Can the equipment control room be built together with other buildings?
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GB50160-2008 (2018 Edition), “Fire protection design standard for petrochemical enterprises”, stipulates that the control room and cabinet room of a plant shall not be located in the same building as rooms containing Class A and Class B-A equipment. In other words, if Class A and Class B A equipment are installed in a building, then it is definitely not possible to have other facilities built in the same building. When the control room of a facility is built together with other buildings, it must constitute a separate fire compartment. This has two implications: first, as mentioned above, buildings classified as Category A or Class B-A must not be constructed together; second, even when built in conjunction with other structures, there must still be distinct fire compartments. For example, in a double-story building, where the control room is located on one floor and Class A and Class B equipment is on the other floor, these cannot be placed together. It is a production workshop; the production lines are located within this building, and control rooms cannot be built inside it. The above are the requirements regarding whether fire protection-related constructions can be combined. Additionally, according to the specification SH/T3006-2012 “Design Code for Control Rooms in Petrochemical Industry”, when the control room building is of blast-resistant construction, it shall not be built together with non-blast-resistant buildings. In addition, there is also the explosion protection standard GB50779-2012, \"Code for Explosion Protection Design of Petrochemical Control Rooms.\" Explosion-proof control rooms should be constructed separately and must not be built together with non-explosion-proof buildings. Because if the buildings are merged, the control room will remain standing, while the collapse of adjacent buildings could affect access and hinder emergency response efforts, such as in the case of power distribution rooms. Furthermore, the third limiting factor is the issue of interference resistance. The SH/T3006-2012 \"Code for Design of Petrochemical Control Rooms\" stipulates that control rooms should not be located adjacent to main substations or regional substations; if adjacency is necessary due to constraints, they should not share the same building. Since voltage transformation involves converting high-voltage electricity into low-voltage electricity, there is significant electromagnetic interference, so they cannot be built together. It is clear from the requirements of these specifications that it is preferable for the plant control room not to be built together with other buildings; it is a wise choice to have an independent control room.
Your interpretation is accurate. Various Chinese standards and specifications stipulate that the control room for installations should preferably be located separately, without being integrated with other buildings. This is mainly due to the following reasons: 1. Fire safety: GB50160-2008 (2018 edition), the \"Fire Protection Design Code for Petrochemical Enterprises\", stipulates that the control rooms and cabinet rooms of facilities should not be located in the same building as rooms containing Class A and Class B equipment. 2. Blast resistance safety: Both SH/T3006-2012 \"Code for Design of Petrochemical Control Rooms\" and GB50779-2012 \"Code for Blast Resistance Design of Petrochemical Control Rooms\" require that if a control room building is to have blast-resistant structure, it should be constructed separately and not integrated with non-blast-resistant buildings. 3. Interference immunity issues: SH/T3006-2012 “Design Code for Control Rooms in Petrochemical Industry” also stipulates that control rooms should not be located adjacent to main substations or regional power distribution stations. When such proximity is unavoidable due to constraints, they must not share the same building. Because there are electromagnetic interference issues in substations. Generally speaking, for various safety and stability reasons, combining the equipment control room with other buildings poses many problems; therefore, in practical applications, we recommend setting up a separate control room. .
1. The unit control room should preferably be set up independently, rather than being built together with other buildings. 2. Article 3.03 of GB 50779 requires that the blast protection control room shall be installed separately ； 3. Is it feasible to include facilities such as a fire control room, a shift change room, a duty room, and a cabinet room in many current blast-resistant control room buildings?
The blast-resistant control room should be independent; if there is sufficient safety distance, it may not need to be separated from other buildings. The specifications for blast-resistant control rooms specify which rooms are included; please refer to those specifications.
It can be built jointly. Design should be done first for both new construction and renovation.