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GB50160 99
GB50160 99
of
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国国家标准
GB 50160-92
石油化工企业设计防火规范
(1999 年局部修订条文)
Beijing 1999
GB 50160 - 99
NATIONAL STANDARD
of
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国国家标准
GB 50160-92
Beijing 1999
GB 50160 - 99
Every related department of State Council, every construction commission and planning
commission of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central
government, every construction commission of the special planned cities and Xinjiang Production
and Construction Corps:
Attachment:
The state standard "Fire Prevention Code of Petrochemical Enterprises Design” (GB50160-92) has
been partly revised by Luoyiang Petrochemical Engineering Company, China Petrochemical
Company, and related companies. The standard has been jointly reviewed by related departments
which have been approved and will be put into enforcement from June 1, 1999. The former
corresponding clause of the code will be abolished meantime.
Content
1 GENERAL.......................................................................................................................................2
4 PROCESS PLANT..........................................................................................................................7
5.1 GENERAL.............................................................................................................................12
5.2 ABOVE GROUND TANK OF COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID..............................................................12
5.3 ABOVE-GROUND LIQUEFIED HYDRO-CARBON, COMBUSTIBLE GAS AND COMBUSTION-
SUPPORTING GAS STORAGE TANK.......................................................................................................13
5.4 LOADING FACILITIES OF COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, LIQUEFIED HYDRO-CARBON..................14
5.7 PUMP AND COMPRESSOR.....................................................................................................15
5.9 WAREHOUSE IN PLANT........................................................................................................15
7 FIRE-FIGHTING..........................................................................................................................16
8 ELECTRIC....................................................................................................................................25
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APPENDIX:
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1 General
1.0.2 The code is applicable for the fire-prevention design of a new, extension or
renovation project for a petrochemical plant based on petroleum, natural gas
and its product as feedstock.
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Table 3.2.11 Fire Distance of Overall Plot Plan for Petro-chemical Enterprise
Class A, B pump-house in Tank farm (Incl. Lead-adding and additive adding facilities as well as special-use
Plant Important Facilities
Item LHC storage Filling
Process Plant
Above-ground combustible liquid Tank
Tank LHC and Class AII , station
Transportation passage for feedstock and product(road side) Railway passage lane (centerline)
Full-freezing storage tank
Class AII , B, fixed- Floating-Roof Tank or Full-pressure Class B Liquid
roofing tank class C Fix-roof Tank storage tank
>500m3 to 1000m3
>500m3 to 1000m3
>100m3 to 1000m3
(Equipment, production house or warehouse)
>5000m3
>5000m3
>1000m3
≤500 m3 or Hor. tank
≤500 m3 or hor. tank
>1000m3 to 5000m3
>1000m3 to 5000m3
≤100 m3
Fire distance
substation
Remarks
Loading Area of wharf
LHC
A B C
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A - - ②
25
Process Plant 25 20
B - ③
(Equipment, production house or warehouse) 20 15
20 15
C 10 ④
15 10
Plant Important Facilities 35 30 25 ⑤
Location of setting off flame or sparkles 30 25 20
Above-ground combustible liquid tank
>5000m3 50 40 35 50 40
Class AII, B
>1000m3 to 5000m3 40 35 30 40 35
fixed-roofing
>500m3 to 1000m3 30 25 20 35 30
tank
≤500 m3 or horizontal tank 25 20 15 30 25
①
>5000m3 35 30 25 35 30 See Table 5.2.7
④
Floating-Roof >1000m3 to 5000m3 30 25 20 30 25
Tank or class C >500m3 to 1000m 25 20 15 25 20
Fix.-roof Tank
≤500 m3 or horizontal tank 20 15 10 20 15
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B The fire-distance for for truck loading facilities may be reduced by 25% but
shall not be less than 10m when measures is taken to prevent liquefied hydro-
carbon from being drained locally;
C The fire-distance for fixed-roof tanks may be determined the same as for
floating-roof tank in case nitrogen blanket has been applied for fixed-roof tank;
D The fire-distance for waste-water treatment unit may be reduced by 25%
when oil-separation basin is covered and there exist semi-fixed steam-
smothering system installed;
E For heating furnace, oven and direct-firing equipment, etc., the fire-distance
may be reduced by 25% in case there are inter-lock facilities of combustible-
gas concentration alarmer and steam- smothering screen.
