Can loading at the road level of the refined oil depot be carried out on both sides of the fueling island, with the front of the vehicle facing away from the depot area and away from the exit?
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During the design of the refined oil depot, vehicle loading is carried out using a bottom-loading method. In order to improve the utilization rate of the loading arms, the owner requested that they be installed on both sides of the loading island; however, this results in the fronts of the vehicles on one side facing the exit of the loading area, while those on the other side face the storage area. In conventional designs, the front of the vehicle faces the exit of the loading area. This prevents unnecessary turning of the vehicle when it is fully fueled, and also ensures that the vehicle can escape as quickly as possible in the event of an accident. I just want to know whether there is a clear regulation stating that when loading gasoline at a storage facility using the bottom-loading method, the vehicle must be facing the exit door
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OP, why does installing the flexible hoses on both sides of the loading island result in one side of the vehicle’s front having to face the warehouse area?
In conventional designs, they are arranged on both sides, and the width must meet the requirements for vehicles to turn around.
The fuel inlet and the oil vapor recovery port of the tank truck are both located on the passenger side; in other words, they must be on the passenger side, near the lower loading arm. This inevitably results in the vehicles on both sides of the loading island facing in different directions. If a upper-mounted flexible hose is used, this problem does not exist.
There is no explicit rule; it’s all for the convenience of using the enter key.
1. Why use lower pipe spigots? Currently, lower-mounted flexible hoses are only used for liquefied hydrocarbons, etc., and are not suitable for oil products. Oil products should be transferred using a overhead loading arm. 2. If it is necessary to use a lower-mounted dip pipe, in order to avoid the problems mentioned by the original poster, consider loading the material at the rear of the tank truck rather than on the side. However, it is necessary to confirm whether the tank truck has such a loading/unloading port. 3. If loading at the rear is necessary, then the requirements for return roads on both sides must be taken into consideration. Of course, the concern of the original poster about escaping in advance is not very meaningful. After all, the driver is not allowed to be on the vehicle during loading. If there’s really an emergency, who would dare to forget about the car?
The standard practice nowadays is to locate the loading port on the passenger side. There are no specific regulations regarding the orientation of the vehicle’s front when loading; this is done from a safety perspective, so that in the event of an emergency, the vehicle can leave the facility without having to turn around inside it. However, some older oil depots are unable to meet these requirements during upgrades to their loading facilities, which is why alternative methods are used (loading with the vehicle’s front facing inward). Newly built oil depots now have the vehicle’s front facing outward, with the loading port on the passenger side, allowing for fully automatic, quantitative, and airtight loading.
It’s quite thoughtfully considered; safety inspectors generally don’t check things like this :hug: