery gasoline gasoline
system unloading unloading and system unloading unloading and system unloading unloading and system unloading unloading and
process filling process process filling process process filling process process filling process
Overhead
communication line and 1 times the pole (tower) height and shall not
5 5 5
communication be less than 5m
launching tower
Without
1.5 times the pole (tower) height and shall 1 times the pole (tower) height and shall not
insulating 6.5 6.5
not be less than 6.5m be less than 6.5m
Overhead layer
power line With

1 times the pole (tower) height and shall 0.75 times the pole (tower) height and shall
insulating 5 5
not be less than 5m not be less than 5m
layer
10
Notes: 1 Outdoor substation and distribution station refers to the outdoor one with a power system voltage of
35kV~500kV and each transformer capacity above 10MV·A, and the outdoor step-down substation with total fuel capacity of
industrial enterprise transformers greater than 5t. The outdoor substations and distribution stations or transformers of other
specifications shall be determined according to Category C goods production plants.
2 Road in this table refers to the motor vehicle road. The safety clearance from the oil tank, fuel dispenser and oil tank
vent pipe orifice to the suburb highway shall be determined according to urban road; that to the expressway, Class I and Class II
highway shall be determined according to the urban expressway and main trunk road; and that to the Class III and Class IV
highway shall be determined according to the urban secondary trunk road and branch road.
3 The safety clearance from the main entrances/exits of the important public buildings (including tunnel portals of railway,
subway and Class II or above highway) shall also not be less than 50m.
4 For the civil building with Grade I and II fire resistance, where the wall facing the fuel filling station is a solid wall
without door or window opening, the distance from the oil tank, fuel dispenser and vent pipe orifice to the civil building shall not
be less than 70% of the safety clearance specified in this table and shall not be less than 6m.
4.0.5 The safety clearance from the diesel-filling equipment in the fuel filling station and
than those specified in Table 4.0.5.
Table 4.0.5 Safety Clearance from Diesel-filling Equipment to Off-station Buildings (Structures) (m)
In-station diesel-filling equipment
Buried oil tank Fuel

Off-station buildings (structures) dispenser and
Grade III
Grade I station Grade II station vent pipe
station
orifice
Important public buildings 25 25 25 25
Open flame site or sparking site 12.5 12.5 10 10
Category I protection 6 6 6 6
Protection category of
Category II protection 6 6 6 6
civil buildings
Category III protection 6 6 6 6
Category A and B goods production plants and

12.5 11 9 9
warehouses as well as Category A and B liquid tanks
Category C, D and E goods production plants and

warehouses as well as Category C liquid tanks and
9 9 9 9
Category A and B buried liquid tanks with volume not
greater than 50m3
Outdoor substation and distribution station 15 15 15 15
Railway 15 15 15 15
Expressway and main

3 3 3 3
trunk road
Urban road
Secondary trunk road
3 3 3 3
and branch road
0.75 times the

pole (tower)
Overhead communication line and communication
height and shall 5 5 5
launching tower
not be less than
5m
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0.75 times the 0.75 times the
pole (tower) pole (tower)
Without insulating layer height and shall height and shall 6.5 6.5
not be less than not be less than
6.5m 6.5m
Overhead power line
0.5 times the
0.5 times the pole
pole (tower)
(tower) height and
With insulating layer height and shall 5 5
shall not be less
not be less than
than 5m
5m
4.0.6 The safety clearance from the LPG tanks in the LPG filling station and fuel and gas
combined filling station to the off-station buildings (structures) shall not be less than those
Table 4.0.6 Safety Clearance from LPG Tanks to Off-station Buildings (Structures) (m)
Overground LPG tank Buried LPG tank
Off-station buildings
Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade I Grade II Grade III
(structures)
station station station station station station
Important public buildings 100 100 100 100 100 100
Open flame site or sparking

site
45 38 33 30 25 18
Category I
Protection protection
category of Category II
35 28 22 20 16 14
civil protection
buildings Category III
25 22 18 15 13 11
protection
Category A and B goods

45 45 40 25 22 18
warehouses as well as Category
A and B liquid tanks
Category C, D and E goods

warehouses as well as Category
32 32 28 18 16 15
C liquid tanks and Category A
and B buried liquid tanks with
volume not greater than 50m3
12
Outdoor substation and
45 45 40 25 22 18
distribution station
Railway 45 45 45 22 22 22
Expressway
and main trunk 15 13 11 10 8 8
road
Urban road
Secondary
trunk road and 12 11 10 8 6 6
branch road
1.5 times
Overhead communication
the pole 0.75 times the pole (tower)
line and communication 1 times the pole (tower) height
(tower) height
launching tower
height
Without 1.5 times 1 times the pole (tower)

1.5 times the pole (tower) height
Overhead insulating layer the pole height
power line With (tower) 0.75 times the pole (tower)

1 times the pole (tower) height
insulating layer height height
3 The distance from the LPG tank to the entrance/exit or door/window of off-station Category I, II and III protection
basement shall be in accordance with the safety clearance of Category I, II and III protection in this table plus 50%.
4 For the civil building with Grade I and II fire resistance, where the wall facing the gas filling station is a solid wall
without door or window opening, the distance from the LPG tank to the civil building shall not be less than 70% of the safety
clearance specified in this table.
5 For the integrally fabricated gas filling station of overground LPG tank with a capacity less than or equal to 10m3, the
distance from the tank to the off-station buildings (structures) shall not be less than 80% of the safety clearance of the overground
tank in Grade III station in this table.
6 The distance from the LPG tank to the off-station independent civil building with a building area not exceeding 200m2
shall not be less than 80% of the safety clearance of Category III protection in this table, and shall not be less than the safety
clearance of Grade III station.
4.0.7 The safety clearance from the LPG unloading point, gas dispenser and bleeder orifice
in the LPG filling station and fuel and gas combined filling station to the off-station buildings
(structures) shall not be less than those specified in Table 4.0.7.
Table 4.0.7 Safety Clearance from LPG Unloading Point, Gas Dispenser and Bleeder Orifice to Off-station
Buildings (Structures) (m)
In-station LPG equipment
Off-station buildings (structures)
LPG unloading point Bleeder orifice Gas dispenser
Important public buildings 100 100 100
13
Open flame site or sparking site
25 18 18
Category I protection
Protection category
Category II protection 16 14 14
of civil buildings
Category III protection 13 11 11

warehouses as well as Category A and B liquid 22 20 20
tanks

warehouses as well as Category C liquid tanks
16 14 14
and Category A and B buried liquid tanks with
Outdoor substation and distribution station 22 20 20
Railway 22 22 22
Expressway and main

8 8 6
trunk road
Urban road
6 6 5
and branch road
Overhead communication line and

0.75 times the pole (tower) height
communication launching tower
Without insulating
Overhead power 1 times the pole (tower) height
layer
line
With insulating layer 0.75 times the pole (tower) height
3 The distance from the LPG unloading point, gas dispenser and bleeder orifice to the entrance/exit or door/window of
off-station Category I, II and III protection basement shall be in accordance with the safety clearance of Category I, II and III
protection in this table plus 50%.
without door or window opening, the distance from the in-station LPG equipment to the civil building shall not be less than 70%
of the safety clearance specified in this table.
5 The distance from the LPG unloading point, gas dispenser and bleeder orifice to the off-station independent civil
building with a building area not exceeding 200m2 shall not be less than 80% of the safety clearance of Category III protection in
this table, and shall not be less than 11m.
4.0.8 The safety clearance from the CNG process equipment in the CNG filling station and
than those specified in Table 4.0.8. The safety clearance from the portable equipment in CNG
filling station to the off-station buildings (structures) shall be in accordance with those
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Table 4.0.8 Safety Clearance from CNG Process Equipment to Off-station Buildings (Structures) (m)
In-station CNG process equipment
Storage well,
dispensing (bleeding)
equipment,
Off-station buildings (structures) Centralized bleeder
Storage bottle desulfurization and
orifice
dehydration equipment
and compressor
(room)
Important public buildings 50 30 30

30 25 20
Protection category
Category II protection 20 20 14
of civil buildings
Category III protection 18 15 12

warehouses as well as Category A and B liquid 25 25 18
tanks

18 18 13
Outdoor substation and distribution station 25 25 18
Railway 30 30 22
Expressway and main

12 10 6
trunk road
Urban road
10 8 5
and branch road
Overhead communication line and 1 times the pole 1 times the pole 1 times the pole
communication launching tower (tower) height (tower) height (tower) height
Without insulating 1.5 times the pole 1.5 times the pole
Overhead power layer (tower) height (tower) height 1 times the pole
line 1 times the pole 1 times the pole (tower) height
With insulating layer
(tower) height (tower) height
3 The safety clearance from the main entrances/exits of the important public buildings (including tunnel portals of railway,
subway and Class II or above highway) shall also not be less than 50m.
4 The fire separation from the fixed parking space of storage bottle trailer to the off-station buildings (structures) shall be
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determined according to the safety clearance of storage bottle in this table.
without door or window opening, the distance from the in-station CNG process equipment to the civil building shall not be less
than 70% of the safety clearance specified in this table.
4.0.9 The safety clearance from the LNG tank, bleeder orifice and LNG unloading point in
the gas filling station and fuel and gas combined filling station to the off-station buildings
(structures) shall not be less than those specified in Table 4.0.9. The safety clearance from the
portable equipment in LNG filling station to the off-station buildings (structures) shall be in
accordance with those specified in Table 4.0.9 of this code.
Table 4.0.9 Safety Clearance from LNG Equipment to Off-station Buildings (Structures) (m)
In-station LNG equipment
Overground LNG tank Bleeder

LNG
Off-station buildings (structures) orifice
Grade I Grade II Grade III unloading
and gas
station station station point
dispenser
Important public buildings 80 80 80 50 50

35 30 25 25 25
Protection category of
Category II protection 25 20 16 16 16
civil buildings
Category III protection 18 16 14 14 14

warehouses as well as Category A and B liquid 35 30 25 25 25
tanks

25 22 20 20 20
Outdoor substation and distribution station 40 35 30 30 30
Railway 8 60 50 50 50
Expressway and main

12 10 8 8 8
trunk road
Urban road
10 8 8 6 6
and branch road
1 times the
Overhead communication line and 0.75 times the pole (tower) 0.75 times the pole
pole (tower)
communication launching tower height (tower) height
height
Without insulating 1.5 times 1.5 times the pole (tower) 1 times the pole (tower)
Overhead power layer the pole height height
line (tower) 0.75 times the pole

With insulating layer 1 times the pole (tower) height
height (tower) height
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3 The distances from the buried LNG tank, underground LNG tank and semi-underground LNG tank to the off-station
buildings (structures) shall not be less than 50%, 70% and 80% of the safety clearance of overground LNG tank in this table
respectively, and the minimum value shall not be less than 6m.
without door or window opening, the distance from the in-station LNG equipment to the civil building shall not be less than 70%
of the safety clearance specified in this table.
5 The distance from the LNG tank, bleeder orifice, gas dispenser and LNG unloading point to the off-station independent
civil building with a building area not exceeding 200m2 shall not be less than 80% of the safety clearance of Category III
protection in this table.
4.0.10 In Table 4.0.4~Table 4.0.9 of this code, the start and end points for calculating the
clearance of equipment or buildings (structures) shall meet the requirements of Appendix A of
this code.
4.0.11 In Table 4.0.4~Table 4.0.9 of this code, the classification of protection category of
important public buildings and civil buildings shall meet the requirements of Appendix B of
this code.
4.0.12 In Table 4.0.4~Table 4.0.9 of this code, the definitions of "open flame site" and
"sparking site" and the classification of "Category A, B, C, D and E goods" and "Category A,
B and C fluid" shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code of
Design on Building Fire Protection and Prevention" GB 50016
4.0.13 The overhead power line shall not cross the operational area in the filling station. The
overhead communication line shall not cross the operational area in the gas filling station.
5 Station Layout
5.0.1 Vehicle entrance and exit shall be arranged separately.

5.0.2 Parking space and road in the station area shall meet the following requirements:
1 The width of the lane or parking space in the station shall be determined according to
the vehicle types. The width of single lane or single vehicle parking space in the primary
CNG filling station shall not be less than 4.5m; that of the dual lane or double vehicle parking
space shall not be less than 9m; that of lane or parking space, single lane or single vehicle
parking space in the filling station of other types shall not be less than 4m; and that of dual
lane or double vehicle parking space shall not be less than 6m.
2 The road turning radius in the station shall be determined according to the travelling
vehicle type, and should not be less than 9m.
3 The parking space in the station shall be of a horizontal slope; the road gradient shall
not be greater than 8% and should be oriented outside the station.
4 Parking space and road pavement in the operational area shall not adopt bituminous
pavement.
5.0.3 There shall be a boundary line mark between the operational area and the auxiliary
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service area.
5.0.4 In the fuel and gas combined filling station, the diesel tank should be arranged
between LPG tank, CNG storage bottles (group) or LNG tank and gasoline tank.
5.0.5 There shall be no "open flame site" or "sparking site" in the operational area.
5.0.6 The arrangement of diesel tail gas treatment liquid filling facilities shall meet the
following requirements:
1 The equipment not meeting the explosion-proof requirements shall be arranged
outside the explosion danger area, and shall not be less than 3m away from the boundary line
of the explosion danger area.
2 The equipment meeting the explosion-proof requirements may be treated as a fuel
dispenser during layout.
5.0.7 EV charging facilities shall be arranged in the auxiliary service area.
5.0.8 The transformer and distribution room or outdoor transformer of the filling station
shall be arranged outside the explosion danger area and shall not be less than 3m away from
the boundary line of the explosion danger area. The reference point of the transformer and
distribution room shall be the door and window opening.
5.0.9 The station house may be arranged in the operational area, but shall meet the
requirements of Article 12.2.10 of this code.
5.0.10 The buildings or facilities of non-station houses for operating catering, automobile
service, etc. arranged in the filling station shall not be arranged in the operational area, and
the fire separation from the combustible liquid or combustible gas equipment in the station
shall meet the requirements of Category III protection in Article 4.0.4~Article 4.0.9 of this
code. Where fired equipment is arranged in the facilities for operating catering, automobile
service, etc., such facilities shall be regarded as "open flame site" or "sparking site". Therein,
the coal-fired equipment arranged in the fuel filling station shall not be reduced distance
according to the condition arranged with vapor recovery system.
5.0.11 The explosion danger area in the filling station shall not exceed the station area
enclosure or the available property line.
5.0.12 An incombustible solid wall with height not less than 2.2m should be arranged
between the process equipment in the filling station and the off-station buildings (structures).
Where the distance from the process equipment in the filling station to the off-station
buildings (structures) is greater than 1.5 times the safety clearance specified in Tables
4.0.4~4.0.9 and greater than 25m, non-solid wall may be arranged. Non-solid wall or no
enclosure may be arranged on the side facing the vehicle access road.
5.0.13 The fire separation between the facilities in the filling station shall not be less than
those specified in Table 5.0.13-1 and Table 5.0.13-2.
5.0.14 In Table 5.0.13-1 and Table 5.0.13-2 of this code, the fire separation from the CNG
storage facility, fuel unloading point, LPC pump (house), LPG compressor (room), natural
gas compressor (room), natural gas pressure regulator (room), natural gas desulfurization and
dehydration equipment, fuel dispenser, LPG dispenser, CNG dispensing and bleeding
facilities, LNG unloading point, LNG immersed pump tank, LNG plunger pump,
underground pump room entrance, LNG dispenser or LNG gasifier to the station area
enclosure shall also meet the requirements of Article 5.0.11 of this code, and the start and end
points for calculating the clearance of equipment or buildings (structures) shall meet the
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requirements of Appendix A of this code.
5.0.15 The grade and range division of the explosion danger area in the filling station shall
meet the requirements of Appendix C of this code.
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Table 5.0.13-1 Fire Separation between Facilities in Station (m)
LPG tank
CNG
Gasoline Gasoline vent pipe Diesel vent Overground tank Buried tank
Name of facilities Diesel tank storage
pipe orifice pipe orifice Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade I Grade II Grade III
facility
Gasoline tank 0.5 0.5 — — × × × 6 4 3 6
Diesel tank 0.5 0.5 — — × × × 4 3 3 4
Gasoline vent pipe orifice — — — — × × × 8 6 6 8
Diesel vent pipe orifice — — — — × × × 6 4 4 6
Grade I
× × × × D × × × ×
station
Overground Grade II
× × × × D × × × ×
tank station
Grade III
× × × × D × × × ×
LPG station
tank Grade I
6 4 8 6 2 ×
station
Grade II
Buried tank 4 3 6 4 2 ×
station
Grade III
3 3 6 4 2 ×
station
CNG storage facility 6 4 8 6 × × × × × × 1.5(1)
CNG centralized bleeder orifice 6 4 6 4 × × × × × × —
Fuel unloading point — — 3 2 12 10 8 5 3 3 6
LPG unloading point 5 3.5 8 6 12/10 10/8 8/6 5 3 3 ×
LPG pump (house) and compressor 5 3.5 6 4 12/10 10/8 8/6 6 5 4 ×
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(room)
Natural gas compressor (room) 6 4 6 4 × × × × × × —
Natural gas pressure regulator (room) 6 4 6 4 × × × × × × —
Natural gas desulfurization and

5 3.5 5 3.5 × × × × × × —
dehydration equipment
Fuel dispenser — — — — 12/10 10/8 8/6 8 6 4 6
CNG Self-use
LPG pump Natural Natural gas Fire pump
CNG dispenser, coal-fired Self-use
Fuel LPG (house) Natural gas gas desulfurization house and Station
centralized Fuel LPG dispensing Station boiler room with
unloading unloading and compressor pressure and fire pool area
bleeder dispenser dispenser pole and house house and gas (fuel)
point point compressor (room) regulator dehydration water enclosure
orifice bleeding coal-fired equipment
(room) (room) equipment intake
pole kitchen
6 — 5 5 6 6 5 — 4 4 4 10 18.5 8 3
4 — 3.5 3.5 4 4 3.5 — 3 3 3 7 13 6 2
6 3 8 6 6 6 5 — 8 8 4 10 18.5 8 3
4 2 6 4 4 4 3.5 — 6 6 3.5 7 13 6 2
× 12 12/10 12/10 × × × 12/10 12/10 × 12/10 40/30 45 18/14 6
× 10 10/8 10/8 × × × 10/8 10/8 × 10/8 30/20 38 16/12 5
× 8 8/6 8/6 × × × 8/6 8/6 × 8 30/20 33 16/12 5
× 5 5 6 × × × 8 8 × 8 20 30 10 4
× 3 3 5 × × × 6 6 × 6 15 25 8 3
× 3 3 4 × × × 4 4 × 6 12 18 8 3
— 6 × × — — — 6 × — 5 25 14 3
— 6 × × — — — 6 × — 5 15 14 3
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6 — 4 4 6 6 5 — 4 4 5 10 15 8 —
× 4 — 5 × × × 6 5 × 6 8 25 12 3
× 4 5 — × × × 4 4 × 6 8 25 12 2
— 6 × × — — — 4 4 — 5 8 25 12 2
— 6 × × — — — 6 6 — 5 8 25 12 2
— 5 × × — — — 5 5 — 5 15 25 12 —
6 — 6 4 4 6 5 — 4 4 5 6 15(10) 8(6) —
Continued
LPG tank
CNG
Gasoline vent pipe Diesel vent Overground tank Buried tank
Name of facilities Gasoline pipe Diesel tank storage
orifice pipe orifice Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade I Grade II Grade III
facility
LPG dispenser 4 3 8 6 12/10 10/8 8/6 8 6 4 ×
CNG dispenser, dispensing

4 3 8 6 × × × × × × —
pole and bleeding pole
Station house 4 3 4 3.5 12/10 10/8 8 8 6 6 5
Fire pump house and fire

10 7 10 7 40/30 30/20 30/20 20 15 12
pool water intake
Self-use coal-fired boiler

house and coal-fired 18.5 13 18.5 13 45 38 33 30 25 18 25
kitchen
Self-use room with gas