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1 Process Plant
1.1 In-site Layout
1.1.2 The fire-distance of equipment, buildings unless specified in the code shall not
be less than the specification in Table 4.2.1.
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Table 4.2.1 Fire Distance of Overall layout for Equipment and Buildings (m)
Process equipment with the medium temperature is below ignition point Process equipment with
Class of CG gas
medium temperature at or
above igniting point
Comb. gas Intermediate storage tank, Other process Reactor lined Other process
Compressor or electric demineralization or equipment or rooms with inner hot- equipment or
compressor house dewatering tank insulation rooms
Class of CG gases
Class o LHC and CL
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Note:
(1) 250℃ is assumed if the ignition point is unavailable
(2) The fire-distance for combustible gas compressor with unit drive power less than 150kW
may be determined as for “the other process equipment” in which the medium
temperature is below ignition point.
(3) The maximum volume of plant storage tank shall be in accordance with Clause 4.2.28.
The fire-distance may be determined as for “other process equipment” in which the
medium temperature is below ignition point on the condition that the unit volume of
storage tank is less than 50m 3 for liquefied hydrocarbon, 100m3 for combustible liquid,
200m3 for combustible gas.
(4) The water pond and oil separation pond containing combustible liquid can be
determined in accordance with the specifications of “other process equipment” in which
the medium temperature is below ignition point.
(5) The fire-distance for Class CII liquid equipment is not specified.
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A. The total volume of fixed-roof tank group shall not be over 120,000m3 ;
B. The total volume of floating-roof tank group and inner floating-roof tank
group shall not be over 600,000m3 .
2.2.2 The quantity of tanks with unit volume at or above 10000m3 in a tank group
shall not be more than twelve; but for tanks with unit volume less than
10000m3 in a tank group, the quantity shall not be more than sixteen; for tanks
with each volume less than 1000m3 and Class CII liquid tanks, the specification
is in-valid.
2.2.3 The fire-distance of adjacent above-ground combustible liquid tanks in a tank
group shall not be less than the specification in Table 5.2.7.
Table 5.2.7 Fire-distance of Adjacent Above-ground Combustible Liquid Tank in tank group
Type
Fixed-roof tank Floating-roof, inner Horizontal
Class floating-roof tank
1000 m3 > 1000 m3
0.6 D
(Fixed Fire-cooling);
Class AII, B 0.6D 0.4D
0.75 D
0.8 m
(Mobile Fire-cooling)
Class CI 0.4D, but should not be over 15m -
Class CII 2m 5m -
Note:
(1) The figure D in the table refers to the bigger one of two adjacent tanks; for single tank with
the volume more than 1000 m3, it refers to the bigger one of following two figures: the
diameter or the height of the tank;
(2) The fire-distance of adjacent tanks which stores different class combustible liquid or different
type, the bigger one of the values shall be adopted;
(3) Fire distance of elevated tanks shall not be less than 0.6m;
(4) For the shallow-disc floating-roof tank, the fire-distance is the same as for fixed-roof tank
2.2.4 For the design of fire-dike and partition-dike, following specification shall be
met:
A. Fire dike and partition dike shall be possible to bear the hydraulic pressure
of the liquid, and shall not leak out;
B. For vertical storage tank, the height of fire-dike shall be equal to the
calculation result plus 0.2m, and shall be from 1.0m to 2.2m; for horizontal
storage tank, the height of fire dike shall not be lower than 0.5m;
C. The height of partition dike shall be 0.2~0.3m lower than fire-dike at the
point passing through dike for pipeline shall be closely sealed by use of
non-combustible material;
D. In side the fire dike, measures shall be taken at the point passing through
dike for rain ditch to prevent combustible liquid from flowing out of the
dike;
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E. On different orientation of fire dike, more than two stages or ramps shall be
installed; stages shall be installed for all of partition dike;
2.3 Above-ground Liquefied Hydro-carbon, Combustible Gas and
Combustion-supporting Gas Storage Tank..
