Is it necessary to install the fuel tank of an emergency diesel generator separately from the generator set?
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The emergency inspection personnel suggested that the fuel tank built into the emergency diesel generator should be located separately from the engine unit. Upon checking relevant standards and specifications, no requirement was found stating that the fuel tank of an emergency diesel generator must be installed separately from the generator set. Among them: 1. In \"GB/T2820.12-2002 Alternating current generator sets driven by reciprocating internal combustion engines – Part 12: Emergency power supply for safety devices\", 8.3 states that the capacity of the main fuel tank should be sufficient to allow the generator set to operate at its rated power for at least 2 hours. This fuel tank should be placed near the engine. 2. According to \"SY/T0080-2008 Design Code for Diesel Power Stations in Oil and Gas Fields\", 5.3.5 states that the daily fuel tanks should be located within a dedicated tank room; when this tank room is constructed together with other buildings, the adjacent walls must be firewalls. Does the fuel tank built into an emergency diesel generator need to be installed separately from the generator set?
It is necessary to check whether the area where the equipment is placed is explosion-proof
Does it mean that in explosion-proof areas, separate installations are required? Are there any guidelines?
9 years ago, the project installed emergency diesel-engine water pump sets at the circulating water site. It should be a non-explosion-proof area, and the fuel tank also needs to be separated from the generator. But it’s about 1 meter away.
Yours, in an explosion-proof area? That’s impossible
No need; it has an integrated base tank – why would we need to take it apart?
I think, diesel generators are surely placed in non-explosion-proof areas, right? As far as I remember, in my first workplace, the diesel generator room was located next to a space with lower specifications, and the fuel tank was in a separate small room
It is less than 30m from the production unit, and the generator is inside the building.
I’m not very familiar with diesel generators. We use diesel-powered fire pumps, and the pump base comes equipped with its own fuel tank
Give it a push; I still haven’t gotten an answer yet
The diesel generator tank is located in a small building, 30 meters away from the production equipment; it falls into the non-explosion-proof zone according to the explosion-proof radius. However, to ensure fire safety, both the diesel engine and the generator are placed in separate small buildings to keep them isolated from each other.