8 6 8 6 18/14 16/12 16/12 10 8 8 14
(fuel) equipment
Station area enclosure 3 2 3 2 6 5 5 4 3 3 3
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CNG Self-use
LPG pump Natural Natural gas Fire pump
CNG dispenser, coal-fired Self-use
Fuel LPG (house) Natural gas gas desulfurization house and Station
centralized Fuel LPG dispensing Station boiler room with
unloading unloading and compressor pressure and fire pool area
bleeder dispenser dispenser pole and house house and gas (fuel)
point point compressor (room) regulator dehydration water enclosure
orifice bleeding coal-fired equipment
(room) (room) equipment intake
pole kitchen
× 4 5 4 4 6 5 4 — × 5.5 6 18 12 —
— 4 × × — — — 4 × — 5 6 18 12 —
5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 — — — — —
10 8 8 8 8 15 6 6 6 — — 12 — —
15 15 25 25 25 25 25 15(10) 18 18 — 12 — — —
14 8 12 12 12 12 12 8(6) 12 12 — — — — —
3 — 3 2 2 2 — — — — — — — — —
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Notes: 1 The data molecule in this table is the distance of LPG tank without fixed spraying device and the denominator is
the distance of LPG tank with fixed spraying device. D is the diameter of the larger tank adjacent to the overground LPG tank.
2 The values in the parentheses are the distances between storage wells and between diesel dispenser and self-use room
with coal-fired or gas (fuel) equipment.
3 The fire separation between the oil tank of the portable fuel device and the facilities in the station shall be in accordance
with the gasoline tank and diesel tank in this table plus 30%.
4 Where the oil unloading adopts the vapor recovery system, the distance from the gasoline vent pipe orifice to the station
area enclosure shall not be less than 2m.
5 The distance from the LPG tank bleeder orifice to the LPG tank is not limited, and the fire separation from other
facilities in the station may be determined according to the buried LPG tank of corresponding grade.
6 Where the LPG pump, compressor, natural gas compressor, pressure regulator, and natural gas desulfurization and
dehydration equipment are arranged outdoors or in open buildings, the reference point shall be the outer edge of equipment;
where LPG pump, compressor, natural gas compressor, and natural gas pressure regulator are arranged in a non-open room, the
reference point shall be the door or window opening of the building where such equipment is located.
7 For the integrally fabricated gas filling station of overground LPG tank with a capacity less than or equal to 10m3, the
fire separation from the tank to other facilities in the station shall not be less than 80% of the fire separation of the overground
tank in Grade III station in this table.
8 The fire separation from the portable equipment in CNG filling station to other facilities in the station shall be
determined according to the fire separation of corresponding equipment in this table.
9 The reference point of the station house or the room with fired equipment such as coal-fired or gas (fuel) equipment
shall be the door or window opening. Where a transformer and distribution room is arranged in the station house, the layout of
the transformer and distribution room shall meet the requirements of Article 5.0.8 of this code.
10 In this table, "—" represents no fire separation requirement, and "×" represents such facilities shall not be combined.
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Table 5.0.13-2 Fire Separation between Facilities in Station (m)
Natural gas bleeder
Gasoline tank Oil tank LNG tank CNG Fuel LNG Natural gas
orifice
Name of facilities and diesel vent pipe storage unloading unloading compressor
Grade I Grade II Grade III CNG LNG
tank orifice facility point point (room)
station station station system system
Gasoline tank and diesel tank * * 15 12 10 * * 6 * 6 *
Oil tank vent pipe orifice * * 12 10 8 8 * 6 * 8 *
Grade I station 15 12 2 6 5 — 12 5 6
LNG tank Grade II station 12 10 2 4 4 10 3 4
Grade III station 10 8 2 4 4 — 8 2 4
CNG storage facility * 8 6 4 4 * * 3 * 6 *
Natural gas bleeder CNG system * * 5 4 4 * — — * 4 *
orifice LNG system 6 6 — — — 3 — — 6 3 —
Fuel unloading point * * 12 10 8 * * 6 * 6 *
LNG unloading point 6 8 5 3 2 6 4 3 6 3
Natural gas compressor (room) * * 6 4 4 * * — * 3
Natural gas pressure regulator (room) * * 6 4 4 * * 3 * 3 *
Natural gas desulfurization and dehydration device * * 6 4 4 * * 4 * 6 *
Fuel dispenser * * 8 8 6 * * 6 * 6 *
CNG dispenser * * 8 6 4 * * 8 * 6 *
LNG dispenser 4 8 8 4 2 6 6 — 6 — 6
LNG immersed pump pool 6 8 — — — 6 4 — 6 — 6
LNG plunger pump 6 8 2 2 2 6 4 — 6 2 6
LNG high-pressure gasifier 5 5 6 4 3 3 — — 6 4 6
Station house * * 10 8 6 * * 8 * 6 *
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Fire pump house and fire pool water intake * * 20 15 15 * * 12 * 15 *
Room with gas (fuel) equipment * * 15 12 12 * * 12 * 12 *
Station area enclosure * * 6 5 4 * * 3 * 2 *
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Natural gas Fire pump
Natural gas LNG LNG Room with
pressure Fuel CNG LNG LNG plunger Station house and Station area
desulfurization and immersed high-pressure gas (fuel)
regulator dispenser dispenser dispenser pump house fire pool enclosure
dehydration device pump gasifier equipment
(room) water intake
* * * * 4 6 6 5 * * * *
* * * * 8 8 8 5 * * * *
6 6 8 8 8 — 2 6 10 20 15 6
4 4 8 6 4 — 2 4 8 15 12 5
4 4 6 4 2 — 2 3 6 15 12 4
* * * * 6 6 6 3 * * * *
* * * * 6 4 4 — * * * *
3 4 6 8 — — — — 8 12 12 3
* * * * 6 6 6 5 * * * *
3 6 6 6 — — 2 4 6 15 12 2
* * * * 6 6 6 6 * * * *
* * * 6 6 6 6 * * * *
* * * 6 6 6 6 * * * *
* * * * 2 6 6 6 * * * *
* * * * 2 6 6 5 * * * *
6 6 2 2 — 4 6 5 6 15 8 —
6 6 6 6 4 — 2 5 6 15 8 2
6 6 6 6 6 2 — 2 6 15 8 2
6 6 6 5 5 5 2 — 8 15 8 2
* * * * 6 6 6 8 * * * *
* * * * 15 15 15 15 * * * *
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* * * * 8 8 8 8 * * * *
* * * * — 2 2 2 * * * *
Notes: 1 The reference point of the station house or the room with fired equipment such as gas (fuel) equipment shall be the door or window opening.
2 In this table, "—" represents no fire separation requirement, and "×" represents the requirements of Table 5.0.13-1 shall be met.
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6 Fuel Filling Process and Facilities
6.1 Oil Tank
6.1.1 The gasoline tank and diesel tank (except the fire-proof and explosion-proof oil tank
arranged for portable fuel device) in the fuel filling station shall be buried, and must not be
arranged in a room or basement.
6.1.2 The oil tank in the filling station shall adopt the horizontal oil tank.
6.1.3 Where the buried oil tank needs to adopt the double-skin oil tank, the double-skin steel
oil tank, double-skin glass fiber reinforced plastics oil tank or inner steel and outer glass fiber
reinforced plastics oil tank may be adopted. Where the buried single-skin steel oil tank in the
existing fuel filling station is renovated to a double-skin oil tank, the materials such as glass
fiber reinforced plastics meeting the strength and antiseepage requirements may be adopted
for lining renovation.
6.1.4 The structural design of the tank shell of the single-skin steel oil tank and the inner
tanks of double-skin steel oil tank and inner steel and outer glass fiber reinforced plastics oil
tank may comply with the relevant requirements of the current professional standard
"Workshop Fabricated Steel Tanks-Part 1: Horizontal Cylindrical Single Skin and Double
Skin Tanks for the Underground Storage of Flammable and Non-flammable Water Polluting
Liquids" AQ 3020, and shall meet the following requirements:
1 The nominal thicknesses of the steel plates used for tank shell and end socket of the
steel oil tank shall not be less than those specified in Table 6.1.4.
Table 6.1.4 Nominal Thicknesses of Steel Plates Used for Tank Shell and End Socket of Steel Oil Tank
(mm)
Nominal Nominal thickness of tank shell and Nominal thickness of tank shell and
diameter of oil end socket of single-skin oil tank end socket of outer tank of
tank and inner tank of double-skin oil double-skin steel oil tank
(mm) tank
Tank shell End socket Tank shell End socket
800~1600 5 6 4 5
1601~2500 6 7 5 6
2501~3000 7 8 5 6
2 The design internal pressure of the steel oil tank shall not be less than 0.08MPa.
6.1.5 The inner and outer wall thickness of the double-skin glass fiber reinforced plastics oil
tank as well as the outer wall thickness of the inner steel and outer glass fiber reinforced
plastics oil tank shall not be less than 4mm.
6.1.6 The nonmetallic skin such as glass fiber reinforced plastics directly exposed to fuel in
the tank shall meet the requirements for fuel electrostatic charge elimination, and the surface
resistivity shall be less than 109Ω; where the surface resistivity fails to meet the requirements
less than 109Ω, the object which is capable of eliminating the fuel electrostatic charge shall be
installed in the tank. The object for eliminating fuel electrostatic charge may be the steel plate
immersed into the fuel, or the metal object such as steel inlet riser and outlet pipe, and the
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sum of the surface areas shall not be less than the calculated value of Formula (6.1.6). The
object for eliminating electrostatic charge in the tank shall be earthed, and the earthing
resistance shall meet the relevant requirements Section 11.2 of this code:
A=0.04Vt (6.1.6)
Where,
A——the sum of surface areas of metal objects immersed into the fuel (m2);
Vt——the tank volume (m3).
6.1.7 Through clearance meeting the leakage detection requirements shall be provided
between the inner and outer walls of the double-skin oil tank.
6.1.8 The double-skin steel oil tank, inner steel and outer glass fiber reinforced plastics oil
tank, and glass fiber reinforced plastics nonmetallic antiseepage lined double-skin oil tank
shall be arranged with leakage detection risers, and shall meet the following requirements:
1 The detection riser shall adopt the steel pipe; its diameter should be 80mm; and its
wall thickness should not be less than 4mm.
2 The detection riser shall be located on the longitudinal center line at the top of the oil
tank.
3 The bottom orifice of the detection riser shall be connected with the clearance
between the inner and outer walls of the oil tank, and the top orifice shall be arranged with a
dust cover.
4 The detection riser shall meet the requirements of manual detection and on-line
monitoring, and ensure that any leakage on the inner or outer wall of the oil tank can be
discovered.
6.1.9 The oil tank shall adopt the steel manhole cover.
6.1.10 Where the oil tank is arranged under the non-carriageway, the covering soil depth of
the tank top shall not be less than 0.5m; where the oil tank is arranged under the carriageway,
the tank top should not be less than 0.9m lower than the concrete pavement. Neutral sand or
fine soil shall be backfilled around the steel oil tank, and its thickness shall not be less than
0.3m; for the oil tank whose outer skin is of glass fiber reinforced plastics material, the
backfill shall meet the requirements of the product instructions.
6.1.11 Where the buried oil tank tends to float upward due to the action of underground
water or rainwater, the measures preventing oil tank floating shall be taken.
6.1.12 The manhole of the buried oil tank shall be arranged with an operation well. The
manhole well arranged under the carriageway shall adopt the dedicated sealed well cover and
well base under the fuel filling station carriageway.
6.1.13 The overflow prevention measures shall be taken for the oil tank during oil unloading.
When the fuel reaches 90% of the oil tank capacity, the high-level alarm device shall be
capable of being actuated; when the fuel reaches 95% of the oil tank capacity, the fuel filling
shall be capable of being stopped automatically.
6.1.14 For the filling station arranged with vapor recovery system, the oil tank in the station
shall be arranged with the liquid level monitoring system with a high-level alarm function.
The liquid level monitoring system of the single-skin oil tank shall also be possessed of a
leakage detection function, and its leakage detection resolution should not be greater than
0.8L/h.
6.1.15 For the external surface of the steel oil tank exposed to soil, the anticorrosion design
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shall meet the relevant requirements of the current professional standard "Technical
Specification for the Coating Anticorrosion of Equipment and Piping in Petrochemical
Industry" SH 3022 and the anticorrosion grade shall not be less than the strengthening grade.
6.2 Fuel Dispenser
6.2.1 The fuel dispenser shall not be arranged in the room.