2.3.2 In case liquefied hydro-carbon tank are arranged in groups, following
requirements shall be met.
A. The number of rows in tank groups of full-pressure type or full-freezing
type shall not exceed two; loop fire-vehicle access shall be designed all
around tank groups;
B. The number of rows in each full-pressure type tank-group shall not exceed
twelve; the number of rows in full-freezing type tank-group shall not
exceed two;
C. For full-pressure type tank-group, in case the total volume of a full-
pressure type tank group exceeds 6000 m3 , partition dike shall be installed
in tank-group; the volume of partition dike shall not be more than 6000 m 3
; in case unit volume of tank is at or above 5000 m 3, tanks shall be
partitioned every one. For full-freezing type tank-group, tanks shall be
partitioned every one. The partition embankment shall be 0.2m lower than
fire embankment of dike.
D. Tanks with different storage mode shall not be placed in the same tank-
group.
2.3.3 In side the tank groups of liquefied hydro-carbon, combustible gas
combustion-supporting gas, the fire-distance shall not be less than the
specification in Table 5.3.3.
Table 5.3.3 Fire-distance of tank in groups for liquefied hydro-carbon, combustible gas,
combustion-supporting gas
Tank Type
Water-channel type gas holder
Horizontal tank
Spherical tank
Class of tank
Full-pressure tank
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Type of Plant
Petrochemical plant 150~300 300~450
Refinery plant 150~230 230~300
Ammonia Plant and its after-process plant 90~120 120~150
Note:
Fire-fighting water demand for artificial fibre factory buildings may be determined in
accordance with the relevant specifications of current state standard “Code for Design of
Building Fire Prevention”.
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4.2.4 Inside process area, tank farms and etc. for big-sized petrochemical enterprise,
independent steady high-pressure fire-fighting water supply system shall be
installed, whose pressure should be 0.7~1.2 MPa. For other locations
employing low-pressure fire-fighting water supply system, the water-supply
pressure shall ensure the water pressure at the worst position during fire-
fighting not less than 0.15 MPa (calculated from the ground). Low-pressure
water supply system shall not be shared with circulating cooling water system.
4.2.5 The installation of hydrants shall be in accordance with following
specification:
A. Above-ground type hydrants should be selected preferably;
B. Hydrants should be lay down along road;
C. The distance for hydrants to road side shall not be more than 5 m; the
distance to the exterior wall of buildings shall not be more than 5 m;
D. The distance for above-ground hydrants to urban road side shall not be
less than 0.5 m; that to highway type double-lane road-shoulder shall not
be less than 0.5 m; that to the centerline of single-lane road shall not be
less than 3 m;
E. The big-sized outlet of above-ground hydrants shall oriented towards
road; in case the location for the hydrants is susceptible to be rammed by
vehicles, safeguarding facilities shall be installed all around;
F. Under-ground hydrant shall have noticeable indicator;
4.2.6 For plant locations, the hydrants shall be arranged all around plant, and the
interval should not exceed 60m. In case there is fire-vehicle access inside
plant, additional hydrants should be installed along the access side.
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The hydrants located in the range of 15m away from the tank-wall of
combustible liquid tank farm, liquefied hydrogen tank farm, shall not be
included in the quantity of applicable hydrants.
4.2.9 High-rise frame and equipment groups for Class A, Class B equipment
involving large volume of combustible-gas or combustible-liquid should be
protected by fire-fighting water-canon, the distance of the canon to the
protected subject should not be less than 15m, the output of water-canon
should be around 30~40 L/s, and the spray should be dual purposed type both
for direct-flow and spraying.
