Layout issues for fine chemical projects
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There is a fine chemical production project in which two underground tanks are located outside the production building; these tanks contain several intermediate tanks (mostly filled with ethanol). The safety assessment agency stated that this setup does not comply with Article 3.3.4 of GB50016-2014, the \"Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings\", which stipulates that production facilities (warehouses) of Class A and B should not be located underground or semi-underground. Therefore, either the facility needs to be moved to an above-ground location, or it must be treated as a storage tank with a fire separation distance of 30 meters from the production building. Question 1: Does this issue fall within the scope of requirement 3.3.4 of GB50016-2014, the Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings? Question 2: Is it possible to maintain a 30m fire separation distance from the factory building by considering the storage tank?
This post was last edited by appleshelly on 2021-8-13 at 16:00. A production site probably refers to factories or similar places; a few containers placed in underground tanks don’t count as production sites, right?
The reactors in nuclear power plants are also underground.
It’s not allowed here either. Before, it was stored underground using methanol; later it was stored on the surface. A smaller storage facility can be built underground, and once it’s full, the material is transferred to tanks on the surface.
This expert is nonsense; both of their requirements are wrong!
Is this project current? For current fine chemical projects, as of October 1, 2020, the \"Fire Protection Design Standard for Fine Chemical Enterprise Engineering\" GB51283-2020 is in effect; it is necessary to determine which standard is being applied to your project. What the safety assessment agency suggested is correct. Check the requirements of 5.5.2 of this standard.
The fuel tanks at gas stations are also underground. The design standards for nuclear power plants are higher than those for the petrochemical industry.
The first one is in accordance with building codes； Article 2: 30 meters is the regulation for petrochemical industries.