6.2.2 The dispenser nozzle shall adopt the self-sealed type, and the flow of the gasoline
dispenser nozzle shall not be greater than 50L/min.
6.2.3 A safe-break valve should be arranged on the filling hose.
6.2.4 For the fuel dispenser which supplies oil at a positive pressure (immersed oil pump), a
shutoff valve shall be arranged on the bottom oil supply pipeline; where the fuel dispenser is
collided or fires, the shutoff valve shall be capable of automatically shutting down.
6.2.5 Where the fuel dispenser supplying several fuels is adopted, the position for placing
the nozzle on the fuel dispenser shall be marked with the literal identification of each fuel,
and the dispenser nozzle shall be provided with color identification.
6.2.6 A crash post (barrier) shall be arranged near the fuel dispenser at the end of the fuel
filling island, and its height shall not be less than 0.5m.
6.3 Process Pipeline System
6.3.1 The tank truck unloading must adopt the sealed unloading mode.
6.3.2 Each oil tank shall be separately arranged with oil unloading pipeline and oil
unloading interface. Each oil unloading interface and vapor recovery interface shall be
provided with obvious identifications.
6.3.3 The oil unloading interfaces shall be equipped with quick joints and sealed covers.
6.3.4 Where the vapor recovery system for gasoline unloading process is adopted in the fuel
filling station, its design shall meet the following requirements:
1 The unloading of the gasoline tank car to the oil tank in the station shall adopt the
balanced sealed vapor recovery system.
2 The gasoline tanks may share one unloading vapor recovery main whose nominal
diameter should not be less than 80mm.
3 The interface of the vapor recovery pipeline for unloading should adopt the
self-closed quick joint. Where the non-self-closed quick joint is adopted, a valve shall be
installed on the connecting pipeline close to the quick joint.
6.3.5 The fuel filling station should adopt the fuel filling process that the oil tank is installed
with an immersed oil pump which supplies to several fuel dispensers (nozzles); where the
self-priming fuel dispenser is adopted, each fuel dispenser shall be separately arranged with
an oil inlet pipe and a bottom valve in the tank according to the dispensing category.
6.3.6 Where the vapor recovery system for filling process is adopted in the fuel filling
station, its design shall meet the following requirements:
1 The vacuum auxiliary vapor recovery system shall be adopted.
2 The vapor recovery pipeline shall be arranged between the gasoline dispenser and the
oil tank; several gasoline dispensers may share one vapor recovery main whose nominal
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diameter shall not be less than 50mm.
3 The vapor recovery system for filling process shall be provided with the measures
preventing the vapor back flowing to the dispenser nozzle.
4 The fuel dispenser shall be provided with the vapor recovery function, and its vapor
liquid ratio should be set as 1.0~1.2.
5 A silk-connected tee joint for detecting liquid resistance and system leak tightness
shall be installed at the joint of the fuel dispenser bottom and the vapor recovery riser, and a
ball valve with a nominal diameter of 25mm and a plug shall be arranged on the bypass short
pipe of the tee joint.
6.3.7 The arrangement of the joint pipe of the oil tank shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The joint pipe shall be of metal material.
2 The joint pipe shall be arranged at the top of the oil tank, therein, the installation
opening of the oil inlet joint pipe, oil outlet joint pipe or immersed oil pump shall be arranged
on the manhole cover.
3 The oil inlet pipe shall extend into the tank 50mm~100mm away from the tank
bottom. The bottom of the oil inlet riser shall be a 45° oblique pipe orifice or a T-shaped pipe
orifice. There shall be no opening connected with the gaseous phase space of the oil tank in
the oil inlet pipe wall.
4 The oil inlet of the immersed oil pump in the tank or the bottom valve in the tank
leading to the self-priming fuel dispenser pipeline shall be 150mm~200mm higher than the
tank bottom.
5 The gauge hatch of the oil tank shall be equipped with a gauge cap with a lock. The
joint pipe at the lower part of the gauge hatch should extend downward into the tank 200mm
away from the tank bottom, and shall be provided with the technical measures making the
liquid level in the joint pipe consistent with that in the tank during the scaling.
6 The pipeline and equipment in the manhole well of the oil tank shall ensure the
detachability of the manhole cover of the oil tank.
7 The connection of the joint pipe on the manhole cover with the pipeline leading out
of the well should adopt the metal hose transition connection (including oil outlet pipe of
immersed oil pump).
6.3.8 The vent pipes of gasoline tank and diesel tank shall be arranged separately. The vent
pipe orifice shall not be less than 4m higher than the ground. For the vent pipes laid upward
along the walls (columns) of buildings (structures), the pipe orifices shall be 1.5m or more
than the top surface of the buildings (structures). The vent pipe orifices shall be equipped with
flame arresters.
6.3.9 The nominal diameter of the vent pipe shall not be less than 50mm.
6.3.10 Where the fuel filling station adopts the vapor recovery system, the vent pipe orifice
of the gasoline tank shall not only be equipped with flame arrester but also breather valve.
The working positive pressure of the breather valve should be 2kPa~3kPa, and the working
negative pressure should be 1.5kPa~2kPa.
6.3.11 The selection of the process pipeline in the fuel filling station shall meet the
1 The oil tank vent pipeline and the pipeline exposed above the ground shall adopt the
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seamless steel pipe meeting the current national standard "Seamless Steel Tubes for Liquid
Service" GB/T 8163.
2 Other pipelines shall adopt the seamless steel pipes for liquid service or
thermoplastic pipelines for fuel service. The adopted thermoplastic pipelines shall be provided
with quality certificates. The non-hydrocarbon vehicle fuel shall not adopt the thermoplastic
pipeline without electrostatic conductivity.
3 The nominal wall thickness of the seamless steel pipes shall not be less than 4mm
and the buried steel pipes shall be connected by welding.
4 The major structural layer of the thermoplastic pipeline shall be of imporous
polyethylene material and its wall thickness shall not be less than 4mm. The buried
thermoplastic pipelines shall adopt the electrofusion connection by the matched dedicated
connecting pipe fittings.
5 The bulk resistivity of the electrostatic conductive liner of the thermoplastic pipeline
with electrostatic conductivity shall be less than 108Ω·m, and the surface resistivity shall be
less than 1010Ω.
6 The dielectric breakdown strength of the major structural layer of the thermoplastic
pipeline without electrostatic conductivity shall be greater than 100kV.
7 The diesel tail gas treatment liquid filling equipment pipeline shall adopt the
austenitic stainless steel pipeline or other pipelines meeting the conveying of diesel tail gas
treatment liquid.
6.3.12 The unloading connecting hose and vapor recovery connecting hose of the tank truck
for unloading shall adopt the electrostatic conductive oil-resistant hose whose bulk resistivity
shall be less than 108Ω·m and the surface resistivity shall be less than 1010Ω, or the rubber
hose enclosed with metal wire (net).
6.3.13 All the process pipelines in the fuel filling station shall be buried except those must
be exposed above the ground. Where pipe trench laying is adopted, the pipe trench must be
filled and compacted with neutral sand or fine soil.
6.3.14 The oil unloading pipeline, vapor recovery pipeline for unloading, vapor recovery
pipeline for filling and horizontal oil tank vent pipe shall be exposed to the buried oil tank.
The gradient of the oil unloading pipeline shall not be less than 2‰, and that of the vapor
recovery pipeline for unloading, vapor recovery pipeline for filling and horizontal oil tank
vent pipe shall not be less than 1%.
6.3.15 If the gradient of the vapor recovery pipeline for filling exposed to the oil tank fails
to meet the requirements of Article 6.3.14 of this code due to the restriction of topography, a
liquid trap may be arranged at the position close to the oil tank, and the gradient of the
pipeline exposed to the liquid trap shall not be less than 1%.
6.3.16 The buried depth of the buried process pipeline shall not be less than 0.4m. For the
pipeline laid on concrete site or under the road, the pipeline top shall not be less than 0.2m
lower than the lower surface of the concrete layer. The neutral sand with a thickness not less
than 100mm or fine soil shall be backfilled around the pipeline.
6.3.17 Any process pipeline shall not penetrate or cross the buildings (structures) such as
station house having no direct relation with the pipeline; where the pipeline intersects with
pipe trench, cable trench or drainage ditch, the corresponding protective measures shall be
taken.
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6.3.18 The design and installation of the thermoplastic pipeline without electrostatic
conductivity shall not only comply with the relevant requirements of Article 6.3.1~Article
6.3.17 of this code, but also the following ones:
1 The flow rate of the fuel in the pipeline shall be less than 2.8m/s.
2 The incomplete buried parts of the pipeline in the manhole well, at the bottom slot of
fuel dispenser or at the oil unloading opening shall adopt the shortest installation length and
the minimum joints on the premise of meeting the pipeline connection requirements.
6.3.19 The anticorrosion design of the external surface of the buried steel pipeline shall
meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Specification for External
Corrosion Control for Steel Pipeline" GB/T 21447.
6.4 Portable Fuel Device
6.4.1 Explosion-proof equipment shall be installed in the oil tank fitted in the portable fuel
device. If the explosion-proof equipment adopts technology-separate and explosion-proof
equipment, the selection and installation of technology-separate and explosion-proof
equipment shall comply with the current professional standard "Technology-separate and
Explosion-proof of Auto Gasoline Gas Filling Portable Device" AQ 3002.
6.4.2 The portable fuel device shall adopt double-skin steel oil tank.
6.4.3 The gasoline-filling equipment of portable fuel device shall adopt the vapor recovery
system for gasoline unloading process and the vapor recovery system for filling process.
6.4.4 The double-walled oil tank shall adopt the detecting instrument or other facilities to
monitor the leakage occurring at the space between the inner and outer tanks and ensure that
any leakage on the inner and outer tanks can be discovered.
6.4.5 The gasoline tank of portable fuel device shall be arranged with sun-screen covers and
sheds or heat insulation measures.
6.4.6 The protective cofferdam shall be arranged around the portable fuel device. Effective
capacity in the protective cofferdam shall not be less than 50% of the total capacity of the
tank. The protective cofferdam shall be made of incombustible solid materials, and free from
leakage.
6.5 Seepage-proof Measures
6.5.1 Fuel seepage-proof measures shall be taken in the fuel filling station according to the
requirements of the relevant environmental protection standards of the nation or the relevant
environmental protection regulations and statutes of the government.
6.5.2 As for the fuel filling station where fuel seepage-proof measures are taken, one of the
following seepage-proof modes shall be adopted for its buried oil tank:
1 Single-layer oil tank arranged with seepage-proof tank pool;
2 Double-skin oil tank adopted.
6.5.3 The design of seepage-proof tank pool shall meet the following requirements:
1 The seepage-proof tank pool shall be subjected to integral pouring with
seepage-proof reinforced concrete and meet the relevant requirements of the current national
standard "Technical Code for Waterproofing of Underground Works" GB 50108.
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2 The seepage-proof tank pool shall be arranged with separation pool according to the
quantity of oil tanks. The oil tank shall not be more than two in one separation pool.
3 The wall top of seepage-proof tank pool shall be higher than the elevation of tank top
in the pool; the pool bottom should be 200mm lower than the design elevation of tank bottom;
the spacing between wall surface and tank wall shall not be less than 500mm.
4 The internal surface of seepage-proof tank pool shall be lined with glass fiber
reinforced plastics or other seepage-proof layers made of other materials.
5 The space in the seepage-proof tank pool shall be backfilled with neutral sand.
6 Measures that prevent rain, surface water and fuel leaked externally from seeping
into the pool shall be taken on the upper part of seepage-proof tank pool.
6.5.4 Each separation pool of the seepage-proof tank pool shall be arranged with detection
risers which shall be arranged according to the following requirements:
1 The detection riser shall be made of fuel-resistant and corrosion-resistant pipes; its
diameter should be 100mm; its wall thickness shall not be less than 4mm.
2 The lower end of detection riser shall be placed at the bottom of seepage-proof tank
pool; the pipe orifice at the upper part shall be 200mm higher than the design ground in the
tank area (except the oil tanks arranged under the lane).
3 The scope from the detection riser to the tank top elevation in the pool shall be the
filtering pipe segment which shall be able to allow the leaking liquid (fuel or water) on any
layer in the pool entering the detection pipe and prevent the sediment in.
4 Gravel with 10mm~30mm grain size shall be backfilled around the detection riser.
5 The detection opening shall be provided with the identifications and protective
covers that prevent rain, fuel stain and sundries in.
6.5.5 Corresponding seepage-proof measures shall be taken on the positions that fuel
leakage may occur, such as oil tank manhole operation well, fuel unloading opening well and
fuel dispenser bottom kerf equipped with fuel-immersed pump.
6.5.6 As for the fuel filling station with seepage-proof measures, the buried fuel filling
pipeline shall adopt the double-skin one. The design of double-skin pipeline shall meet the
1 The inner-layer pipe of double-skin pipeline shall meet the relevant requirements of
Section 6.3 of this Code.
2 Where the double-skin nonmetal pipeline is adopted, the outer-layer pipe shall meet
the requirements of fuel-resistance, corrosion-resistance and aging-resistance and system test
pressure.
3 Where the double-skin steel pipeline is adopted, the wall thickness of outer-layer
pipe shall not be less than 5mm.
4 Gap between inner-layer pipes and outer-layer pipes of the double-skin pipeline
system shall be connected.
5 The leakage detecting point shall be arranged at the lowest point of double-skin
pipeline system.
6 The gradient of leakage detecting point along slope aspect of double-skin pipeline
shall not be less than 5‰ and ensure that any leakage on the inner and outer pipes can be
discovered at the leakage detecting point.
7 The leakage detection of pipeline system should adopt online monitoring system.
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6.5.7 The leakage detection of double-skin oil tank and seepage-proof tank pool should
adopt online monitoring system. Where the liquid sensor is adopted for monitoring, the
detection accuracy of sensor shall not be greater than 3.5mm.
6.5.8 Where the oil tank and pipeline of the existing fuel filling station are required to be
renovated and reformed, the renovation and reformation shall meet the requirements of
Article 6.5.1~Article 6.5.7 of this Code.
6.6 Self Help Fuel Filling Station (Area)
6.6.1 The self help fuel filling station (area) shall be arranged with eye-catching "self help"
identifications at the entrance of fuel filling station and at fuel filling island; vehicle fuel
filling guidelines in the self help fuel filling station (area) shall be marked obviously.
6.6.2 The fuel category, mark number and safety caution shall be marked on the obvious
positions near the fuel filling island and fuel dispenser.
6.6.3 Gasoline and diesel filling functions should not be simultaneously arranged on the
same fuel filling parking space.
6.6.4 The self help fuel dispenser shall not only meet the requirements of Section 6.2 of this
Code, but also meet the following requirements:
1 Static charge releasing devices shall be arranged.
2 Self help fuel filling operation instructions shall be indicated.
3 Audio frequency prompting system shall be arranged to prompt the fuel variety, mark
number and operation instruction after the fuel truck nozzle is lifted.
4 The fuel truck nozzle shall be arranged with functions of stopping fuel filling
automatically when dropping.
5 The emergency stop switch shall be arranged.
6.6.5 The self help fuel filling station shall be arranged with video monitoring system which
shall cover the fuel filling area, fuel unloading area, manhole, cashier area, convenient store
and the like. The monitoring function of video equipment shall not be influenced due to the
shading of vehicles.
6.6.6 The Sales Office of self help fuel filling station shall be arranged with the monitoring
system which shall be possessed of the following monitoring functions:
1 The shop assistant may confirm the service conditions of each self help fuel
dispenser through the monitoring system.
2 The system may respectively control the fuel filling and stopping states of each self
help fuel dispenser.
3 The operation of all fuel dispensers may be stopped by starting "emergency
disconnecting switch" in the case of emergency situations.
4 The system may dialogue with the customer separately and guide the operation.
5 The system may broadcast the entire fuel filling site.
6.6.7 The self help fuel filling station operating gasoline business shall be arranged with the
vapor recovery system for filling process.
7 LPG Filling Process and Facilities
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7.1 LPG Tank
7.1.1 The design of LPG tank in the gas filling station shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The tank design shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard
"Steel Pressure Vessels" GB 150, "Steel Horizontal Vessels on Saddle Supports" JB 4731 and
"Supervision Regulations on Safety Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessels" TSGR 0004.
2 The design pressure of tank shall not be less than 1.78MPa.
3 Height of the connecting pipe at the liquid drain pipeline port of tank shall be
determined according to the requirements of the selected filling pump. Liquid feed pipeline
and liquid phase return pipeline should be connected to the vapor phase space in the tank.
7.1.2 Arrangement of the closing valves at the root of tank shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Check valves shall be arranged on the liquid feed pipe, liquid phase return pipe and
vapor phase return pipe of tank.
2 Restrictor valves should be arranged on the liquid drain pipe and vapor phase balance
pipe for unloading.
7.1.3 Arrangement of the pipeline system and auxiliary equipment of tank shall meet the
1 The tank must be equipped with fully-started sealed spring safety valves. The
pipeline between safety valve and tank shall be equipped with shutoff valves which shall be in
the lead-seal open state under the normal operation. Bleeder orifice of the overground tank
shall be 2m or above higher than the operating platform of tank and 5m or above higher than
the ground. Bleeder orifice of the underground tank shall be 5m or above higher than the
ground. The bleeder orifice shall be vertically upward and equipped with blow-down pipes at
the bottom.
2 The design pressure of pipeline system shall not be less than 2.5MPa.
3 The blow-down pipes outside of the tank shall be equipped with two shutoff valves,
and blow-down tanks should be arranged between the valves. In the cold and severe cold area,
the root pipeline of blow-down pipes led from the bottom of tank shall be installed with heat
tracing or insulating devices.
4 As for the liquid drain pipeline and blow-down pipeline not equipped with control
valves in the tank, the leakage stopping devices shall be arranged at the first streak of flanges
of the tank.
5 The tank shall be arranged with the bleeder for overhaul, whose nominal diameter
shall not be less than 10mm and should share one opening with the connecting pipe of safety
valve.
6 The closing flow of restrictor valve should be 1.6~1.8 times the maximum working
flow.
7.1.4 Arrangement of the measuring instrument of LPG tank shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The tank must be equipped with local-indication liquid level meter, pressure gauge,
thermometer, and upper and lower liquid level limit alarm devices.
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2 The tank should be equipped with the upper liquid level limit control and upper
pressure limit alarm devices.
3 In the LPG filling station or combined filling station of Grade I and II, the remote
monitoring system should be arranged for measuring the liquid level and pressure of tank.
7.1.5 LPG tank must not be arranged in the room or basement. In the fuel and gas combined
filling station and gas filling station in the urban built-up area, LPG tank shall be arranged
underground and shall not be arranged under the running lane.
7.1.6 Arrangement of the overground LNG tank shall meet the following requirements:
1 The tank shall be arranged in a centralized way in single row; the clear distance
between tanks shall not be less than the diameter of the adjacent larger tank.
2 1m-high safety dike shall be arranged around the tank group; the clear distance
between the dike foot line in the safety dike and the tank wall shall not be less than 2m.
3 The tank shall adopt reinforced concrete support whose fire endurance shall not be
less than 5h.
7.1.7 Arrangement of the buried LPG tank shall meet the following requirements:
1 Distance between tanks shall not be less than 2m; tanks shall be separated with
impervious concrete.
2 As for the underground LPG tank directly covered with soil, the covering soil depth
at the tank top shall not be less than 0.5m; the neutral fine sand shall be backfilled around the
tank and the sand thickness shall not be less than 0.5m.
3 LPG tank shall adopt anti-floating measures.
7.1.8 Where the underground tank pool is adopted for the buried LPG tank, the following
requirements shall be met:
1 The clear distance between the inner wall and tank wall of tank pool shall not be less
than 1m.
2 Seepage-proof measures shall be taken at the bottom and side wall of tank pool
which shall be filled with neutral fine sand or sandbag.
3 The covering thickness (including coverplate) at the tank top shall not be less than
0.5m, and the filling thickness around shall not be less than 0.9m.
4 The drainage ditch shall be arranged at one side of the pool bottom, and the pool
bottom gradient should be 3‰.Electrical equipment in the pumping well shall meet the
explosion-proof requirements.
7.1.9 Aspect of the tank shall be toward the pollution discharge end, and the gradient shall
be 3‰~5‰.
7.1.10 The anti-corrosion design of the external surface of buried LPG tank shall meet the
relevant requirements of the current professional standard "Technical Specification for the
Coating Anticorrosion of Equipment and Piping in Petrochemical Industry" SH 3022 and the
top grade of anti-corrosion insulation protective layer shall be adopted, and cathodic
protection measures shall be taken simultaneously. The insulating flange shall be installed
behind the valves at the root of LPG tank.
7.2 Pump and Compressor
7.2.1 The unloading pump should be selected for unloading LPG; where the total volume of
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LPG tank is greater than 30m3, LPG compressor may be selected for unloading; where the
total volume of LPG tank is less than or equal to 45m3, the unloading pump on LPG tank car
may be adopted for unloading, which should be powered from the station.
7.2.2 The filling pump shall be selected for filling gas to the gaseous automobile. The
calculated flow of filling pump shall be determined according to the quantity of the dispenser
nozzle it supplies.
7.2.3 Flow of the unloading pump arranged in the gas filling station should not be less than
300 L/min.
7.2.4 Pumps and compressors arranged on the ground shall be arranged with sun-screen
covers and sheds or pump houses (compressor room).
7.2.5 Where the liquid drain pipe of LPG tank is arranged at the bottom of tank shell, the
design of pipeline system of filling pump shall meet the following requirements:
1 Not shorter than 0.3m flexible pipes shall be installed at the inlet and outlet of pump
and other vibration-proof measures shall be taken.
2 As for the liquid phase pipeline led from the tank to the pump inlet, the aspect shall
be toward the pump inlet, and it shall be free from any position trapping gas.
3 Return valve, check valve and pressure gauge shall be installed on the outlet pipeline
of pump.
7.2.6 Where the liquid drain pipe of LPG tank is arranged at the top of tank shell, the design
of pipeline system of the suction pump shall meet the requirements of Items 1 and 3 in Article
7.2.5 of this Code.
7.2.7 The design of pipeline system of the immersed pump shall meet the requirements of
Item 3 in Article 7.2.5 of this Code and shutoff valves and restrictor valves should also be
arranged at the lower part of pump cylinder where the immersed pump is installed. Shutoff
valves shall be able to be operated at the tank top.
7.2.8 The immersed pump should be equipped with over-temperature automatic stopping
pump protection device. It shall automatically cut off the power supply when the operating
temperature of motor reaches 45℃.
7.2.9 Arrangement of inlet and outlet pipeline valves and accessories of LPG compressor
shall meet the following requirements:
1 The inlet pipeline shall be arranged with filter.
2 The outlet pipeline shall be arranged with check valve and safety valve.
3 The bypass valve shall be arranged between the inlet pipeline and vapor phase of the
tank.
7.3 LPG Dispenser
7.3.1 The gas dispenser shall not be arranged in the room.