4.2.10 For special hazardous equipment and locations inside process plant which
cannot be protected effectively by fixed water-canon, water showering system
or water spraying system should be installed in accordance with following
specifications:
A. The duration, reply time and control mode, etc., for the system should be
determined based on the characteristic and operating requirments of
protected subjects;
B. In case rain-dripping valves are installed close to protected-subjects, fire
protection facilities should be installed;
C. The alarm signal of system and the status of rain-dripping valves shall be
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neighboring tank should not be less than 4L/min.m 2, the cooling area
should be calculated based on the surface area of tank roof;
C. The cooling water supply strength for the tank-wall of the burning tank and
the neighboring tank should not be less than 2L/min.m 2. The cooling area
of the burning tank should be based on the surface area of tank; and the
cooling area of the neighboring tank should be based on the half of surface
area of tank.
4.7.1 For fixed fire cooling water system, water showering type or spraying type
may be adopted; in case the carbon deposits on the tank wall while the stored
material is burning, water spraying cooling system shall be installed. Water
showering system can be ejection type, perforated tube type, or tank-roof
multi-tooth weir type, etc.
The sprayer of the fixed water-canon shall be direct-flow water spraying
ejector and be 15~40m away from the tank wall. The cooling water
consumption for fixed water-canon shall be increased from the calculation
figure based on Clause 7.9.4 and should not be less than 1.15 times of the
calculated values.
4.7.2 When the water spraying is adopted for fixed fire-fighting cooling water
system for tanks, the sprayers should be installed to protect the valves, the
level guages and the safety valves on the tank; in case water showing is
adopted for fixed fire-fighting cooling water system for tanks, auxiliary
protection measures such as the water showering sprayer, mobile fire-fighting
cooling water system should be installed.
4.7.3 The installation of fixed fire cooling water pipeline shall be in compliance with
following specifications:
A. For storage tanks over 400 m3, there should be two vertical supply pipes of
fire-fighting water, which should be arranged symmetrically; In case
adopting tank-roof multi-tooth weir showing system, there may be one
water supply vertical pipe;
B. The control valves of fire cooling water system should be placed outside
of fire-dike and be 15m away from the tank wall; the valves may be
maually controlled or remote controlled; and after valves, pipe strainers
with by-pass valve should be installed;
C. The pipe after the control valve and the tube on the storage tank shall be
of galvanized pipe.
4.7.4 For mobile fire cooling water system, water gun or mobile water canon may
be adopted.
4.8 Fire-fighting for Oil Loading Jetty
4.8.1 The fire-fighting facilities for oil loading jetty shall be capable to put out fires
due to oil leakage in the loading area, to provide protection for heat radiation
for production facilities in loading area or to provide fire-fighting help for
anchored oil-tankers
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4.8.2 The installation of fire-fighting facilities for Class A, B oil loading jetty shall
be in compliance with following specifications:
A. River type oil-jetty for the oil tanker with tonage of 1000 t and more or
coastal type oil-jetty for the oil tanker with tonage of 3000 t and more,
shall be furnished with fixed type or semi-fixed foam fire-fighting system;
the foam mixture supply intensity should not be less than 30 L/s;
B. River type oil-jetty for the oil-tanker with tonage of 5000 t and more or
coastal type oil-jetty for the oil-tanker with tonage of 20000 t and more,
shall be furnished with fixed foam extinguishing sytem with the foam
mixture supply intensity not less than 60 L/s; and and should be furnished
with two fixed dual-purpose canons both for water and foam, whose
ejecting intensity should not less than 30 L/s; for coastal type oil-jetty for
the oil-tanker with tonage of 50000 t and more, the fixed dual-purpose
canons should be elevated and remote controlled;
C. The continuous supply duration for mixture should not be less than 0.5h,
but the supply time for fire-fighting water should not be less than 2h; in
case installing water curtain, the water consumption for fire fighting
should include the water consumption for water curtain.
4.8.3 A coastal jetty for Class A and Class B oil products, in case it is for the oil-
tanker with the tonage of 35000t and more to anchor, water curtain protecting
against the heat radiation should be installed in accordance with following
regulations:
A. The water curtain should be installed on the front of the jetty, the length of
water curtain should be extended by 5m on both ends of loading facility.
B. The spraying reach of water curtain should be 1.5m higher than the
protected targets.
C. In case the height of water curtain is less than 10m, the unit water
consumption per meter should not be less than 100L/min; in case the
height of water curtain is more than 10m, the water consumption should be
increased by 10L/min as the ejection height increase by 1m.
4.8.4 For coastal type oil-jetty for Class A, B oil, when the oil-tankers with tonage of
35000t and more is anchored in the berths for operation, there shall be fire-
fighting ship or dual-purposed tug-boat in the nearby for the supervision and
monitoring.
4.9 Fire-fighting in Building
4.9.2 The intallation of fire-fighting system in buildings should be determined by the
danger comprehensively considering fire hazard, operating conditions,
property of material, volume of buildings and the installations, etc. of outside
fire-fighting facilities.
4.9.3 The installation of indoor hydrants in the production building handling the
combustible liquid and gas should be in accordance with following
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requirements:
A. In case the length of multi-storey or single-storey production building is
more than or equal to 30m, hydrants should be installed;
B. Semi-fixed fire-fighting vertical pipe should be installed on the staircase
house in multi-storey Class A and B production building; connection joints
for water hose should be installed on each floor; fire-fighting vertical pipes
should be installed on outdoors locations convenient to operate;
C. The water gun equipped for hydrants should be dual-purposed, both for
direct flow- and water spray.
4.9.4 The fire-fighting for control room involving computer control for process
plants and units, shall be in accordance with following requirements:
A. The fire-resistance classification of building, the design of internal
decoration and air conditioning shall be in compliance with the relevant
regulations stipulated by the current national standard “Code for Design
of Building Protection” and “Fire-prevention Code of Internal Decoration
Design”;
B. In case control room is constructed with the other buildings, separate
fireproofing partition shall be made;
C. Automatic alarm system for fire hazard shall be installed; the alarm panel
shall be installed in the operation room.
D. In case it is possible for the combustible gas to accumulate nearby the inlet
for cable ditches, gas detector shall be installed;
E. Portable gas extinguisher or wheeled extinguisher shall be furnished.
4.9.5 As for single-storeyed warehouse storing artificial fiber, synthetic rubber,
synthetic resin and plastic, sulfur, ammonia, in case the building area is more
than the regulations stipulated in the current national standard “Code for
Design of Building Fire Protection”, automatic alarm system or TV
monitoring system for fire hazard, and indoor hydrant system shall be
installed;
Both TV monitoring system and automatic alarm system for fire hazard shall
be installed in the warehouse storing the flammable synthetic fiber such as
acetate fiber, rayon fiber, nylon, polyester fiber; in case the span of warehouse
is more than 30m, elevated water-canons shall be installed in addition.
5 Electric
5.1 Power Supply and Power Distribution for Fire-prevention
5.1.2 The power supply for fire-fighting electric equipment in fire water pump house
shall be in accordance with the requirements of Grade I power load stipulated
in the current state standard “Code for Design of Industrial and Civil Electric
Power Supply System”.
5.1.1 For critical fire-fighting electrical equipment, automatic switch shall be
realized at the last distribution device or the distribution box for power supply.
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Term Explanation
Petro-chemical A factory adopting petroleum, natural gas or its products as feed-stock, eg.
enterprise refinery, petrochemical factory, petroleum chemical fibre factory, etc., or an
complex enterprise composed of above factories.
Plant area An area composed of process plant, storage and transportation unit facilities,
utility facilities and other auxiliary facilities, as well as administrative and
welfare facilities, etc..
Production area An area in side the enclosure of a factory, composed by process units, tank
groups, loading facilities, filling station, pump house, warehouse, cooling water
station, waste-water treatment unit, flare and other process units and facilities,
which may release combustible gas or utilize, produce combustible materials; or
composed by independent occupancies by tank groups, filling stations, waste-
water treatment unit and other facilities.
Liquefied Liquefied hydrocarbon refers to hydrocarbon liquid and other similar liquid
hydrocarbon, LPG whose vapor pressure is over 0.1 MPa at 15 ℃, in which LPG is included. LPG
refers to gas mixture of liquefied hydrocarbon, including propane, butane and
others with the density being 1.5 to 2.0 times as air.