7.3.2 Quantity of the gas dispenser shall be determined according to the quantity of gas
filling automobiles. The gas filling time of each automobile may be calculated according to
3~5min.
7.3.3 The gas dispenser shall be possessed of filling and metering functions, and its
technical requirements shall meet the following requirements:
1 The design pressure of gas filling system shall not be less than 2.5MPa.
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2 The flow of dispenser nozzle shall not be greater than 60 L/min.
3 The gas filling hose shall be arranged with safe-break valve whose separation tension
should be 400N~600N.
4 The metering accuracy of gas dispenser shall not be less than Grade 1.0.
5 The gas filling nozzle on dispenser nozzle shall match with the gas receiving port of
automobile-mounted LPG liquid storage bottle. The gas filling nozzle shall be equipped with
self-sealing valve whose liquid leakage rate shall not be greater than 5mL after its connection
is dismantled.
7.3.4 The liquid phase pipeline of gas dispenser should be equipped with emergency shutoff
valve or restrictor valve. The emergency shutoff valve and restrictor valve shall meet the
1 Where the gas dispenser is bumped, the arranged emergency stop valve shall be able
to automatically close.
2 The closing flow of restrictor valve should be 1.6~1.8 times the maximum working
flow.
3 Pipelines of emergency shutoff valve or restrictor valve connected to the filling pump
must be firm. Where the gas dispenser is bumped, this pipeline system shall not be damaged.
7.3.5 Impact protection columns (fences) shall be arranged near the gas dispenser, and their
heights shall not be less than 0.5m.
7.4 LPG Pipeline System
7.4.1 LPG pipeline shall adopt No.10 or 20 steel or the seamless steel pipes with the same
performance of materials, its technical performance shall meet the requirements of the current
national standard "Seamless Steel Tubes for Liquid Service" GB / T 8163.Materials of pipe
fittings shall be the same as those of pipes.
7.4.2 Valves on the pipeline and other metal accessories should be carbon steel materials.
7.4.3 The design pressure of LPG piping components shall not be less than 2.5MPa.
7.4.4 Pipes and pipes or pipe fittings shall be connected by welding.
7.4.5 Pipeline and tank, container, equipment or valve should be connected by flange.
7.4.6 The pipeline system shall adopt the high-pressure rubber hose wound by the
LPG-corrosion-resistant steel wires, and the pressure grade shall not be less than 6.4MPa.
7.4.7 LPG pipeline should be laid underground. Where trench laying is required, the trench
shall be compacted with neutral sand.
7.4.8 The buried pipeline shall be buried under the soil frost line, and the covering soil
depth (from pipe top to road surface) shall not be less than 0.8m. The pipeline should be
equipped with sleeve where it passes the running lane.
7.4.9 The anti-corrosion design of buried pipeline shall meet the relevant requirements of
the current national standard "Specification for External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipeline"
GB / T 21447.
7.4.10 The flow rate of LPG liquid in the pipeline should not be greater than 1.2 m/s in front
of the pump and shall not be greater than 3m/s behind the pump; the flow rate of LPG gas in
the pipeline should not be greater than 12 m/s.
7.4.11 The emergency shutoff valve shall be arranged on the liquid drain pipeline of LPG
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tank and the liquid phase pipeline connecting the tank car.
7.5 Unloading Point of Tank Car
7.5.1 The safe-break valve shall be arranged on the liquid phase pipeline and gas phase
pipeline connecting the LPG tank car.
7.5.2 The separation tension of safe-break valve should be 400N~600N; the distance
between shut-off valve and joint shall not be greater than 0.2m.
7.5.3 Filter shall be arranged on the inlet pipeline of LPG tank or unloading pump. The flow
area of filter screen shall not be less than 5 times the pipeline section area and be able to block
the solid impurities with grain size greater than 0.2mm.
8 CNG Filling Process and Facility
8.1 Process and Facility of CNG Normal Filling Station and Primary Filling Station
8.1.1 The natural gas inlet pipeline should be taken with pressure regulation or limitation
measures. Where the natural gas inlet pipeline is set with pressure regulator, the pressure
regulator shall be set behind the emergency shutoff valve on incoming natural gas pipeline.
8.1.2 The metering device shall be arranged on the natural gas inlet pipeline. The metering
accuracy shall not be less than Grade 1.0.The reference states of volumetric flow metering
shall be: pressure: 101.325kPa; temperature: 20℃.
8.1.3 Where the hydrogen sulfide content of incoming natural gas not meet those specified
in the current national standard "Compressed Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel" GB 18047, and the
desulfurization treatment shall be conducted in station. The design of the desulfurization
system shall meet the following requirements:
1 The desulfurization shall be carried out prior to the pressurization of natural gas.
2 The desulfurization equipment shall be installed in the open air.
3 The desulfurization system should be arranged with standby desulfurizing tower.
4 The desulfurization equipment should adopt with the solid desulphurizer.
5 The process pipeline in front of and behind the desulfurizing tower shall be arranged
with sampling nozzles for detecting the hydrogen sulfide content or be set with the hydrogen
sulfide content online detection analyzer.
8.1.4 Where the water content of incoming natural gas does not meet those specified in the
current national standard "Compressed Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel" GB 18047, the
dehydration treatment shall be conducted in station. The design of the dehydration system
1 The dehydration system should be arranged with standby dehydration equipment.
2 The dehydration equipment should adopt the solid adsorbent.
3 Leaking point detector shall be arranged on the outlet pipeline of dehydration
equipment.
8.1.5 The natural gas entering into the compressor shall not contain free water, the quality
indexes, like dust content and fine dust diameter, shall meet the relevant requirements of the
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selected compressor.
8.1.6 The gas discharge pressure of compressor shall not be greater than 25.0MPa (gauge
pressure).
8.1.7 The compressor unit shall be installed with separating buffer tank in front of its inlet
and should be installed with exhaust buffer tank behind its outlet. The design of buffer tank
1 The separating buffer tank shall be installed on the intake manifold or separately at
the inlet position of each unit.
2 Condensed liquid trapping and separating structures shall be arranged in the
separating buffer tank.
3 The unit exhaust buffer tank should be arranged behind the exhaust and
fuel-removing filter of unit.
4 The retention time of natural gas in the buffer tank should not be less than 10s.
5 The separating buffer tank and the exhaust buffer tank with volume greater than
0.3m3 shall be arranged with pressure indicating instrument and liquid level meter, and shall
be provided with over-pressure safety relief measures.
8.1.8 Where the air suction and exhaust pipeline of compressor unit are arranged, the
adverse impact of vibration on the pipeline systems, compressors, buildings and structures
shall be avoided.
8.1.9 Natural gas compressors should be arranged in single row; the width of main passage
in the compressor room should not be less than 2m.
8.1.10 Operation and management of the compressor unit should be controlled centralizedly
by computer.
8.1.11 Unloading exhaust of the compressor shall not be spread outward, but should be
recycled to the separating buffer tank.
8.1.12 The condensed fluid exhausted from the compressor unit shall be processed in a
centralized mode.
8.1.13 The rated working pressure of fixed gas storage facility shall be 25MPa; the design
temperature shall meet the requirements of ambient temperature.
8.1.14 The fixed gas storage facility arranged in the CNG filling station shall select gas
storage bottle or gas storage well.
8.1.15 Fixed gas storage bottles (groups) should adopt the large-volume storage bottle of the
same specification and model, and shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national
standard "Steel Cylinders for the Storage of Compressed Natural Gas" GB 19158.
8.1.16 The storage bottle (group) shall be fixed on the independent support and the
overground storage bottle (group) should be placed horizontally.
8.1.17 The fixed storage facility shall be taken with hydrops-collecting treatment measures.
8.1.18 The gas storage well should not be built at the geological landsliding zone and karst
cave.
8.1.19 The design fatigue times of the gas storage well proper shall not be less than 25×104
times.
8.1.20 The engineering design and construction of gas storage well shall meet the national
laws and regulations and the current professional standard "The Underground Storage Well
for High-compression Gas" SY/T 6535 and the requirements of other relevant standards. The
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gas storage well opening shall be convenient for inspection.
8.1.21 Arrangement of the CNG filling (unloading) facility shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The gas filling (unloading) facility shall not be arranged in the room.
2 The rated working pressure of gas filling (unloading) facility shall be 20MPa.
3 The flow of gas dispenser shall not be greater than 0.25m3/min (operating state).
4 The flow of dispensing (bleeding) pole shall not be greater than 0.5m3/min (operating
state).
5 Hoses of gas filling (unloading) nozzle shall be equipped with safe-break valves.
Separation tension of gas dispenser safe-break valve should be 400N~600N; separation
tension of dispensing (bleeding) pole should be 600N~900N.Length of the hose shall not be
greater than 6m.
6 The gas filling (unloading) facility shall meet the requirements of working
temperature.
8.1.22 The pipeline joint end of storage bottle (group) shouldn't be toward the office area,
gas filling island and the adjacent off-station buildings. If such situation cannot be avoided,
the reinforced concrete solid partition wall with the thickness not less than 200mm shall be
arranged between the pipeline joint end of storage bottle (group) and the office area, the gas
filling island and the adjacent off-station buildings, and the partition wall shall also meet the
1 As for the partition wall arranged between the pipeline joint end of the fixed storage
bottle (group) and the office area, the gas filling island and the adjacent off-station buildings,
its height shall be 1m or above higher than the storage bottle (group) top and its length shall
be 2m or above plus the width at both ends of the storage bottle (group).
2 As for the partition wall arranged between the pipeline joint end of the
vehicle-mounted storage bottle group and the office area, the gas filling island and the
adjacent off-station buildings, its height shall be 1m or above higher than that of trailer of the
storage bottle group and its length shall not be less than 1m or above plus the trailer width at
both ends.
3 The partition wall arranged between the pipeline joint end of storage bottle (group)
and the off-station buildings may serve as a part of the station area enclosure.
8.1.23 The metering accuracy of the gas filling facility shall not be less than Grade 1.0.
8.2 Process Facility of Secondary CNG Filling Station
8.2.1 The secondary CNG filling station may adopt such gas filling process as compressor
pressurization and hydraulic equipment pressurization.
8.2.2 As for the secondary CNG filling station adopting hydraulic equipment pressurization
process, the hydraulic equipment shall not adopt Category A or Category B combustible
liquid, and the operating temperature of liquid shall be at least 5℃ lower than the liquid flash
point.
8.2.3 Hydraulic facility of the secondary GNG filling station shall adopt the explosion-proof
electrical equipment; the spacing between hydraulic equipment and other facilities in the
station may not be limited.
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8.2.4 Arrangement of the storage facility, compressor, gas dispenser and bleeding pole of
secondary CNG filling station shall meet the relevant requirements of Section 8.1 of this
Code.
8.2.5 The pipeline joint end of storage bottle (group) shouldn't be toward the office area, gas
filling island and the adjacent off-station buildings. If such situation cannot be avoided, the
arrangement shall meet the requirements of Article 8.1.21 of this Code.
8.3 Safety Protection of CNG Process Facility
8.3.1 The emergency shutoff valve shall be arranged on the natural gas inlet pipeline. The
position of emergency shutoff valve that can be manually operated shall be convenient for
shutting off the gas supply when accident occurs.
8.3.2 Shutoff valves used for shutting off the gas supply shall be arranged in segments for
each work section, such as metering for pressure regulation, pressurization, storage and gas
filling of the natural gas in the station.
8.3.3 The main shutoff valve shall be arranged on the main pipe between the storage bottle
(group), storage well and gas dispenser or dispensing pole. Shutoff valves shall be arranged at
the outlet of each storage bottle (well).
8.3.4 Safety valves, emergency bleeders, pressure gauges and over-pressure alarms shall be
arranged on the intake manifold of storage bottle (group) and storage well. Vehicle-mounted
storage bottles group shall be arranged with the safety precautions matching with the process
safety facilities in the station, but may not be equipped with over-pressure alarms.
8.3.5 Where the design pressures of all-level pipelines and equipment in the gas filling
station are less than the maximum pressure that the gas-incoming can reach, safety valves
shall be arranged. Arrangement of the safety valves shall meet the relevant requirements of
the current professional standard "Supervision Regulation on Safety Technology for
Stationary Pressure Vessel" TSG R 0004.The constant pressure P0 of safety valves shall not
only meet the relevant requirements of "Supervision Regulation on Safety Technology for
Stationary Pressure Vessel" TSGR 0004, but also meet the following requirements:
1 When Pw≤1.8MPa:
P0=Pw+0.18 (8.3.5-1)
Where,
P0——the constant pressure of safety valves, MPa.
Pw——the maximum working pressure of equipment, MPa.
2 When 1.8MPa<Pw≤4.0MPa:
P0=1.1Pw
(8.3.5-2)
P0=Pw+0.4 (8.3.5-3)
P0=1.05Pw (8.3.5-4)
8.3.6 The design pressure of all equipment and piping components in the gas filling station
shall be greater than 10% or above of the maximum working pressure, and shall not be less
than the constant pressure of safety valves.
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8.3.7 Natural gas pipelines and storage bottles (groups) in the gas filling station shall be
equipped with pressure bleeding and emptying facilities which shall be provided with
anti-fouling and anti-freezing measures. Gas-bleeding shall meet the following requirements:
1 The high-pressure gas whose primary bleeding capacity is greater than 500m3
(reference state) shall be rapidly exhausted through bleeder.
2 The high-pressure gas whose primary bleeding capacity is greater than 2m3
(reference state) and the bleeding is conducted more than 2~3 times per hour shall be
exhausted with the special recovery tank.
3 The gas whose primary bleeding capacity is less than 2m3 (reference state) may be
exhausted to the atmosphere.
8.3.8 Arrangement of the natural gas bleeder of gas filling station shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Bleeders of the system of different pressure grades should be respectively arranged.
2 The bleeder orifice shall be 2m or above higher than the equipment platform and 5m
or above higher than the ground.
3 The bleeder shall be straight up.
8.3.9 Safety protection for the operation of compressor unit shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The safety valve shall be arranged between the compressor outlet and the first shutoff
valve, the bleeding capacity of the safety valve shall not be less than the safety bleeding
capacity of compressor.
2 The inlet and outlet of compressor shall be installed with high pressure and low
pressure alarms as well as high-pressure ultralimit shutdown devices.
3 The cooling system of compressor unit shall be installed with temperature alarms and
shutdown devices.
4 The lubricating oil system of compressor unit shall be installed with low-pressure
alarms and shutdown devices.
8.3.10 As for the equipment and pipeline in CNG filling station, pressure measuring points
shall be set where the pressure shall be indicated after pressurization, transportation, storage,
buffering or relatively large resistance loss, and safety gas bleeding holes for the pressure
bleeding of high-pressure gas after the pressure gauge is dismantled shall be arranged. The
range span of pressure gauge should be 1.5~2 times the working pressure.
8.3.11 The impact protection pole (column) with the height not less than 0.5m shall be
arranged at the following positions in CNG filling station:
1 The side of fixed storage bottles (groups) or gas storage wells adjacent to the
automobile passage in the station.
2 The side that automobiles of the gas dispenser, dispensing pole and bleeding pole
pass.
8.3.12 Impact protection accident automatic shutoff valves should be arranged on the gas
inlet pipeline of CNG dispenser and dispensing pole.
8.4 CNG Pipeline and Components
8.4.1 The natural gas pipeline shall adopt seamless steel pipes. The natural gas pipeline
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whose design pressure is less than 4MPa shall meet the relevant requirements of the current
national standard "Seamless Steel Tubes for Liquid Service" GB/T 8163; the natural gas
pipeline whose design pressure is equal to or greater than 4MPa shall meet the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes for Fluid
Transport" GB/T 14976 or "Seamless Steel Tubes and Pipes for High Pressure Boiler" GB
5310.
8.4.2 Materials of all the equipment and piping components contacting the natural gas in the
gas filling station shall match with the natural gas medium.
8.4.3 The high pressure natural gas pipeline in the station should adopt welded connection,
and the pipeline and equipment, valve may adopt the flange, cutting-sleeve and taper pipe
thread connection.
8.4.4 The natural gas pipeline should be laid underground or by filling sand in the pipe
trench, and where it is laid underground, its pipe top shall not be less than 0.5m away from
the ground. The natural gas pipeline should be laid below the frost line in the frozen area. The
indoor pipeline should adopt trench laying, and the trench shall be filled with neutral sand.
8.4.5 The anti-corrosion design of buried pipeline shall meet the relevant requirements of
the current national standard "Specification for External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipeline"
GB/T 21447.
9 LNG and L-CNG Filling Process and Facilities
9.1 LNG Tank, Pump and Gasifier
9.1.1 Design of the LNG tank in the gas filling station and fuel and gas combined filling
station shall meet the following requirements:
1 The tank design shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standards
"Steel Pressure Vessels" GB 150, "Cryo-insulation Pressure Vessels" GB 18442 and
"Supervision Regulation on Safety Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessel" TSGR 0004.
2 The design temperature of inner cylinder of tank shall not be higher than -196℃, and
the design pressure shall meet the requirements of the following formula:
1) When Pw<0.9MPa:
Pd≥Pw+0.18MPa (9.1.1-1)
2) When Pw≥0.9MPa:
Pd≥1.2Pw (9.1.1-2)
Where,
Pd——the design pressure, MPa.
Pw——the maximum working pressure of equipment, MPa.
3 The insulating layer shall be arranged between the inner tank and outer tank, and the
insulating layer shall match with LNG and natural gas and shall be noncombustible material.
If the external ignition of the outer tank occurs, the insulating performance of insulating layer
shall not be reduced obviously.
9.1.2 Various LNG filling stations and fuel and gas combined filling stations in the civic
center area shall adopt buried LNG tank, underground or semi-underground LNG tanks.
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9.1.3 Arrangement of the equipment, such as overground LNG tank shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The clear distance between LNG tanks shall not be less than 1/2 diameter of the
adjacent relatively large tank and shall not be less than 2m.
2 Safety dike shall be arranged around the LNG tank group. Effective capacity in the
safety dike shall not be less than the capacity of one of the largest LNG tank. The ground in
the safety dike shall at least be 0.1m lower than the surrounding ground; the top surface of
safety dike shall at least be 0.8m higher than the ground in the dike, and 0.4m higher than the
ground outside of the dike. The clear distance between the dike foot line in the safety dike and
the outer wall of LNG tank shall not be less than 2m. The safety dike shall be made of
incombustible solid materials, able to bear the static pressure of the liquid in it and the
influence of temperature change, and free from leakage. The rain drainage outlet of safety
dike shall be arranged with blocking measures.
3 Other combustible liquid tanks, CNG storage bottle (group) or gas storage well shall
not be arranged in the safety dike. The non-open fire gasifier and LNG pump may be arranged
in the safety dike.
9.1.4 The arrangement of underground or semi-underground LNG tanks shall meet the
1 The tank should adopt horizontal type.
2 The tank shall be installed in the tank pool. The tank pool shall be incombustible
solid protective structure, able to bear the static pressure of the liquid in it and the influence of
temperature change, and free from leakage.
3 The distance from the outer wall of tank to the inner wall of tank pool shall not be
less than 1m, and to the tank in the pool shall not be less than 1.5m.
4 Where the tank pool is greater than or equal to 2m deep, the pool wall top shall be at
least 1m higher than the ground outside of the tank pool.
5 The tank pool top of semi-underground LNG tank shall be at least 0.2m higher than
the tank top.
6 The tank shall adopt anti-floating measures.
7 The open covering and shedding may be arranged over the tank pool.
9.1.5 The fire endurance of the tank foundation shall not be less than 3h.
9.1.6 The arrangement of LNG tank valve shall meet the following requirements:
1 The tank shall be equipped with fully-started sealed safety valves which shall not be
less than 2, thereof one is for standby use. The arrangement of safety valves shall meet the
relevant requirements of the current national standard "Supervision Regulation on Safety
Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessel" TSGR 0004.
2 The shutoff valve shall be arranged between safety valve and tank, and the shutoff
valve shall be in the lead-seal open state under the normal operation.
3 Remote-operated emergency shutoff valves shall be arranged on LNG pipeline
connected to LNG tank.
4 The remote-operated blow-off control valve shall be arranged on the pipeline
connected to the gas phase space of tank.
5 Root valves of the liquid phase pipeline of LNG tank and the tank shall adopt
welding connection; valve body materials shall be appropriate to the pipe materials.
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9.1.7 The arrangement of instruments of LNG tank shall meet the following requirements:
1 LNG tank shall be arranged with liquid level meter and high liquid level alarm. The
high liquid level alarm shall interlock with the emergency shutoff valve of liquid inlet
pipeline.
2 Pressure gauges shall be arranged on the positions above the maximum liquid level
of LNG tank.
3 Instruments or detection interfaces for detecting the absolute pressure of annular
space shall be arranged between the inner tanks and outer tanks.
4 The liquid level meter and pressure gauge shall be capable of local indication;
detection signals shall be transmitted to the control room for centralized display.
9.1.8 The immersed pump used for LNG filling automobile system should be installed in
the pump pool. The design of immersed pump tank shall meet the requirements of Article
9.1.1 of this Code. The arrangement of the pipeline system and auxiliary equipment of LNG
immersed pump tank shall meet the following requirements:
1 Height difference between bottom (outer wall) of LNG tank and top (outer wall) of
immersed pump tank shall meet the performance requirements of LNG immersed pump.
2 The gas return pipeline of immersed pump tank should be connected with the gas
phase pipeline of LNG tank.
3 The immersed pump tank shall be arranged with instruments detecting temperature
and pressure. Instruments detecting temperature and pressure shall be capable of local
indication; detection signals shall be transmitted to the control room for centralized display.
4 The pump outlet pipeline shall be equipped with fully-started sealed safety valves
and emergency shutoff valves. The pump outlet should be arranged with check valves.
9.1.9 Where the L-CNG system adopts the plunger pump to transport LNG, the arrangement
of plunger pump shall meet the following requirements:
1 The arrangement of plunger pump shall meet the requirements of pump suction
pressure head.
2 Inlet and outlet pipelines of the pump shall be equipped with vibration-proof devices.
3 The pump outlet pipeline shall be equipped with check valves and fully-started
sealed safety valves.
4 The pump outlet pipeline shall be arranged with instruments detecting temperature
and pressure. Instruments detecting temperature and pressure shall be capable of local
indication; detection signals shall be transmitted to the control room for centralized display.
5 Anti-noise measures shall be taken.
9.1.10 The gasfier arrangement shall meet the following requirements:
1 Gasifier selection shall meet the service requirements under the local temperature
conditions in winter.
2 The design pressure of gasifier shall not be less than 1.2 times the maximum working
pressure.
3 The gas temperature at the outlet of high-pressure gasfier shall not be less than 5℃.
4 The thermometer shall be arranged at the outlet of high-pressure gasifier.
9.2 LNG Unloading
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9.2.1 The emergency shutoff valve and check valve shall be arranged on the liquid phase
pipeline connecting the tank car, and the shutoff valve should be arranged on the gas phase
pipeline.
9.2.2 LNG unloading hose shall adopt austenitic stainless steel corrugated hose; its nominal
pressure shall not be less than 2 times the working pressure of loading and unloading system;
its minimum bursting pressure shall not be less than 4 times the nominal pressure.
9.3 LNG Filling Area

9.3.1 Gas dispensers shall not be arranged indoors.
9.3.2 LNG dispensers shall meet the following requirements:
1 The filling pressure of the gas filling system shall not be greater than the maximum
working pressure of vehicle-mounted bottles.
2 The metering error of gas dispensers should not be greater than 1.5%.
3 Safe-break valves with a breaking tension of 400N~600N shall be arranged on the
filling hoses of gas dispensers.
4 Hoses arranged on gas dispensers shall meet the requirements of Article 9.2.2 of this
code and their lengths shall not be greater than 6m.
9.3.3 Nitrogen or compressed air pipe purging connectors with a minimum bursting
pressure not less than 4 times the nominal pressure should be arranged on LNG filling islands.
9.3.4 Crash (posts) barriers with a height not less than 0.5m shall be arranged near gas
dispensers.
9.4 LNG Pipeline System
9.4.1 The design of LNG pipelines and cryogenic gaseous phase pipeline shall meet the
1 The design pressure of the pipeline system shall not be less than 1.2 times the
maximum working pressure, and the sum of the design pressure and hydrostatic head of the
connected equipment (or vessel).
2 The design temperature of pipelines shall not be higher than -196℃.
3 Cryogenic stainless steel shall be adopted as the material of pipelines and pipe
fittings. The pipelines shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard
"Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes for Fluid Transport" GB/T 14976 and "Steel Butt-welding
Seamless Pipe Fittings" GB/T 12459.
9.4.2 The selection of valves shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national
standards "Cryogenic Valve Technical Specifications" GB/T 24925 and "Cryogenic
Emergency Shutoff Valve" GB/T 24918.
9.4.3 Remotely controlled valves shall be provided with the function of manual operation.
9.4.4 Heat and cold insulation material used for cryogenic pipelines shall be a
noncombustible material with good moisture resistance. Thermal insulation work of
cryogenic pipelines shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard
"Design Code for Insulation Engineering of Industrial Equipment and Pipe" GB 50264.
9.4.5 Safety valves or other pressure relief devices shall be arranged between two stop
valves of LNG pipelines; the gas emitted by pressure relief shall be received by the bleeder.
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9.4.6 Bleeding of natural gas from LNG equipment and pipelines shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Centralized bleeders shall be arranged in gas filling stations. Bleeders of LNG tanks
shall be accessed into the centralized bleeder, and bleeders of other equipment and pipelines
should be accessed into the centralized bleeder.
2 Bleeder orifice shall be 2m or more higher than the LNG tank and the buildings
(structures) within a range of 12m radius with the orifice as the center, and the distance from
the ground shall not be less than 5m. The bleeder orifice should not be arranged with devices
that influence the vertical flowing of bleeding gas flow, like appentice, etc., and sewerage
measures shall be taken at the bottom of bleeders.
3 Bleeding of the cryogenic natural gas system shall be carried out after being heated
by the heater, and the temperature of bled natural gas should not be less than -107℃.
10 Fire-fighting Facilities and Water Supply and Drainage
10.1 Arrangement of Fire-fighting Equipment
10.1.1 Process equipment in filling stations shall be arranged with fire-fighting equipment,
and the following requirements shall be met:
1 Each 2 sets of gas dispensers shall be arranged with at least two 4kg portable dry
powder extinguishers, and the gas dispensers less than 2 sets shall be regarded as 2 sets for
arrangement.
2 Each 2 sets of fuel dispensers shall be arranged with at least two 4kg portable dry
powder extinguishers, or one 4kg portable dry powder extinguisher and one 6L foam
extinguisher. Fuel dispensers less than 2 sets shall be regarded as 2 sets for arrangement.
3 2 sets of transportable dry powder extinguishers not less than 35kg shall be arranged
for overground LPG tanks, overground LNG tanks, underground and semi-underground LNG
tanks and CNG storage facilities. Where the distance between two tanks of different media
exceeded 15m, the transportable dry powder extinguishers shall be arranged respectively.
4 One set of transportable dry powder extinguisher not less than 35kg shall be arranged
for underground tanks. Where the distance between two tanks of different media exceeded
15m, the transportable dry powder extinguishers shall be arranged respectively.
5 At least two 4kg portable dry powder extinguishers shall be arranged per 5m2
building area for the LPG pump, LNG pump and compressor operation rooms (sheds).
6 Grade I and II fuel filling stations shall be arranged with five fire blankets and 2m3 of
sands; Grade III fuel filling stations shall be arranged with not less than two fire blankets and
2m3 of sands. Filling stations shall be arranged with fire blankets and sands as the fuel filling
stations of the same grade.
10.1.2 Arrangement of fire extinguishers of other buildings shall meet the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Code for Design of Extinguisher Distribution
in Buildings" GB 50140.
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10.2.1 LPG facilities of filling stations shall be arranged with the fire water supply system.
10.2.2 Grade I and II LNG filling stations arranged with overground LNG tanks shall be
arranged with the fire water supply system, unless one of the following conditions is met:
1 LNG filling station is located within a protection radius of 150m of the municipal
fire hydrant, and is capable to meet the requirements of water supply not less than 20L/s for
Grade I station and not less than 15L/s for Grade II station.
2 The clear distance between LNG tanks is not less than 4m, and reinforced concrete
fire walls with a fire endurance not less than 3h are arranged between LNG tanks. The top of
fire wall is higher than the top of LNG tank, and the length reached the safety dikes at both
sides, and the thickness is not less than 200mm.
3 LNG filling station is located outside the urban built-up area and is in a severe
water-deficient area; safety clearances between LNG tanks, bleeders, storage bottles (groups),
unloading points and off-station buildings (structures) are not less than 2 times the safety
clearance specified in Table 4.0.8 and Table 4.0.9 of this code; clear distance between LNG
tanks is not less than 4m; arranged quantity of fire-fighting equipment is doubled on the base
specified in Section 10.1 of this code.
10.2.3 Fire water supply system may not be arranged for fuel filling stations, CNG filling
stations, Grade III LNG filling stations and all-level LNG filling stations that adopt buried,
underground and semi-underground LNG tanks.
10.2.4 Fire water supply shall utilize the existing fire water supply system of city or
company. Where there is no fire water supply system to be relied on, a fire water supply
system may be built.
10.2.5 Fire water supply pipelines of LPG and LNG facilities may be jointly arranged with
the production and domestic water supply pipeline in the station; fire-fighting water
consumption shall be calculated according to the sum of the stationary cooling water volume
and movable water volume.
10.2.6 The design of fire water supply of LPG facilities shall meet the following
requirements:
1 For gas filling stations that adopt overground LPG tanks, the fire water consumption
of fire hydrant shall not be less than 20L/s; and stationary fire-fighting cooling water system
with an application rate not less than 0.15L/m2·s shall be arranged for overground LPG tanks
with a total volume greater than 50m3; the water supply range of flammable tanks shall be
calculated according to their total surface area, and the water supply range of adjacent tanks
within a range of 0.75 times the sum of the diameter and length of the flammable tank may be
calculated according to half of the surface area of the adjacent tanks.
2 For gas filling stations that adopt buried LPG tanks, the fire water consumption of
fire hydrants in Grade I stations shall not be less than 15L/s; the fire water consumption of
fire hydrants in Grade II stations and Grade III stations shall not be less than 10L/s.
3 Where LPG tanks are arranged overground, the continuous water supply time shall
not be less than 3h; where LPG tanks are buried underground, the continuous water supply
time shall not be less than 1h.
10.2.7 Fire water supply design of all kinds of LNG filling stations and filling stations
arranged with overground LNG tanks shall meet the following requirements:
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1 The fire water consumption of fire hydrants in Grade I station shall not be less than
20L/s, and the fire water consumption of fire hydrants in Grade II station shall not be less
than 15L/s.
2 The continuous water supply time shall not be less than 2h.
10.2.8 2 sets of fire pumps should be arranged. Where 2 sets of fire pumps are arranged,
standby pump may not be arranged. Where the calculated fire water consumption exceeds
35L/s, double power supply shall be arranged for fire pumps.
10.2.9 Where the fire water supply system of LPG facilities utilizes the water supply
pipelines of urban fire control, the distance between an outdoor fire hydrant and the LPG tank
should be 30m~50m. Where the distance from the LPG tank in Grade I station to a fire
hydrant is not greater than 80m, and the feed pressure of the fire hydrant is greater than
0.2MPa, fire hydrant may not be arranged in the station.
10.2.10 Feed pressure at the sprinkler head outlet of stationary fire-fighting spray cooling
water shall not be less than 0.2MPa. Feed pressure at the outlet of movable fire water branch
shall not be less than 0.2MPa, and multi-functional fire water branch shall be adopted.
10.3 Water Supply and Drainage System
10.3.1 The supply of compressor cooling water for water cooling type compressor system
arranged in filling stations shall meet the compressor's requirements for water volume and
quality, and the cooling water should be used in cycle.
10.3.2 Water drainage in filling stations shall meet the following requirements:
1 Rainwater on the ground in the station may be dispersed outside the station. When
rainwater is drained outside through open channel, water seal arrangement shall be set inside
the enclosure.
2 For the sewage drained out of building or enclosure from fuel filling station, LPG
filling station or fuel and LPG combined filling station, water seal wells shall be arranged
outside the building wall or inside the enclosure respectively (except for independent
domestic sewage). The water seal height of water seal well shall not be less than 0.25m;
settling section with a height not less than 0.25m shall be arranged for the water seal well.
3 Sewage for oil tank cleaning shall be centralized collected and treated, but not
directly drained into the drainage pipeline. The sewerage (drainage) of LPG tanks shall adopt
movable recovery bucket for centralized collection and treatment, but not directly drained into
the drainage pipeline.
4 Sewage drained outside the station shall meet the requirements of the relevant
national current sewage drainage standard.
5 Fuel filling stations and LPG filling stations shall not adopt blind drainage.
11 Electrical, Alarm and Emergency Shut-off System
11.1 Power Supply and Distribution
11.1.1 The load grade of power supply of filling stations may be Grade II, and UPS shall be
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arranged for the information system.
11.1.2 External power supply with a voltage of 380/220V should be adopted as the power
supply for fuel filling stations, LPG filling stations and fuel and LPG combined filling
stations; external power supply with a voltage of 6/10kV should be adopted as the power
supply for CNG filling stations, LNG filling stations, L-CNG filling stations and fuel and
CNG (or LNG filling stations or L-CNG filling stations) combined filling stations.
Independent metering device shall be arranged for the power supply system in filling stations.
11.1.3 Emergency lighting shall be arranged in the fire pump house, awning, sales office,
LPG pump house, compressor room of fuel filling stations, gas filling stations and filling
stations.
11.1.4 Where it is difficult to introduce external power supply, small internal-combustion
generating set may be arranged in filling stations. Flame arrester shall be fitted at the smoke
pipe outlet of internal-combustion generator. The horizontal distance from the smoke pipe
outlet to the border of each explosion danger area shall meet the following requirements:
1 Where the smoke outlet is less than 4.5m above the ground, it shall not be less than
5m.
2 Where the smoke outlet is 4.5m or more above the ground, it shall not be less than
3m.
11.1.5 Cables should be adopted as the power line for filling stations, and they shall be in
directly-buried laying. The part of cable that passes through carriageway shall be provided
with steel pipe for protection.
11.1.6 Where cables are laid in cable trenches, cable trenches in the operational area must
be filled with sand and compacted. Cables shall not be laid in the same trench with pipelines
of fuel, LPG, LNG and CNG and heating pipelines.
11.1.7 The selection and installation of electrical equipment and the laying of power lines,
etc. in explosion danger areas shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national
standard "Electrical Installations Design Code for Explosive Atmospheres and Fire Hazard"
GB 50058.
11.1.8 Non-explosion proof type light fitting may be selected as the light fitting in filling
station (except the explosion danger area). Light fitting with a protection grade not less than
IP44 shall be selected as the light fitting under awning outside the explosion danger area.
11.2 Lightning Protection and Electrostatic Protection
11.2.1 Lightning earthing must be carried out for steel oil tanks, LPG tanks, LNG tanks and
CNG storage bottles (group), and the earthing points shall not be less than 2.
11.2.2 The electrical earthing of filling stations shall meet the following requirements:
1 Lightning earthing, electrostatic earthing, working earthing of electrical equipment,
protective earthing and earthing of information system, etc. should share an earthing device,
and the earthing resistance shall be determined according to the minimum earthing resistance
therein.
2 Where independent earthing devices are arranged respectively, the earthing resistance
of lightning earthing device and earthing resistance at both ends of the metal sheath of
distributing cable and of earthing devices at both ends of the protective steel pipe of oil tanks,
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LPG tanks, LNG tank and CNG storage bottles (group) shall not be greater than 10Ω; the
working and protective earthing resistance of the electrical system shall not be greater than
4Ω; and the earthing resistance of earthing devices at the head, end and branch of the
overground fuel, LPG, CNG and LNG pipelines shall not be greater than 30Ω.
11.2.3 Where the cathode anticorrosion of LPG tanks meets the following requirements,
lightning protection and electrostatic earthing device may not be arranged:
1 Where LPG tanks adopt the sacrificial anode method to carry out cathode
anticorrosion, the earthing resistance of sacrificial anode shall not be greater than 10Ω, and
the cross section of the copper core connecting line between the anode and the tank shall not
be less than 16mm2.
2 Where LPG tanks adopt the impressed current method to carry out cathode
anticorrosion, the earthing electrode shall adopt zinc bar or magnesium-clad-zinc bar, and the
earthing resistance shall not be greater than 10Ω, and the cross section of the copper core
connecting line between the earthing electrode and the tank shall not be less than 16mm2.
11.2.4 Metal components at the top of buried steel oil tanks, buried LPG tanks, buried LNG
tank and non-metal oil tanks and each metal component inside the tanks shall be electrically
connected to the process metal pipelines of the non-buried part and earthed.
11.2.5 After the oil and gas bleeders in filling stations are accessed into the common
earthing device of the whole station, lightning earthing may not be arranged independently.
11.2.6 Where buildings like the station house and awning, etc. in filling stations require
direct lightning flash protection, lightning strip (net) shall be adopted for protection. Where
awning adopts metal roof, the single-layer plate thickness of its top surface shall be greater
than 0.5mm, and the overlapping length greater than 100mm; where there is no combustible
ceiling material below, lightning protection strip (net) protection may be omitted.
11.2.7 The information system of filling stations shall adopt armored cable or wiring of
conductor penetrating steel pipe. Both ends of the metal sheath of distributing cable and both
ends of the protective steel pipe shall be earthed.
11.2.8 Where the head and end of the distribution line of the information system of filling
stations are connected with electronic components, overvoltage (surge) protectors which are
appropriate to the voltage withstand level of electronic components shall be arranged.
11.2.9 TN-S system should be adopted for the 380/220V power supply and distribution
system, where the external power supply is 380 V, TNCS system may be adopted. The cable
metal sheath of power supply system or both ends of the metal protective pipeline of cable
shall be earthed, and overvoltage (surge) protectors appropriate to the voltage withstand level
of equipment shall be arranged at the power end of power supply and distribution system.
11.2.10 Anti-electrostatic and induction stroke-proof common earthing devices with an
earthing resistance not greater than 30Ω shall be arranged for overground or trench laid fuel
pipelines, LPG pipelines, LNG pipelines and CNG pipelines.
11.2.11 Electrostatic earthing devices used for unloading or bleeding and electrostatic
earthing testers capable of detecting jumper wire and monitoring the status of earthing devices
shall be arranged on the unloading sites of gasoline tank cars, LPG tank cars and LNG tank
cars in filling stations and on the bleeding sites of vehicle-mounted storage bottles groups in
secondary CNG filling stations.
11.2.12 Metal line bridging shall be used for joints like the flange and both ends of rubber
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tube, etc. of the process pipeline in explosion danger areas. Where the number of connecting
bolts of flange is not less than 5, bridging may not be used under non-corrosive environment.
11.2.13 Reliable electrical connection shall be guaranteed for the unloading hose and vapor
recovery hose and quick joints at both ends used for the unloading of oil tank cars.
11.2.14 Where electrostatic conductive thermoplastic pipelines are adopted, the conductive
inner lining shall be earthed; where non-electrostatic conductive thermoplastic pipelines are
adopted, long-term reliable earthing shall be guaranteed for the hot-melting connection pieces
of the non-buried part; dedicated sealing cap may also be adopted to seal the electric melting
plug socket connecting pipe fittings; and other conductive parts of the pipeline or joints shall
also be earthed.
11.2.15 The earthing resistance of electrostatic earthing devices shall not be greater than
100Ω.
11.3 Charging Facilities
11.3.1 The base of charging equipment installed outdoor shall be 200mm higher than the
located flooring.
11.3.2 The protection degree of DC chargers, DC charging points and AC charging points
installed outdoor shall be IP 54.
11.3.3 Car stop or crash (post) barrier shall be arranged on the side where DC chargers, DC
or AC charging points are adjacent to the vehicle channel (or charging parking space) in the
station, and the height of the crash (post) barrier shall not be less than 0.5m.
11.4 Alarm System
11.4.1 Alarm system for testing combustible gas shall be arranged for gas filling stations
and filling stations.
11.4.2 Combustible gas detectors shall be arranged for places in gas filling stations and
filling stations arranged with LPG equipment and LNG equipment, and in rooms arranged
with CNG equipment (including tanks, bottles, pumps and compressors, etc.) and under
awnings.
11.4.3 Grade I alarm setting value of combustible gas detectors shall be less than or equal to
25% of the lower explosive limit of combustible gas.
11.4.4 LPG tanks and LNG tanks shall be arranged with upper and lower liquid level limit
warning device and upper pressure limit warning device.
11.4.5 Alarms should be centralized arranged in control rooms or duty rooms.
11.4.6 Alarm systems shall be arranged with UPS.
11.4.7 The selection and installation of combustible gas detectors and alarms shall meet the
relevant requirements of the current national standard "Specification for Design of
Combustible Gas and Toxic Gas Detection and Alarm for Petrochemical Industry" GB 50493.
11.4.8 Over-temperature and overpressure automatic pump stopping protection device shall
be arranged for LNG pumps.
11.5 Emergency Shut-off System
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11.5.1 Emergency shut-off system shall be arranged for filling stations, the system shall be
capable to quickly shut off the power supplies of gasoline pumps, LPG pumps, LNG pumps,
LPG compressors and CNG compressors and the valves of important LPG, CNG and LNG
pipelines under accidental state. The emergency shut-off system shall be provided with the
fail safe function.
11.5.2 The power supplies of gasoline pumps, LPG pumps, LNG pumps, LPG compressors
and CNG compressors and emergency shut-off valves on the pipelines in gas filling stations
shall be capable of being shut off by manually started remote control shut-off system.
11.5.3 The emergency shut-off system shall be arranged with starting switches at the
following positions at least:
1 Within 5m from the unloading point of gas filling station.
2 At a position of easy access for staff working in fuel and gas filling area.
3 In control room or duty room.
11.5.4 The emergency shut-off system shall only be manually reset.
12 Heating and Ventilation, Buildings (Structures) and Greening
12.1 Heating and Ventilation
12.1.1 Heating design shall be carried out for all kinds of rooms in filling stations according
to the station environment, characteristics of production process and operation management.
The indoor calculated temperature of heating rooms should not be less than those specified in
Table 12.1.1.
Table 12.1.1 Indoor Calculated Temperature of Heating Rooms
Room name Indoor calculated temperature (℃)
Sales office, instrumentation control room, office and duty office 18
Bathroom and dressing room 25
Toilet 15
Compressor room, voltage regulator room, combustible liquid