Plant important Plant central control room, plant boiler-house and self-equipped power
facilities generation station (excluding ashing yard), general transformer and power
distribution station, telecommunication station, central-control room for storage
and transportation unit of liquefied hydrocarbon and combustible liquid, plant air
compression unit, fire-fighting station, fire-fighting pumphouse, central chemical
laboratory, headquarter office building, first-aid station, nursing room and other
facilities which may likely affect plant production and result in huge damages
and casualties.
Location setting In-doors or out-doors naked flame, red-flamming surface, chimney with flying
off flamming fire flame, out-doors grounding wheel, electric welding, gas welding (oxygen gas
or sparkle cutting), installation locations of non-explosion-proofing electric switches, etc..
United complex The required conditions for united complex is "start-up and shutdown
unit simultaneously", i.e. two or more than two independent units are closely
arranged, and the material is added directly in-between; there is no intermediate
storage tank for maintenance; the units are started up or shut down at the same
time. In plant overall plot plan, the units are considered as one single unit.
Unit in Petro- Component of petrochemical plant, i.e. a combination body of equipment,
chemical Plant pipelines, instruments, and so on to complete one or several chemical operation
according to chemical process. For example, ethylene plant pyrolysis unit,
quench oil-washing unit, compression unit, separation unit, cracked gasoline
hydrogenation unit, etc.
High pressure With gauge pressure over 10 MPa through to 100 MPa
Super-high With gauge pressure above 100 MPa
pressure
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Term Explanation
Process equipment Generic term of equipment inside refinery plant and petrochemical plant such as
(shortened as vessel, furnace, machine, pump and other mechanical equipment, which is
equipment) required to complete process progress (reaction, heat-exchange, separation,
storage)
Tank group Centrally arranged one or more storage tanks, enclosed in one fire dike
Tank Farm Locations for one of more centrally arranged tanks
Flare system Pressure relieving facilities composed of pipelines, fire-arrestors, separation
equipment and flare stack, etc..
Heavier-than-air Flammable gas with the density at or above 0.97 kg/m 3 under standard
Flammable gas conditions.
Boiling spill liquid Viscose hydrocarbon mixtures such as crude oil, which will result in boiling-spill
in case there is fire on storage tanks and the bottom liquid vaporizes quickly due
to the contribution of heat-wave
Grade I, II Fire- Grade I fire-fighting station is such as furnished with 6 or more fire-engines;
fighting station Grade II station is such as furnished with 4~5 fire engines.
Water dripping Water dripping system composed of nozzle, perforated tube, pipe and control
system valve, etc..
Water spraying Composition is similar to dripping system, but the diameter of ejected drop shall
system be 200~ 400 m and the drop should have certain amount of dynamic energy to
spray to equipment surface and space to block heat radiation, in order to reach
the purpose to control or put out fires.
Box hydrants Outdoors hydrant composed of hydrant, fire hose, multi-purpose spraying water
gun and box body, etc..
Foam mixture Aqueous solution composed by foam and water at certain proportion.
solution
Low-power foam Foam mixture, which can expand to 20 times in volume after intaking air.
Commonly used model is 6 times.
Water-soluble Combustible liquid, which is able to solve with water, e.g., alcohol, ether,
combustible liquid aldehyde, ketol and so on.
Non-soluble Combustible liquid, which cannot be solved in water, e.g. crude oil and
combustible liquid petroleum products.
Fixed foam Foam extinguishing system composed of fixed foam station, fixed mixture
extinguish system pipeline and fixed foam generation vessel, and so on.
Semi-fixed foam Foam extinguishing system composed of fire-engine, fire-fighting hose, fixed
extinguish system foam generation vessel connected and so on; or one composed of fixed foam
station, fire water hose, foam gun or hooked tube and so on.
Mobile foam Foam extinguishing system composed of fire-engine, fire hose and foam gun or
extinguish system foam hooked-tube, and so on.
Above-level Spraying system, in which the foam is sprayed into from the above of liquid
spraying system level of storage tank
Under-level Spraying system, in which the foam is sprayed into from the bottom of storage
spraying system tank and the foam rises through the liquid up to the liquid level to cover the
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Term Explanation
surface.
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Appendix C
Examples of Fire Hazard Classification for Liquefied Hydrocarbon and Combustible Liquid
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Appendix D
Examples of Fire Hazard Classification for Class A, B, C Combustible Solids
C paraffin wax, pitch, phthalic acid, polyester, plexiglass, rubber and its goods, glass
fibre reinforced plastic, polyvinyl alcohol, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic,
styrene-acrylonitrile plastic, vinyl resin, polycarbonate, polyacrylamide,
caprolactam, nylon 6, nylon 66, polypropylene fibre, anthraquinone, (o,m,p)-
diphenol, poly-styrene, polyethylene, polyproplene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC),
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Appendix E
Examples of Fire Hazard Classification for Process Plant and Units
Section 2: Petrochemical Industry
Attach. Table5.2
Class Examples
I. Units for basic organic chemical feedstock and products
A Ethylene and propene unit by tube-furnace (including vertical type, horizontal type
and millisecond type etc.)steam cracking process;
hydrogenizating unit for cracked petrol;
extracting unit for aromatic hydrocarbon;
p-xylene unit
p-xylene die-methyl ester:
epoxy ethane unit
naphatha catalytic reforming unit
hydrogen production unit
cyclohexane unit
vinyl cyanide unit
phenylethylene unit
C4 extracting butadiene unit
butadiene unit by oxidative dehydrogenization of butene
ethyne unit by partial oxidatation of methane
acetaldehyde unit by direct process of ethylene
phenol and acetone unit
chloroethylene unit by oxychlorination process from ethylene
ethanol unit from ethylene by direct hydration;
terephthalic acid unit (purified terephthalic acid unit);
methanol synthesis unit
acetaldehyde tank and acetaldehyde oxidization unit for a acetic acid plant from
cetaldehyde by oxidization
propene tank, propene compression unit, chloridization unit, rectification unit and
hypochlorination units for epoxy chloropropane plant
carbon monoxide tank, hydrogen tank and propene tank, compression unit,
synthesization unit, distilling unit, condensationunit, butanal hydrogenization units
for butanol carbonyl-synthesis plant
carbon monoxide tank, hydrogen tank and propene tank, compression unit, butanal
synthesis unit, condensation dewatering unit, hydrogenization unit of 2-ethyl
hexenoic aldehyde for isooctyl alcohol carbonyl synthesis plant
kerosene hydrogenization unit, molecular sieve dewaxing unit (deadsoption of
pentane, isooctane, p-xylene), alkane (C10~C13) catalytic dehydrogenation unit, HF
catalytic alkylation unit for alkene (C10~C13 ) and benzene, storage and
transportaation unit for benzene, hydrogen, de-adsorbent, liquefied petroleum gas
and light oil etc.;
sulphur storage and transportation unit units for detergent powder
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acetic acid rectification unit, storage tank and oxygen storage tank units of acetic
acid plant by oxidation from acetaldehyde
acetic oxide plant of acetic acid by cracking
neutralization and cyclization unit, storage tank unit of epoxy chloropropane plant
distilling refining unit, butyl alcohol storage tank unit of butyl alcohol plant by
B
carbonyl synthesis
raw kerosene, dewaxed kerosene, light wax fuel oil storage and transportation unit
units of alkyl benzene plant
alkyl benzene unit and sulfur trioxide sulphonation unit of detergent powder plant
ethandiol evaporation dewatering refining unit, and storage tank unit of ethandiol
plant
isooctyl alcohol distilling refining unit, and storage tank unit of isooctyl alcohol
plant by carbonyl synthesis
hot oil ( biphenyl + biphenyl-ether ) system, neutralization system containing
C
hydrofluoric acid units for alkyl benzene plant
unit of alkyl benzene sulphuric acid and caustic soda, synthesization unit of alkyl-
benzene sodium-sulfate and additive (carbonyl methyl cellulose, trimeric sodium
phosphate, etc..) for synthetic detergent powder plant,
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storage and transportation unit for butadiene, hydrogen, aluminium butyl, purifying
unit, catalyst preparation unit, polymerization unit, solvent recovery unit for low
density polyethylene plant;
storage and transportation unit for ethylene and chemicals, formulation unit,
polymerization unit, alcoholysis unit, filtration unit, solvent recovery unit for low-
pressure polyethylene plant;