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pump room and power generation room
Fire-fighting equipment room 5
12.1.2 The heating of filling stations should utilize the heat source of city, housing estate or
adjacency unit; where there is no condition for utilization, boiler rooms may be arranged in
filling stations.
12.1.3 Hot water boiler room arranged in the station house shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Small boilers with a rated heating capacity not greater than 140kW should be
selected.
2 Where coal-fired boiler is adopted, natural ventilation type boiler with dust removal
function should be adopted. The chimney outlet of the boiler shall be 2m or more higher than
the roof, and effective measures shall be taken to avoid sparks escape.
3 Where gas water heater is adopted for heating, the water heater shall be arranged
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with safety devices like the smoke evacuation system and flameout protection, etc.
12.1.4 Ventilation measures shall be taken for rooms or tank shells within the explosion
danger area in filling stations, and the following requirements shall be met:
1 Where forced ventilation is adopted, the delivery volume of ventilation equipment
during the working period of processing equipment shall be calculated as 12 times of air
change per hour, while during the non-working period ,it shall be calculated as 5 times of air
change per hour. The ventilation equipment shall be explosion-proof and shall be interlocked
with combustible gas concentration alarm.
2 Where natural ventilation is adopted, the total area of air-vent shall not be less than
300cm2/m2 (ground) , the number of air-vents shall not be less than 2, and air-vents shall be
arranged near the positions where combustible gas accumulates.
12.1.5 The heating pipelines indoor and outdoor of filling stations should be in
directly-buried laying, where trench laying is adopted, pipe ditches shall be filled with sand
and compacted, and separation measures shall be taken for the part of pipelines that penetrate
buildings.
12.2 Buildings (Structures)
12.2.1 The fire resistance grade of station house and other ancillary buildings in filling
stations shall not be less than Grade II. Where the supporting member of the awning roof is
steel structure, the fire endurance may be 0.25h, and other parts of the roof shall not be built
with combustible elements.
12.2.2 Awning should be arranged for fuel and gas filling areas for vehicles, and the design
1 Awning shall be built with incombustible materials.
2 Where there are no height limiting measures at the entrance, the clearance height of
awning shall not be less than 4.5m; where there are height limiting measures at the entrance,
the clearance height of awning shall not be less than the limited height.
3 The plane projection distance of fuel dispensers and gas dispensers covered by the
awning should not be less than 2m.
4 Live load, snow load and wind load shall be calculated in the design of awning, and
the design standard value shall meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard
" Load Code for the Design of Building Structures" GB 50009.
5 The seismic design of awning shall be implemented according to the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Code for Seismic Design of Buildings" GB
50011.
6 Structural type with avoids the accumulation of natural gas shall be adopted for
awnings arranged above CNG equipment and LNG equipment.
12.2.3 The design of fuel filling island and gas filling island shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Fuel filling island and gas filling island shall be 0.15m~0.2m higher than the flooring
of parking spaces.
2 The width at both end of fuel filling island and gas filling island shall not be less than
1.2m.
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3 The distance from the awning upright edge over the fuel filling island and gas filling
island to the island end shall not be less than 0.6m.
12.2.4 The doors and windows of buildings arranged with flammable liquid or combustible
gas equipment shall open outward and pressure relief measures shall be taken according to the
relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code of Design on Building Fire
Protection and Prevention" GB 50016.
12.2.5 Sparkless ground shall be adopted for the flooring of rooms arranged with LPG or
LNG equipment.
12.2.6 Open type or semi open type reinforced concrete structure or steel structure should
be adopted for the CNG storage bottles (group) room of gas filling stations. Incombustible
light material shall be adopted to build the roof. The wall facing the pipeline joint end of
storage bottles (group) shall be a reinforced concrete solid wall with a thickness not less than
200mm.
12.2.7 The processing equipment in filling stations should not be arranged in enclosed
rooms or tank shells; where processing equipment (excluding the oil tank and LPG tank
required to be buried in this code) are required to be arranged in enclosed rooms or tank shells,
combustible gas inspection alarm devices and forced ventilation equipment shall be arranged
in rooms or tank shells, and the requirements of Article 12.1.4 of this code.
12.2.8 Where the compressor room is adjacent to duty room and instrument room, the doors
and windows of the duty room and instrument room shall be located out of the explosion
danger area, and the separating partition between them and the compressor room shall be fire
wall without doors and windows and openings.
12.2.9 The station house may consist of office, duty room, Sales office, control room, power
transformation and distribution room, toilet and convenient store, etc.
12.2.10 Where part of the station house is located within the operational area, the building
area of the station house should not exceed 300m2, and the station house shall be free from
any fired equipment.
12.2.11 The area of buildings in auxiliary service area shall not exceed the Category III
protection criterion in Appendix B of this code, and the fire-fighting design shall meet the
relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code of Design on Building Fire
Protection and Prevention" GB 50016.
12.2.12 The station house may be built in combination with facilities like canteen, vehicle
service, boiler room, kitchen, employee dormitory and driver rest room, etc. that are arranged
in the auxiliary service area, but solid wall with a fire endurance not less than 3h and without
doors and windows and openings shall be arranged between the station house and these
facilities.
12.2.13 The station house may be arranged inside off-station civil buildings or built in
combination with the off-station civil buildings, and the following requirements shall be met:
1 Connecting passages shall not be arranged between the station house and civil
buildings.
2 Entrance/exit that leads to the filling station shall be arranged separately in the
station house.
3 Entrance/exit that directly leads to filling station shall not be provided for civil
buildings.
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12.2.14 Where the distance between the room with fired equipment of boiler room and
kitchen, etc. in filling station and the process equipment meets the requirements of Table
5.0.13 but is less than or equal to 25m, the external wall facing the operational area shall be
solid wall with a fire endurance not less than 3h and without door or window opening.
12.2.15 Underground basement and semi-basement shall not be built in filling stations.
12.2.16 Measures to prevent seepage and spark shall be taken for the operation well and
drainage well located in the explosion danger area.
12.3 Greening
12.3.1 Oily plants shall not be planted in the operational area of filling stations.
12.3.2 Trees and other plants which may easily cause the accumulation of combustible gas
shall not be planted in the operational area of LPG filling stations.
13 Engineering Construction
13.1 General Requirements
13.1.1 The construction organization that contracts to build the construction works of filling
station shall be provided with corresponding qualification in construction work.
13.1.2 Construction organization that contracts to build the installation works of filling
stations shall be provided with the corresponding qualification in installation work. Units
engaging in the installation, alteration and repair of boilers, pressure vessels and pressure
pipelines shall obtain the corresponding special equipment license.
13.1.3 Welders engaging in the welding of boilers, pressure vessels and pressure pipelines
shall obtain the welder certificate corresponding to their engaged welding work according to
the relevant requirements of the current professional standard "Examination Rules for
Welding Operators of Special Equipment" TSG Z6002.
13.1.4 And the non-destructive testing personnel shall obtain the corresponding
qualification.
13.1.5 The engineering construction of filling stations shall be carried out according to the
engineering design documents and the product instructions of process equipment and
electrical instruments, where the design is required to be modified or materials to be replaced,
a written document of design change of the original design organization, or a written
document of design change agreed by the original design organization shall be provided.
13.1.6 The construction organization shall prepare a construction scheme and shall carry out
design disclosure and technical disclosure before construction. The construction scheme
should cover the following content:
1 Project overview.
2 Construction deployment.
3 Construction schedule.
4 Resource allocation plan.
5 Main construction method and quality criteria.
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6 Quality assurance measures and safety guarantee measures.
7 Construction plane layout.
8 Construction record.
13.1.7 The performance of construction equipment and testing equipment shall be reliable,
and metering devices shall have been verified and are in qualified state, and shall be within
the valid calibration period.
13.1.8 Construction record shall be made properly for the construction of filling station, and
the construction record of concealed engineering shall be confirmed and signed by the
representative of construction or supervision organization.
13.1.9 Safety construction measures shall be taken where earthworks operation is carried
out at sections laid with underground pipelines and cables.
13.1.10 During construction, the safety technique and labor protection shall be implemented
according to the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code for Technical of
Construction Safety in Petrochemical Engineering" GB 50484.
13.2 Materials and Equipment Inspection
13.2.1 The specification, type and material, etc. of materials and equipment shall meet the
requirements of the design documents.
13.2.2 Materials and equipment shall be provided with valid quality certifications and shall
meet the following requirements:
1 The characteristic data of material quality certification shall meet the requirements of
corresponding product standards.
2 "Product Quality Certification of Pressure Vessel" shall meet the relevant
requirements of the current professional standard "Supervision Regulations on Safety
Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessels" TSG R0004, and shall be provided with
"Supervision Inspection Certificate for Safety Performance of Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Productions".
3 Gas cylinders shall be provided with "Product Qualification Certificate and Batch
Inspection Certificate" and "Supervision Inspection Certificate for Safety Performance of
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Products".
4 Pressure vessels shall be inspected and accepted according to the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Steel Pressure Vessels" GB 150; LNG tanks
shall also be inspected and accepted according to the relevant requirements of the current
national standard "Cryo-insulation Pressure Vessels" GB 18442.
5 Atmospheric pressure vessels like oil tanks, etc. shall be inspected and accepted
according to the relevant requirements of the current professional standard "Steel Welded
Atmospheric Pressure Vessels" NB/T 47003.1.
6 Storage wells may be put into service only after obtaining the "Supervision
Inspection Certificate for Safety Performance of Pressure Vessel (Storage Well) Products".
7 Combustible medium valves shall be inspected and accepted according to the
relevant requirements of the current professional standard "Specification for Selection
Inspection and Acceptance of Steel Valves Used in Petrochemical Industry" SH 3064.
8 Import equipment shall but also be provided with commercial inspection certificate
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of import equipment issued by the commercial inspection department.
13.2.3 Metrical instruments shall have been verified, be in the qualified condition and
within the valid calibration period.
13.2.4 The unpacking inspection of equipment shall be participated by relevant personnel,
and the following inspections shall be carried out according to the packing list:
1 The name, type, specification, packing box number and box quantity shall be
checked, and the packing status shall be inspected.
2 The accompanied technical data and special tools shall be inspected.
3 Appearance inspection shall be carried out for the host machine, auxiliary equipment
and parts and components, and the category, specification and quantity, etc. of parts and
components shall be verified.
4 Inspection record with confirmation and signature shall be submitted after inspection.
13.2.5 The components of combustible medium pipelines shall be provided with product
marks, and shall be inspected according to the relevant requirements of the current national
standard "Code for Construction Quality Acceptance of Metallic Piping in Petrochemical
13.2.6 The following inspections shall be carried out for oil tanks before installing:
1 Pressure test shall be carried out for steel oil tanks; the pressure gauge used for
testing shall have a precision not less than Grade 2.5, and the test medium shall be clean water
with a temperature not less than 5℃, and the test pressure shall be 0.1MPa. After increasing
the pressure to 0.1MPa, stop pressurizing for 10min, then drop to 0.08MPa; stop pressurizing
again for 30min, and no pressure drop, leakage or deformation shall be regarded as qualified.
After the pressure test is over, contaminations like accumulated water and welding slag, etc.
in the tank shall be cleaned up in time.
2 Overpressure or vacuum degree leakage detection shall be carried out at the
clearance between the inner-skin and the outer-skin of double-skin oil tank with 35kPa static
air pressure; hold pressure for 30min, and no voltage drop or leakage shall be regarded as
qualified.
3 Hydraulic pressure or air pressure test shall be carried out at the intercalated layer
between the inner-skin and outer-skin of double-skin oil tank at 34.5kPa, or the vacuum test
shall be carried out at 18kPa. Hold pressure for 1h, and no voltage drop or leakage shall be
regarded as qualified.
4 Where oil tanks are pressure tested in the factory and are provided with qualification
report of pressure test, and the tank shells have no damage through on-site appearance
inspection, and the pressure holding at the clearance between inner- and outer-skins of
double-skin oil tanks meets the requirements of Clause 2 of this article, pressure test may not
be carried out at the construction site.
13.2.7 Before installing LPG tanks, LNG tanks and CNG storage bottles (including bottle
neck valves), check and confirm there is no dirt such as water, oil and welding slag inside.
13.2.8 The materials and equipment shall not be used if one of the following conditions is
met:
1 The characteristic data of quality certification is incomplete or there is any objection
to the data.
2 Discrepancy between physical product marks and quality certification marks.
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3 The materials required to be reinspected fail to be reinspected or is unqualified for
reinspection.
4 Does not meet the requirements of design or the relevant national current product
standards and this code.
13.2.9 Tanks belong to one of the following conditions may be put into service only after
being qualified for technical assessment according to the requirements of the current relevant
national standards and Article 6.1 of this code:
1 Old tanks are reused and tanks have been stored for over 2 years after delivery.
2 Tanks having visible deformation, corrosion or other defects.
3 Tanks having quality objection.
13.2.10 The quality inspection for tank shells of buried oil tanks shall be carried out before
the oil tanks are in position, and a record which records the following contents shall be
provided:
1 Diameter, wall thickness and nominal capacity of oil tanks.
2 Delivery date and service record.
3 Corrosion condition and technical assessment qualification report.
4 Pressure test qualification report.
13.3 Civil Engineering
13.3.1 Engineering survey shall be carried out according to the requirements of current
national standard "Code for Engineering Surveying" GB 50026. The results of horizontal
control pile and bench mark shall be checked and re-surveyed during the construction process,
and protective measures shall be taken for the bench mark and stake.
13.3.2 Where site formation and earth excavating and backfilling is carried out, measures
shall be taken to prevent surface water or underground water flowing into the operational area.
The drain outlet shall be arranged at a low-lying place far away from buildings, and the
drainage shall be unimpeded. Measures shall be taken to prevent freezing at the water outlet
of underground drainage ditch. After the backfill of underground engineering upwards is
finished, temporary drainage facilities may be removed.
13.3.3 Where earth excavation is carried out below underground water level, measures shall
be taken to prevent surrounding buildings and structures from additional settlement.
13.3.4 Where there is no requirement in the design document, site grading shall be in the
gradient not less than 2‰ toward drainage ditch.
13.3.5 The acceptance of earthwork shall be carried out according to the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality
of Building Foundation" GB 50202.
13.3.6 In addition to the current professional standard "Specification for the Construction
and Acceptance of Petrochemical Equipment Concrete Foundation" SH 3510, the
construction of concrete equipment foundation formwork, steel bars and concrete engineering
shall also meet the following requirements:
1 The strength of foundation concrete when removing formwork shall not be less than
40% of the design strength.
2 The allowable deviation for the thickness of concrete cover of the steel bars shall be
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±10mm.
3 The project quality of equipment foundation shall meet the following requirements:
1) The foundation concrete shall be free from such defects as crack, honeycomb, and
reinforcement exposure;
2) The earthwork around the foundation shall be compacted and leveled;
3) Bolts shall be free from damage and corrosion; the accumulated water and foreign
bodies in the preformed hole and preformed opening of bolt shall be cleaned up;
4) Axes and elevation shall be marked out for the equipment foundation, and the
allowable deviation shall be in accordance with those specified in Table 13.3.6;
5) The allowable deviation of equipment foundation composed of several individual
foundations and the axis and elevation between each foundation shall be inspected according
to the requirements specified in Table 13.3.6.
Table 13.3.6 Allowable Deviation of Masonry Unit Type Equipment Foundation (mm)
Allowable
No. Item
deviation
1 Axis position 20
0
2 Elevations of different planes (the thickness of surface grout layer is ignored)
+20
3 Overall dimension of the plane ±20
0
4 Overall dimensions of the upper plane of dummy club
-20
+20
5 Dimension of recess plane
0
Planeness (including the places need to be installed Per meter 5

6
with equipment) Full length 10
Per meter 5
7 Verticality at the side
Full height 10
+10
Elevation (top)
0
8 Built-in foundation bolt Diameter of centre hole in bolts ±5
Center distance (measured at the root and

±2
top)
Center line location 10
+20
9 Preformed hole of foundation bolt Depth
0
Verticality of hole center line 10
+5
Elevation (plane)
0
10 Embedded parts
Levelness 10
4 When installing the delivery equipment of foundation, the concrete strength shall not
be less than 75% of the design strength.
5 Where there are requirements for the settlement volume of equipment foundation,
settlement observation shall be carried out according to the following procedures after
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alignment, leveling and base secondary grouting are finished and reaching the specified
strength; it is qualified if the foundation is in uniform settlement and the accumulative
settlement volume in 6d is not greater than 12mm:
1) Arrange observation datum point and liquid level observation mark;
2) Inject water by stages according to 1/3 of equipment volume, and the stabilization
time at each stage shall not be less than 12h;
3) After equipment is filled with water, the observation time shall not be less than 6d.
13.3.7 The construction of the foundation, structural column, ring beam, formwork, steel bar,
concrete and mason engineering of station house and other ancillary buildings shall meet the
requirements of current national standards "Code for acceptance of construction quality of
building foundation" GB 50202, "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Masonry
Engineering" GB 50203 and "Code for Acceptance of Constructional Quality of Concrete
Structures" GB 50204.
13.3.8 The construction of impervious concrete shall meet the requirements of current
national standard "Technical Code for Waterproofing of Underground Works" GB 50108. The
construction of seepage control tank shall meet the requirements of the current professional
standard "Specification for the Construction and Acceptance of Concrete Water Pit
Engineering for Petrochemical Industry" SH/T 3535.
13.3.9 The construction of the roof engineering ,surface engineering and building
decoration engineering of the station house and other ancillary buildings shall meet the
requirements of the current national standards "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality
of Roof" GB 50207, "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Building Ground" GB
50209 and "Code for Construction Quality Acceptance of Building Decoration" GB 50210.
13.3.10 The fabrication and installation of steel structure shall meet the requirements of the
current national standard " Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Steel Structures "
GB 50205. The construction of the fire retardant coating of building and steel structure shall
comply with the requirements of the design document and the products instruction.
13.3.11 The construction of heating and water supply and drainage for the buildings in the
station area shall meet the requirements of the current national standard "Code for Acceptance
of Construction Quality of Water Supply Drainage and Heating Works" GB 50242.
13.3.12 The construction of concrete floor in station area shall meet the requirements of the
relevant requirements of the current national standards "Technical Specification for
Construction of Highway Subgrades" JTJ F10, "Technical Specifications for Construction of
Highway Roadbases" JTJ 034 and "Specifications for Constructions and Acceptance of Road
Concrete Pavement" GBJ 97, and it shall be controlled according to the procedure of
foundation soil backfill and tampering, cushion layer laying and surface layer construction,
the next procedure shall not be carried out if the previous procedure is unqualified in
inspection and acceptance.
13.4 Equipment Installation Engineering
13.4.1 The static equipment for filling station engineering should be manufactured in the
manufacturer in an integral manner.
13.4.2 The installation of static equipment shall meet the requirements of the current
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national standard "Code for Quality Acceptance of Static Equipment Installation in
Petrochemical Engineering" GB 50461. The allowable deviation for installation shall be in
Table 13.4.2 Allowable Deviation for Static Equipment Installation (mm)
Check item Deviation value
Elevation ±5
Axial L/1000
Tank levelness
Radial 2D/1000
Verticality of tower vessel H/1000
Tower vessel direction (measuring along base loop

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circumference)
Note: D is the outside diameter of the static equipment; L is the length of horizontal tank and the height of vertical tower
vessel.
13.4.3 Water injection for settlement shall be carried out for oil tank and liquefied petroleum
gas tank after installation and positioning according to the requirements of Clause 5 of Article
13.3.6.
13.4.4 The sand and foreign bodies in the static equipment shall be cleaned up before hole
sealing, and the static equipment may be sealed after being inspected and confirmed by the
representatives of the development or supervision organization.
13.4.5 The installation of CNG storage bottles (group) shall meet the requirements of design
documents.
13.4.6 In addition to the relevant requirements of the current professional standard "The
Underground Storage Well for High-compression Gas" SY/T 6535, the construction of CNG
storage well shall also meet the following requirements:
1 The annular space between the shaft of storage well and the stratum shall be filled
with portland cement at full range, and the cement paste for cementing the well shall stand out
of the ground and the volume of the filled cement paste shall not be less than the theoretical
calculation volume of the space, the density shall not be less than 1650kg/m3.
2 The storage well shall be subjected to anticorrosive design and treatment according
to the surrounding ambient conditions.
3 Storage well group should be buried from the lower end face of the wellhead gear to
the underground for not less than 1.5m, strengthen fixation with C30 reinforced concrete shall
be carried out within the range of not less than 1m where the wellhead center point is the
center.
4 The wellboring and cementing of storage well shall be supervised by the engineering
supervision organization with qualification and given the "Evaluation Report for Supervision
of Project Quality".
13.4.7 LNG tank shall be subjected to drying treatment in the tank before precooling, and
the dew point of the gas in the dried tank shall not be higher than -20℃.
13.4.8 The installation of fuel dispenser and gas dispenser shall be carried out according to
the requirements of product instruction and shall meet the following requirements:
1 After the installation is finished, preliminary energization shall be carried out
according to those specified in the product operation instruction for the test running of the
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complete machine. The followings shall be reinspected to meet the requirements before the
primary power-on.
1) The power-supply wire is connected;
2) The joints on pipeline have been connected according to the design requirements;
3) The dirt in pipeline has been cleaned up.
2 The dispenser nozzle shall be carried out with gas filling leakage test, and the test
pressure shall be carried out according to design pressure. The test shall not be carried out for
less than 3 times.
3 In the test running, it is forbidden to replace fuel (gas) with water to test the
complete machine.
13.4.9 The mechanical equipment installation shall meet the relevant requirements of the
current national standard "General Code for Construction and Acceptance of Mechanical
Equipment Installation Engineering" GB 50231.
13.4.10 The installation of compressor and pump shall meet the requirements of the current
national standard "Code for Construction and Acceptance of Compressor , Fan and Pump
Installation Engineering" GB 50275.
13.4.11 In the air-load test run of compressor, the following inspection shall be conducted
and the records shall be made:
1 Pressure and temperature of lubricating oil, and oil supply condition on all positions.
2 Temperature and pressure of sucked and exhausted air at all stages.
3 Temperature and pressure of intaked and drained water and the supply condition of
cooling water at all stages;
4 Inhalation valve/vent valve at all stages shall run normally.
5 The moving components shall be free from abnormal noise.
6 The connecting parts shall be free from gas, oil or water leakage.
7 The connecting part shall be free from looseness.
8 The air flow regulating device shall be sensitive.
9 Temperature of main bearing, slide track and stuffing box at the major friction
positions.
10 Current, voltage and temperature rise of the motor.
11 The automatic control devices shall be sensitive and reliable.
13.4.12 After the air-load test run for the compressor, the oil filter shall be cleaned and
lubricating oil shall be replaced.
13.5 Pipeline Engineering
13.5.1 The pipeline connected with the tank shall be installed after the tank is installed in
place and injected with water or the bearing settlement test is stable.
13.5.2 After the thermoplastic pipeline is installed, for the buried pipeline, the energizing
plug sockets connected by electro-fusing on the pipe fittings shall be sealed with special
sealing caps or insulating materials. For the non-buried pipeline, the requirements of Article
11.2.14 of this code shall be observed.
13.5.3 In the installation of thermoplastic pipeline with static conductive lining, each
connecting part shall be ensured to be connected electrically and the nonmetallic pipeline
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shall be subjected to the electricity connection test after the pipeline installation or before the
soil coverage.
13.5.4 The appearance of combustible medium pipeline weld shall be of good shaping and
smooth transition with base metal; the width should cover groove 2mm on each side, and the
surface quality of welded joints shall meet the following requirements:
1 Shall be free from crack, incomplete fusion, slag inclusion or splash.
2 The CNG and LNG pipeline weld shall be free from undercut, and the undercut
depth of other pipeline welds shall not be greater than 0.5mm, the length of continuous
undercut shall not be greater than 100mm, and the total length of undercut at both sides of the
weld shall not be greater than 10% of the full length of the weld.
3 The weld surface shall not be lower than the pipeline surface; the weld reinforcement
shall not be greater than 2mm.
13.5.5 The non-destructive inspection method of welded joints of inflammable medium
pipeline shall be in accordance with the requirements of the design documents; the defect
grade evaluation shall meet the relevant requirements of the current professional standard
"Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipments" JB/T 4730.1~JB/T 4730.6 and shall meet
the following requirements:
1 In radiographic testing, the technical grade of radiographic testing shall not be lower
than Grade AB; the acceptance criterion of welded joints of the pipeline shall meet the
1) Grade II for LPG, LNG and CNG pipelines is qualified;
2) Grade III for the fuel and the oil & gas pipelines is qualified.
2 In the ultrasonic testing, the acceptance criterion of welded joints of the pipeline
1) Grade I for LPG, LNG and CNG pipeline is qualified;
2) Grade II for the fuel and the oil & gas pipelines is qualified.
3 When the radiographic testing is replaced by the ultrasonic testing, the consent of the
design organization and the certification shall be obtained.
13.5.6 In the radiographic testing or ultrasonic testing, the percent of the welded joints
welded by each welder shall meet the following requirements:
1 As for welded joints of fuel pipeline, it shall not be less than 10%.
2 As for welded joints of LPG pipeline, it shall not be less than 20%.
3 As for the welded joints of CNG and LNG pipeline, it shall be 100%.
4 The welded joints of the position welding shall not be less than 40% of the testing
number, and shall not be less than 1.
13.5.7 If the sampling inspection of welded joints of combustible medium pipeline is
unqualified, it shall be inspected by doubling according to the unqualified quantity of this
welder; if it is still unqualified, all shall be inspected. The repair times of unqualified welded
joints shall not exceed 3 times.
13.5.8 The length of the straight pipes on the upstream and downstream of the flowmeter
orifice plate on combustible medium pipeline shall meet the requirements of the design
document, and the internal surface of the welded joints within this range shall be parallel and
level with that of the pipeline.
13.5.9 After the installation of process piping system in fuel filling station is finished, the
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pressure test shall be carried out and shall meet the following requirements:
1 The pressure test should be carried out by the clean water.
2 The ambient temperature of pressure test shall not be lower than 5℃.
3 The working pressure and test pressure of the pipeline shall be valued according to
Table 13.5.9.
Table 13.5.9 Working Pressure and Test Pressure of Process Piping System in Fuel Filling Station
Working pressure Test pressure (kPa)
Pipeline Material
(kPa) Vacuum Positive pressure
Positive pressure fuel Steel pipe +350 — +600±50

filling pipeline
(adopting immersed
Thermoplastic pipeline +350 — +500±10
oil pump for
pressurization)
Negative pressure fuel Steel pipe -60 -90±5 +600±50

filling piping
(adopting self-priming Thermoplastic pipeline -60 -90±5 +500±10
fuel dispenser)
Rigid pipe of vent Steel pipe +130 -90±5 +600±50

pipe, vapor recovery
Thermoplastic pipeline +100 -90±5 +500±10
pipeline
Steel pipe 100 — +600±50

Oil uploading pipeline
Thermoplastic pipeline 100 — +500±10
Outer-skin pipeline in Steel pipe -50~+450 -90±5 +600±50
a double-skin Thermoplastic pipeline -50~+450 -60±5 +500±10
Note: The pressure value in this Table refers to gauge pressure.
13.5.10 After the installation of LPG, CNG and LNG pipeline system is finished, the
pressure test shall be carried out and shall meet the following requirements:
1 The pressure test for the steel pipeline system shall be carried out by the clean water
and the test pressure shall be 1.5 times the design pressure. The chloride ion content in the
water shall not exceed 50mg/L when the test medium of the austenitic stainless steel pipeline
is water.
2 Gas pressure test should be adopted for LNG pipeline system and the measures shall
be provided to completely discharge the test liquid out of the pipeline system where the
hydraulic pressure test is adopted.
3 Where gas pressure test is adopted for the pipeline system, safety measures approved
by the general technical leader of the construction organization shall be provided with, and
the test pressure shall be 1.15 times the design pressure.
4 The ambient temperature of the pressure test shall not be lower than 5℃.
13.5.11 If leakage is found during the pressure test, the treatment shall not be done with the
pressure, and the retest shall be done after the defects are eliminated.
13.5.12 After the pressure test for combustible medium pipeline system is finished,
temporary blind plate shall be dismantled timely and the original state shall be restored.
13.5.13 After qualified pressure test of combustible medium pipeline system, it shall be
flushed by clean water or purged by the air, and shall meet the following requirements:
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1 The safety valve and instrument etc. connected by flanges shall not be installed and
protective measures shall be taken for the valve and instrument which have been installed on
the pipeline.
2 The equipment not be involved in flushing or purging shall be isolated.
3 The air purging should be adopted for the CNG and LNG pipelines. The purging
pressure shall not exceed the design pressure of the equipment and pipeline system and the air
velocity shall not be less than 20m/s until no free water is available.
4 The flow speed of flushing water should not be less than 1.5m/s.
13.5.14 When the combustible medium pipeline system adopts water flushing, the water
color and transparency at the discharge outlet shall be observed visually and it shall be
regarded as qualified when the water color and transparency at the outlet and inlet are
consistent with each other.
Where air purging is adopted, white paint target shall be arranged at the discharge outlet
for inspection, it is qualified if there are not rust and other foreign particles on the target in
5min. The pipeline shall be restored to the original state if it passes the flushing or purging.
13.5.15 Combustible medium pipeline system shall be subjected to the tightness test at the
design pressure, and the test medium shall be the compressed air or nitrogen.
13.5.16 LNG pipeline system shall be subjected to the drying treatment before the
precooling, and the dew point of the gas in the dried pipeline system shall not be higher than
-20℃.
13.5.17 After the installation, pressure test and purging of vapor recovery pipeline are
finished and before earth covering, the pipelines shall be subjected to self-inspection with
regards to the leak tightness and liquid resistance according to the relevant requirements of
the current national standard "Emission standard of Air Pollutant for Gasoline Filling
Stations" GB 20952.
13.5.18 In addition to the requirements of this section, the construction of combustible
medium pipeline engineering shall also meet the relevant requirements of the current national
standard "Code for Construction Quality Acceptance of Metallic Piping in Petrochemical
13.6 Electrical Instruments Installation Engineering
13.6.1 In addition to the requirements of the current national standard "Code for
Construction and Acceptance of Switchboard Outfit Complete Cubicle and Secondary Circuit
Electric Equipment Installation Engineering" GB 50171, the installation of cabinet, panel and
secondary circuit connection shall meet the following requirements:
1 The busbar overlap surface shall be subjected to the tin dipping after treatment, and
shall be coat with electric force compounded grease.
2 The wiring of secondary circuit shall be tight and not loose; where multi-strand
annealed copper wire is adopted, connecting grommet with the corresponding specification
shall be adopted for the terminal end to connect with the wiring terminal.
13.6.2 In addition to the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code for
Construction and Acceptance of Cable System Electric Equipment Installation Engineering"
GB 50168, the construction of cable shall also meet the following requirements:
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1 Cable shall be arranged with pipe when entering cable trench and building for
protection. The opening from where the protecting pipe coming in and out of cable trench and
building shall be sealed, the pipe orifice of protecting pipe shall be sealed.
2 The cable trench in the operational area shall be filled with sand and compacted.
3 Where fire protection is required, the hole of cable penetrating wall and floor slab or
entering into electrical panel and cabinet shall be adopted with fire prevention and fire
retardant treatment, and shall be taken with isolation and sealing measures.
13.6.3 The acceptance of illumination construction shall be carried out according to the
requirements of the current national standard "Code of Acceptance of Construction Quality of
Electrical Installation in Building" GB 50303.
13.6.4 In addition to the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code for
Construction and Acceptance of Grounding Connection Electric Equipment Installation
Engineering" GB 50169, the construction of the earthing device shall also meet the following
requirements:
1 Where there is no requirement for the embedded depth of the top surface of earth
electrode in the design document, it should not be less than 0.6m. The earth electrode of angle
steel and steel pipe shall be laid vertically, except the earth electrode, the welding position of
the earthing device shall be provided with the anticorrosion treatment.
2 The earthing of electrical device shall be connected with the earthing bus by a
separate earthing wire, and shall not adopt tandem connection.
13.6.5 The electrostatic earthing of the equipment and pipeline shall meet the requirements
of the design document.
13.6.6 All the conductors shall be subjected to earthing inspection after being installed and
the earthing resistance shall meet the design requirements.
13.6.7 In addition to the current national standard "Code for Construction and Acceptance
of Electric Device for Explosion Atmospheres and Fire Hazard Electrical Equipment
Installation Engineering" GB 50257, the construction of the electrical devices in explosive
and fire environment shall also meet the following requirements:
1 The explosion separation surface of connection box and junction box shall be free
from sand hole and mechanical scar;
2 Where the cable line penetrates different danger areas, the cable trench in the
juncture shall be filled with sanded and fire retardant plugging or arranged with fire partition;
the pipe orifices at both ends of protective pipe shall seal the cable surrounding tightly with
nonflammable fiber, and then fill with seal clay.
3 The connection of steel pipe and steel pipe, steel pipe and electrical equipment and
steel pipe and steel pipe auxiliaries shall meet explosion-proof requirements.
13.6.8 In addition to the relevant requirements of the current professional standard
"Technical Code of Construction of Instrumentation Engineering for Petrochemical Industry"
SH/T 3521, the installation and debugging of the instruments shall also meet the following
requirements:
1 The appearance inspection shall be carried out before instrument installation with
qualified debugging and calibration.
2 Before laying and wiring of instrument cables, conduction inspection and insulation
test shall be carried out;
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3 Where guide tube or other guiding devices is adopted for inner floating-type level
meter and float ball level meter, the guide tube or guiding device shall be installed vertically,
and the liquid flow in the guide tube shall be unimpeded.
4 The length of the connecting pipe between flange and processing equipment for the
installation of float ball liquid level alarm shall ensure the float ball is able to run freely
within the full range.
5 The instrument enclosure, instrument panel (cabinet) and junction box shall be
subjected to the protective earthing when it may contact the exposed metal component of the
dangerous voltage.
6 Metering instrument shall be confirmed in the measurement identification
qualification validity period before installing, if the metering validity period is expired,
contact representatives of the development organization or supervision organization timely.
7 Where the working medium of instrument pipeline is combustible medium such as
fuel, oil & gas , LPG, LNG and CNG, the construction shall meet the requirements of the
current national standard "Code for Construction Quality Acceptance of Metallic Piping in
Petrochemical Engineering" GB 50517.
8 After the installation of instrument is finished, performance tests shall be carried out
according to the design document and the current relevant national standard and recorded in a
written form.
9 The shielding single-end earthing of cable should be earthed at a side of the control
room, the shielding layer at the cable site end shall not expose out of the protective layer, and
shall be insulated with the adjacent metal bodies. The shielding layers in the same line shall
have reliable electrical continuity.
13.6.9 Where the communication line and power line of information system are laid in room,
the concealed paving mode should be adopted; where the concealed paving is unavailable,
protective sleeve or wire groove may be adopted to pave in exposure along wall.
13.6.10 The power line and communication line of information system shall not be laid in
the same galvanized steel protective sleeve, the outlet interval between the communication
wire pipe and power line pipe should be 300mm.
13.7 Corrosion Protection and Thermal Insulation Engineering
13.7.1 The corrosion protection requirements of equipment and pipeline in the filling station
shall meet the requirements of the design document.
13.7.2 Construction of corrosion protection of equipment in the filling station shall be in
accordance with those specified in the current professional standard "Technical Specification
for the Coating Anticorrosion of Petrochemical Equipment and Pipe" SH 3022.
13.7.3 The anti-corrosion construction of filling station pipeline shall meet the relevant
requirements of the current national standard "Specification for External Corrosion Control
for Steel Pipeline" GB/T 21447.
13.7.4 Where the ambient temperature is lower than 5℃, the relative humidity is greater
than 80% or in rain and snow environment, the corrosion protection operation shall not be
carried out if the reliable measures are not taken.
13.7.5 During the construction of corrosion protection, operation in the presence of the open
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flame or the electrical spark is strictly forbidden within the range of 18.5m from the operation
point.
13.7.6 As for the buried metallic equipment and pipeline which have been subjected to an
anti-corrosive treatment in workshop, their anticorrosive coating shall be subjected to
electrical spark inspection on site, if unqualified, anti-corrosive treatment shall be carried out
on site again.
13.7.7 Thermal insulation of equipment and pipelines shall meet the relevant requirements
of the current national standard "Code for Construction of Industrial Equipment and Pipeline
Insulation Engineering" GB 50126.
13.8 Hand-over Documents
13.8.1 The construction organization shall timely hand over and accept the engineering after
all the works in the range specified in the contract are finished.
13.8.2 The construction organization shall provide the following data in the hand over and
acceptance of engineering:
1 The following data shall be provided for the comprehensive section:
1) Hand-over technical document description;
2) Commencement report;
3) Engineering hand-over certificate;
4) Design change schedule;
5) Quality certification of materials and equipment and material reinspection report.
2 The following data shall be included for building engineering
1) Positioning measuring record of engineering;
2) Foundation trench inspection record;
3) Steel bar inspection record;
4) Concrete engineering construction record;
5) Test report of concrete/mortar specimen;
6) Inspection record on items allowed to deviate of equipment foundation;
7) Settlement record of equipment foundation;
8) Steel structure installation record;
9) Construction record of fire protection layer of steel structure;
10) Water test record of waterproof engineering;
11) Test record of fill soil and fill compacting;
12) Qualified welder registration form;
13) Record of concealed work;
14) Construction inspection record of anticorrosion engineering.
3 The following data shall be included for installation engineering
1) Qualified welder registration form;
2) Record of concealed work;
3) Construction inspection record of anticorrosion engineering;
4) Inspection report of electrical spark of the anticorrosive and insulative layer;
5) Unpacking inspection record of equipment;
6) Equipment installation record;
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7) Cleaning, inspection and hole sealing records of equipment;
8) Machinery installation record;
9) Operation record of single machine;
10) Pressure test record of valve;
11) Record of debugging of safety valve;
12) Record of installation and inspection of pipeline system;
13) Records of pressure test and tightness test of pipeline system;
14) Record of purging/flushing of pipeline system;
15) Record of electrostatic earthing of pipeline system;
16) Records of cable laying and insulation inspection;
17) Record of installation and inspection of alarm system;
18) Survey records of earthing plate, earthing resistance and lightning earthing
installation;
19) Record of installation and inspection of electrical lighting;
20) Record of installation and inspection of explosion-proof electrical equipment;
21) Record of instrument debugging and loop test;
22) Record of quality acceptance of thermal insulation engineering;
23) Record of basic function testing of integrated control system;
24) Pressure withstand/tightness test record of instrument pipeline;
25) The confirmation and test record of the leakage/vacuum test condition for
instrument pipeline;
26) Installation inspection record of equipment cabinet/instrument panel/console of
control system.
4 Completion drawing.
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Appendix A
Start and End Points for Calculating Distance
A.0.1 The start and end points of safety clearance and fire separation for site selection and
plane layout in the station shall meet the following requirements:
1 Road—edge of pavement
2 Railway—railway center line.
3 Pipeline — pipe center line.
4 Tank — tank outer wall.
5 Storage bottle — bottle outer wall.
6 Storage well — well pipe center.
7 Fuel dispenser, gas dispenser — central line.
8 Equipment — outer edge.
9 Overhead power line, communication line — wire center line.
10 Buried power line, communication cable — cable center line.
11 Buildings and structures — external wall axis.
12 Underground structure and structure — direct external opening such as
entrance/exit, ventage, lighting window.
13 Unloading place — fixed joint for unloading fuel tank car (LPG , LNG)
14 The overhead power pole height, communication pole height and communication
launching tower height — the height from the ground where electric pole and communication
launching tower locate on to pole top or tower top.
Note: The safety clearance and fire separation without special explanation in this code refer to the plane projection distance.
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Appendix B
Classification of Protection Category of Civil Buildings
B.0.1 The important public buildings shall include the following content:
1 Office buildings of local and municipal and above Party and government institutions.
2 Public indoor locations with dense personnel as gymnasium, hall, cinema and theater,
recreation area, station and stock exchange with peak application or seat number exceeding
1500 people (seats).
3 Library with book capacity exceeding 0.5 million volumes; buildings as local and
municipal and above cultural relic antiquity, museum, exhibition center and chancery.
4 Financial institution office building as provincial and above bank; provincial and
above broadcast television buildings.
5 Stadium and open natatorium with number of users exceeding 5000 as well as other
open public recreation area.
6 Middle and primary schools with over 500 persons and other junenile schools;
kindergartens, nursery and disabled personnel rehabilitation facilities with over 200 persons;
gerocomiums, outpatient buildings and inpatient buildings of hospital with 150 beds or above.
As for these facilities, with enclosure, shall be included from the enclosure, if without
enclosure, shall be included from the nearest building.
7 Shop building with total building area exceeding 20000m2; tall complex building
with building area exceeding 15000m2.
8 Subway and tunnel exit and entrance.
B.0.2 The following buildings shall be classified into Category I protection except the
important public buildings:
1 Office buildings of county-level Party and government institutions.
2 Public indoor areas as gymnasium, hall, conference center, cinema, theater, indoor
recreation area, station and passenger station with the design number of users or seat number
exceeding 800 people (seats).
3 Buildings as cultural relic historic site, museum, exhibition hall and chancery as well
as library with book capacity exceeding 0.1 million volumes.
4 Office buildings if financial institution like branch banks.
5 Stadium and open natatorium as well as other open public recreation area with
number of users exceeding 2000;
6 Buildings such as middle and primary schools, kindergartens, nursery, disabled
personnel rehabilitation facility, gerocomium, outpatient building and inpatient building of
hospitals. As for these facilities, with fence, shall be counted from the enclosure, if not, shall
be counted from the nearest building.
7 Shop (marketplace) with total building area exceeding 6000m2; complex buildings
and stock exchange houses with total building area of business location exceeding 4000m2;
underground stores (shopping street) with total building area exceeding 2000m2 as well as
business locations as food market with total building area exceeding 10000m2.
8 Office buildings with total building area exceeding 10000m2.
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9 Residential buildings with total building area exceeding 10000m2.
10 Other buildings with total building area exceeding 15000m2.
B.0.3 The following buildings shall be Category II protection except the important public
buildings and Category I protection:
1 Indoor and outdoor public locations as gymnasium, hall, cinema, theater, indoor
recreation area, station, passenger station, stadium, open natatorium and other open recreation
areas;
2 Underground store (shopping street); shop (marketplace) with total building area
exceeding 3000m2, complex building with building area of commercial business location
exceeding 2000m2; commercial business location with total building area exceeding 3000m2,
like market hall.
3 Office buildings if financial institution like branch banks.
4 Office buildings as office building and office building with total building area
exceeding 5000m2.
5 Residential buildings with total building area exceeding 5000m2.
6 Other buildings with total building area exceeding 7500m2.
7 Garage with berths exceeding 100 and parking lot with berths exceeding 200.
8 Bridge and elevated road of main road of the city.
B.0.4 The buildings shall be Category III protection except the important public buildings
and Categories I and II protection.
Note: Unless otherwise specified, the building in Articles B.0.1~B.0.4 of this code are building in a single; the area of the
buildings in Articles B.0.1~B.0.4 of this code excludes that of the underground garage and underground equipment room; the
independent underground buildings of the same nature or scale as those in Articles B.0.1~B.0.4 of this code are identical with
various buildings in Articles B.0.1~B.0.4 of this code.
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Appendix C
Grade and Range Division of Explosion Danger Areas in Filling
Station
C.0.1 The definition for the grade of explosion danger areas shall be in accordance with
those specified in the current national standard "Electrical Installations Design Code for
Explosive Atmospheres and Fire Hazard" GB 50058.
C.0.2 The pit or ditch below the floor of the gasoline and LPG facility explosion danger
areas shall be divided as Area 1.
C.0.3 The division of explosion danger areas of buried horizontal-type gasoline tank (Figure
C.0.3) shall meet the following requirements:
Vent pipe orifice
Airtight oil
unloading port
Liquid surface
Figure C.0.3 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Buried Horizontal-type Gasoline Tank
Area 0 Area 1 Area 2
1 The space above the surface of fuel in tank shall be divided into Area 0.
2 The inner space of manhole (valve) well, the spherical space taking the vent pipe
orifice as the center and with the radius of 1.5m (0.75m) and the spherical space taking the
airtight oil unloading port as the center and with the radius of 0.5m shall be divided into Area
1.
3 The cylindrical space within 1.5m of the outer edge of manhole (valve) well with the
height of 1m from the ground, the spherical space taking the vent pipe orifice as the center
and with the radius of 3m (2m) and the spherical space taking the airtight oil unloading port
as the center and with the radius of 1.5m shall be divided into Area 2.
Note: The figures in the brackets are for the explosion danger areas of the vent pipe orifice of gasoline tank adopting vapor
recovery system for unloading gasoline.
C.0.4 The division of explosion danger areas of ground oil tank, tank truck and airtight oil
unloading port of gasoline (Figure C.0.4) shall meet the following requirements:
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Air vent
Liquid surface
Airtight oil unloading port
Figure C.0.4 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Ground Oil Tank, Tank Truck and Airtight Oil
Unloading Port of Gasoline
Area 1 Area 2
Area 0
1 The space above the surface of fuel in ground oil tank and tank truck shall be divided
into Area 0.
2 The spherical space taking the gas vent as the center and with the radius of 1.5 m and
the spherical space taking the airtight oil unloading port as the center and with the radius of
0.5m shall be divided into Area 1.
3 The spherical space taking the gas vent as the center and with the radius of 3m and
extending to the ground and the spherical space taking the airtight oil unloading port as the
center and with the radius of 1.5m and extending to the ground shall be divided into Area 2.
C.0.5 The division of explosion danger areas of gasoline dispenser (Figure C.0.5) shall meet
1 The inner space of fuel dispenser shall be Area 1.
2 The truncated cone space taking the center line of fuel dispenser as the center line,
taking the ground area with 4.5m (3m) radius as the bottom surface and taking the plane
0.15m above the fuel dispenser top and with the radius of 3m as the top surface shall be Area
2.
Note: The figures in the brackets are for the explosion danger areas of the fuel dispenser adopting vapor recovery system for
filling process.
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Figure C.0.5 Division of Explosion Danger Area of Gasoline Dispenser
C.0.6 The division of explosion danger areas of LPG dispenser (Figure C.0.6) shall meet the
1 The inner space of fuel dispenser shall be Area 1.
2 The truncated cone space taking the center line of fuel dispenser as the center line,
taking the ground area with 5m radius as the bottom surface and taking the plane 0.15m above
the fuel dispenser top and with the radius of 3m as the top surface shall be Area 2.
Metering
device
Figure C.0.6 Division of Explosion Danger Area of LPG Dispenser
C.0.7 The division of explosion danger areas of buried LPG tank (Figure C.0.7) shall meet
Bleeder orifice
Unloading
mouth
Liquid surface Tank
Figure C.0.7 Division of Explosion Danger Area of Buried LPG Tank
Area 1 Area 2
Area 0
1 The inner space of manhole (valve) well and the spherical space taking the unloading
mouth as the center and with the radius of 1m shall be Area 1.
2 The cylindrical space within 3m of the outer edge of manhole (valve) well with the
height of 2m from the ground, the spherical space taking the bleeder orifice as the center and
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with the radius of 3m and extending to the ground and the spherical space taking the
unloading mouth as the center and with the radius of 3m and extending to the ground shall be
Area 2.
C.0.8 The division of explosion danger areas of overground LPG tank (Figure C.0.8) shall
Bleeder orifice
Unloading
mouth
Fire dike Liquid surface
Figure C.0.8 Division of Explosion Danger Area of Overground LPG Tank
Area 1 Area 2
Area 0
1 The spherical space taking the unloading mouth as the center and with the radius of 1
m shall be Area 1.
2 The spherical space taking the bleeder orifice as the center and with the radius of 3m
and within 3m of the tank outer wall and extending to the ground, the space in the safety dike
and with the same height of the safety dike and the spherical space taking the unloading
mouth as the center and with the radius of 3m and extending to the ground shall be divided
into Area 2.
C.0.9 The division of explosion danger areas of LPG pump, compressor, valve, flange or
similar accessories installed in the open air or in shed (Figure C.0.9): the space within 3m
from the external radius of release source shell and the space within 6m from the outer edge
of the release source shell and with the height of 0.6m from the ground shall be Area 2.
Release source
Figure C.0.9 Division of Explosion Danger Area of LPG Pump, Compressor, Valve, Flange or Similar
Accessories Installed in the Open Air or in Shed
C.0.10 The division of explosion danger areas in the room of LPG compressor, pump,
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flange, valve or similar accessories (Figure C.0.10) shall meet the following requirements:
1 The inner space of rooms of compressor, pump, flange, valve or similar accessories
shall be Area 1.
2 Space provided with hole or open outer wall in the room and within the range of 3m
from opened edges of the hole or wall and of the same height as the room shall be Area 2.
3 Space out of Area 1, at a distance of R2 from release source and of 0.6m calculated
from ground shall be Area 2. When Area 1 edge is at a distance L greater than 3m from the
release source, R2 is L plus 3m and when L is less than or equal to 3m, R2 is 6m.
Hole or open wall