storage and transportation unit for chloro ethylene, polymerization unit for
polyvinyl chloride plant
storage and transportation unit for ethyne, methanol, formulation unit, vinyl
synthesis unit, polymerization unit, rectification unit and recovery unit for
polyvinyl alcohol plant;
storage and transportation unit for acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene,
pretreatment unit, formulation unit, polymerization unit and coacervation unit for
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic plant;
storage and transportation unit for styrene and acrylonitrile, formulation unit,
polymerization dewatering unit and coacervation unit for styrene-acrylonitrile
plastic plant;
storage and transportation unit for propene, catalyst preparation unit,
polymerization unit, flash evaporization unit, drying unit, monomer refining and
recovery units for self-continuous polymerization process polypropene plant; and
storage and transportation unit for propene, catalyst preparation unit,
polymerization unit, alcoholysis unit, washing unit, filtration unit and solvent
recovery unit for solvent process polypropene plant;
storage and transportation unit for acetic acid for polyvinyl alcohol plant;
B
C adulterating unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for high-pressure
polyethylene plant;
aftertreatment unit (extrusion pelleting, packing), storage and transportation unit
for low-density polyethylene plant;
aftertreatment (drying, packing), storage and transportation unit for low-pressure
polyethylene plant;
filtration unit, drying unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for
polyvinyl chloride plant
drying unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for polyvinyl alcohol
plant;
pelleting unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for self-continuous-
polymerizing process polystyrene plant;
Drying unit, pelleting unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic and styrene-acrylonitrile plastic plant
pelleting unit, silos, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for self-
continuous-polymerizing process polystyrene plant; and drying unit, adulteration
unit, packing unit, storage and transportation unit for solvent process polystyrene
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plant;
ammonia freezing unit, ammonia absorption unit, liquid ammonia storage tank unit
for ammonia plant
ammonia storage tank, urea synthesis unit, stripping unit, decomposition unit,
absorption unit, liquid ammonia pump, ammonium-carbonmate pump unit for
B ammonia-urea plant;
nitric acid plant;
neutralization unit, concentration unit, ammonia storage and transportation unit for
ammonium nitride plant;
evaporation unit, prilling unit, packing unit, storage and conveyance unit for urea
C synthesis plant;
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condensation from methanol for vinylon plant;
storage and formulation unit of catalyst for polymerization plant,
oximing unit of cyclohexanone, Beckmann rearrangement unit for polyamide fibre
(nylon 6) plant;
ammoniating unit of hexanedioic acid, hexanedinitrile unit by dewatering for
B
nylon 66 plant;
store-house for kerosene and sodium hypochlorite
condensation polymerization unit, pelleting unit, silo unit, melting unit, spinning
unit, filament processing unit, mid-product warehouse, end-product warehouse of
p-phthalic glycol ester for polyester fibre plant (DMT process);
esterification、polymerization unit of polyester fibre (PTA process) plant;
chipping unit, silo unit, melting unit, spinning unit, filament processing unit,
storage and conveyance unit for polyamide fibre (nylon 6) plant;
salting unit of ethylene diamine adipate, crystallization unit, melting unit, spinning
unit, filament processing unit, packing unit, storage and conveyance unit for nylon
plant (nylon 66);
C
spinning unit (excluding using NaSCN as solvent), after desiccation unit, filament
processing unit, wool topping unit, packing unit, storage and conveyance unit for
acrylic fibre plant;
melted reeling unit of polyvinyl alcohol, filament processing unit, packing unit,
storage and conveyance unit for vinylon plant;
tows desiccation unit and dry heat tension unit, filament treatment unit, packing
unit and transportation unit for for vinylon plant;
esterification unit, polycondensation unit, prilling unit, spinning unit, filament
process unit, silos, intermediate warehouse, finished product warehous;
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