Enclosing wall
Release source
Figure C.0.10 Division of Explosion Danger Area of Rooms for LPG Compressor, Pump, Flange, Valve or
Similar Accessories
Area 1 Area 2
Area 0
C.0.11 As for division of explosion danger areas of CNG storage bottle (group), storage
well, vehicle-mounted storage bottle outdoors or within the shed (Figure C.0.11), the
spherical space of taking bleeder orifice as a center and a radius of 3m and space within a
distance of 4.5m from the storage bottle (group) shell (storage well) and extending to the
ground shall be Area 2.
Bleeder orifice
Figure C.0.11 Division of Explosion Danger Area of Storage Bottle (Group), Storage Well,
Vehicle-mounted Storage Bottle Outdoors or within the Shed
Area 1 Area 2
Area 0
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C.0.12 The division of explosion danger areas in the room of LPG compressor, valve,
flange, or similar accessories (Figure C.0.12) shall meet the following requirements:
Hole or open wall

Enclosing wall
Release source
Figure C.0.12 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Rooms for LPG Compressor, Valve, Flange, or
Similar Accessories
1 The inner space of rooms of compressor, pump, flange, valve or similar accessories
shall be Area 1.
2 The space with hole or open outer wall, at a distance of R from the hole or wall
opened edges and extending to the ground shall be Area 2. When Area 1 edge is at a distance
L of being greater than or equal to 4.5m from the release source, R is 3m; when it is less than
4.5m, R is (7.5-L)m.
C.0.13 As for the division of explosion danger areas of CNG compressor, valve, flange or
similar accessories installed in an open air, the space within 7.5m from the compressor, valve,
flange or similar accessories and extending to the ground shall be Area 2.
Figure C.0.13 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of CNG Compressor Group, Valve, Flange or Similar
Accessories Installed in the Open Air (Shed)
C.0.14 Division of explosion danger areas of room where the CNG storage bottle (group) is
stored (Figure C.0.14) shall meet the following requirements:
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Hole or open wall
Enclosing wall
Storage bottle group
Figure C.0.14 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Room where the CNG Storage Bottle (group) is
Stored
1 The inner space of room shall be Area 1.

2 The space with hole or open outer wall, at a distance of R from the hole or wall
opened edges and extending to the ground shall be Area 2. When Area 1 edge is at a distance
L of being greater than or equal to 1.5m from the release source, R is 3m; when it is less than
1.5m, R is (4.5-L)m.
C.0.15 Grade and range classification of explosion danger areas of CNG and LNG
dispensers shall meet the following requirements:
1 The inner space of CNG and LNG dispenser shall be Area 1.
2 Space at a distance of 4.5m from the outer wall of CNG and LNG dispenser and
within the range of 5.5m from the ground level shall be area 2 (Figure C.0.15-1). When the
distance L from the red bottom to the ground is less than 5.5m, the upper part of the shed shall
be non-explosive-proof area (Figure C.0.15-2).
C.0.16 Division of explosion danger areas of LNG tank (Figure C.0.16-1-Figure C.0.16-3)
1 Area within a range of 3m from outer wall and top of the LNG tank shall be Area 2.
2 The area from safety dike of tank area to outer wall of tank at the altitude of dike top
shall be Area 2.
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Shed top
Metering device
Flooring
Pit or trench
Figure C.0.15-1 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of CNG and LNG Dispenser (I)
Shed top
Metering device
Flooring
Pit or trench
Figure C.0.15-2 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of CNG and LNG Dispensers (II)
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Dike situated outside explosion danger area of Dike situated inside explosion danger area of
the tank the tank
Dike Dike Flooring
Figure C.0.16-1 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Overground LNC Tank
Area 0 Area 2
Dike situated outside explosion danger area of Dike situated inside explosion danger area of
the tank the tank
Flooring
Dike
Dike
Figure C.0.16-2 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Semi-underground LNG Tank
C.0.17 Division of explosion danger areas of open-air LNG pump (Figure C.0.18) shall
1 Area at a distance of 4.5m from the outer wall of the equipment or device and
towering 7.5m out of the top and above the flooring shall be Area 2.
2 Area from the outer wall of equipment or device to the safety dike at the altitude of
the dike top when arranged in the safety dike shall be Area 2.
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Dike situated outside explosion danger area ofDike situated inside explosion danger area of
the tank the tank
Flooring
Dike Dike
Figure C.0.16-3 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Underground LNG Tank
Dike situated outside explosion danger area

Dike situated inside explosion danger
of LNG pump
area of LNG pump
Dike Dike
Flooring
Figure C.0.17 Division of Explosion Danger Areas of Open-air LNG Pump, Air-heated LNG Gasifier,
Valve and Flange
C.0.18 Division of explosion danger areas of open-air water bath LNG gasifier shall meet
1 Area within a range of 3m from outer wall and top of the water bath LNG gasifier
shall be Area 2.
2 Area from the outer wall of equipment or device to the safety dike at the altitude of
the dike top when arranged in the safety dike shall be Area 2.
C.0.19 Division of explosion danger areas of LNG bleeding pole shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Space with closed port center at a radius of 1.5m shall be Area 1.
2 Space with closed port center at a radius of 4.5m and area above the flooring shall be
Area 2.
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Explanation of Wording in this Code
1 Words used for different degrees of strictness are explained as follows in order to
mark the differences in executing the requirements in this code:
1) Words used to represent very strict and must be done in this way:
"Must" is used for affirmation, "must not" for negation;
2) Words denoting a strict requirement under normal conditions:
"Shall" is used for affirmation; "shall not" or" should not" for negation;
3) Words denoting a permission of a slight choice or an indication of the most suitable
choice when conditions permit:
"Should" is used for affirmation; "should not" for negation;
4) "May" is used as word denoting a permission of choice or an indication of the most
suitable choice when conditions permit.
2 "Shall comply with…" or "shall meet the requirements of…" is used in this standard
to indicate that it is necessary to comply with the requirements stipulated in other relative
standards and codes.
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List of Quoted Standards
"Load Code for the Design of Building Structures" GB 50009

"Code for Seismic Design of Buildings" GB 50011
"Code of Design on Building Fire Protection and Prevention" GB 50016
"Code for Engineering Surveying" GB 50026
"Code for Design of City Gas Engineering" GB 50028
"Electrical Installations Design Code for Explosive Atmospheres and Fire Hazard" GB
50058
"Specifications for constructions and acceptance of road concrete pavement" GBJ 97
"Technical Code for Waterproofing of Underground Works" GB 50108 GB 50108
"Code for Construction of Industrial Equipment and Pipeline Insulation Engineering"
GB 50126
"Code for Design of Extinguisher Distribution in Buildings" GB 50140
"Code for Construction and Acceptance of Cable System Electric Equipment Installation
Engineering" GB 50168
"Code for Construction and Acceptance of Grounding Connection Electric Equipment
Installation Engineering" GB 50169
"Code for Construction and Acceptance of Switchboard Outfit Complete Cubicle and
Secondary Circuit Electric Equipment Installation Engineering" GB 50171
"Code for Fire Protection Design of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering" GB 50183
"Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Building Foundation" GB 50202
"Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Masonry Engineering" GB 50203
"Code for Acceptance of Constructional Quality of Concrete Structures" GB 50204
"Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Steel Structures" GB 50205
"Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Roof" GB 50207
"Code for acceptance of construction quality of building ground" GB 50209
"Code for construction quality acceptance of building decoration" GB 50210
"General Code for Construction and Acceptance of Mechanical Equipment Installation
"Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Water Supply Drainage and Heating
Works" GB 50242
"Code for Construction and Acceptance of Electric Device for Explosion Atmospheres
and Fire Hazard Electrical Equipment Installation Engineering" GB 50257
"Design Code for Insulation Engineering of Industrial Equipment and Pipe" GB 50264
"Code for Construction and Acceptance of Fan, Compressor and Pump Installation
"Code of Acceptance of Construction Quality of Electrical Installation in Building" GB
50303
"Code for Quality Acceptance of Static Equipment Installation in Petrochemical
"Code for Technical of Construction Safety in Petrochemical Engineering" GB 50484
"Specification for Design of Combustible Gas and Toxic Gas Detection and Alarm for
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Petrochemical Industry" GB 50493
"Code for Construction Quality Acceptance of Metallic Piping in Petrochemical
"Code for Design of Automobile Ethanol Gasoline Storage and Transportation" GB/T
50610
"Steel Pressure Vessels" GB 150
"Seamless Steel Tubes and Pipes for High Pressure Boiler" GB 5310
"Seamless Steel Tubes for Liquid Service" GB/T 8163
"Steel Butt-welding Seamless Pipe Fittings" GB/T 12459
"Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes for Fluid Transport" GB/T 14976
"Compressed Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel" GB 18047
"Cryo-insulation Pressure Vessels" GB 18442
"Steel Cylinders for the Storage of Compressed Natural Gas" GB 19158
"Emission standard of Air Pollutant for Gasoline Filling Stations" GB 20952
"Specification for External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipeline CB/T 21447
"Cryogenic Emergency Shutoff Valve" GB/T 24918
"Cryogenic Valve Technical Specifications" GB/T 24925
"Technology-separate and Explosion-proof of Auto Gasoline Gas Filling Portable
Device" AQ 3002
"Workshop Fabricated Steel Tanks-Part1: Horizontal Cylindrical Single Skin and Double
Skin Tanks for the Underground Storage of Flammable and Non-flammable Water Polluting
Liquids" AQ 3020
"Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipments" JB/T 4730.1~JB/T 4730.6
"Steel Horizontal Vessels on Saddle Supports" JB 4731
"Technical Specification for Construction of Highway Subgrades" JTG F10
"Technical Specifications for Construction of Highway Roadbases" JTJ 034
"Steel Welded Atmospheric Pressure Vessels" NB/T 47003.1
"Technical Specification for the Coating Anticorrosion of Equipment and Piping in
Petrochemical Industry" SH 3022
"Technical Specification for Portable Filling Device in Automobile Filling Station" SH/T
3134
"Specification for Selection Inspection and Acceptance of Steel Valves Used in
Petrochemical Industry" SH 3064
"Specification for the Construction and Acceptance of Petrochemical Equipment
Concrete Foundation" SH 3510
"Technical Code of Construction of Instrumentation Engineering for Petrochemical
Industry" SH 3521
"Specification for the Construction and Acceptance of Concrete Water Pit Engineering
for Petrochemical Industry" SH/T 3535
"The Underground Storage Well for High-compression Gas" SY/T 6535
"Supervision Regulations on Safety Technology for Stationary Pressure Vessels" TSG
R0004
"Examination Rules for Welding Operators of Special Equipment" TSG Z6002
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Code for Design and Construction of Filling

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Chief Development Department: China Petrochemical Corporation

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Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China

This code is prepared by Sinopec Engineering Incorporation jointly with the

2 Terms, Symbols and Abbreviations

2.1.1 Filling station

A——Sum of surface areas of metal objects immersed into the fuel;

LPG——liquefied petroleum gas;

Grade I 150<V≤210 V≤50

Grade II 90<V≤150 V≤50

Grade III V≤90 Gasoline tank V≤30, diesel tank V≤50

Grade I 45<V≤60 V≤30

Grade II 30<V≤45 V≤30

Grade III V≤30 V≤30

Grade Single tank

Grade I 120<V≤180 V≤60 120<V≤180 V≤60 V≤12

Grade I* — 60<V≤120 V≤60 V≤24

Grade II 60<V≤120 V≤60 60<V≤120 V≤60 V≤9

Grade II* — V≤60 V≤60 V≤18

Grade III V≤60 V≤60 V≤60 V≤60 V≤9

Grade I V≤45 120<V≤180

Grade II V≤30 60<V≤120

Grade III V≤20 V≤60

Grade I 90<V≤120 Where the total volume of

Grade I V≤120 150<V≤210 V≤12

Grade II V≤60 90<V≤150 V≤9

Grade III V≤60 V≤90 V≤8

Buried oil tank

With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor

Important public buildings 50 40 35 50 40 35 50 40 35 50 40 35

Open flame site or

Category A and B goods

Table 4.0.4 (Continued)

Buried oil tank

With vapor With vapor With vapor With vapor

Outdoor substation and

Railway 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5 22 17.5 15.5

Urban road trunk road

Table 4.0.4 (Continued)

Buried oil tank

power line With

Buried oil tank Fuel

Important public buildings 25 25 25 25

Open flame site or sparking site 12.5 12.5 10 10

Category A and B goods production plants and

Category C, D and E goods production plants and

Outdoor substation and distribution station 15 15 15 15

Expressway and main

0.75 times the

Important public buildings 100 100 100 100 100 100

Open flame site or sparking

Category A and B goods

Category C, D and E goods

Without 1.5 times 1 times the pole (tower)

power line With (tower) 0.75 times the pole (tower)

Important public buildings 100 100 100

Category A and B goods production plants and

Category C, D and E goods production plants and

Outdoor substation and distribution station 22 20 20

Expressway and main

Overhead communication line and