Detail of MH 5008-2005

Introduction of MH 5008-2005

Codeofchina.com is in charge of this English translation. In case of any doubt about the English translation, the Chinese original shall be considered authoritative. This code was developed by CNAF Construction Engineering Design & Research Institute by revising Technical Code for the Construction of Civil Airport Fuel System (MHJ 5008-94) according to the requirements of Document [2002] No. 053 (MINHANGZONGJUJIHAN) and China National Aviation Fuel. During the revision process, the revision group carried out extensive investigation and study, earnestly summarized the experience from implementation of this code, solicited for the opinions from organizations concerned, and repeatedly discussed the major problems, and finally, the Civil Aviation Administration of China organized experts concerned to review and finalize this code. Main content revised this time: total capacity of airport fuel system; general layout; external corrosion protection for hydrant pipeline system and buried pipelines; electrical, automation instrumentation, these chapters are focused during revision; other chapters are revised accordingly according to the requirements of the current relevant standards and specifications of the nation. During implementation of this code, the modification and supplementation of related opinions and information, whenever necessary, can be posted or passed on to China National Aviation Fuel for further reference. Airport Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China is in charge of the administration of this code. China National Aviation Fuel is responsible for the explanation of this code, postal address: China National Aviation Fuel Building, Guanchengyuan, Madian, Haidian District, 100088, Beijing. Chief development organizations and chief drafters of this code: Chief development organizations: China National Aviation Fuel CNAF Construction Engineering Design & Research Institute Chief drafters: Dong Jiacai, Peng Cheng, Shi Dahua, Chen Kaibin, Song Jie, Ji Xuebin, Xu Heng, Li Xingguo, Shen Jialin, Liang Jintai, Wen Ping Members of the expert panel Gong Feng, Wang Xin'e, Han Jun, Lu Wanlin, Ou Qingli, Huang Longsheng, Li Qingshan Yang Sikun, Zhang Yunhua, Zhang Kan, Lu Xicheng, Jia Xihe, Fang Baohua, Liao Zhenshu Bai Jing, Su Yuhua, Huang Tengfei, Wang Xianhai, Liang Bin, Tian Wei, Ruan Ling Yang Mei 1 General Provisions 1.0.1 This code is developed with a view to implementing the relevant national policies and guidelines, unifying construction standards of civil airport fuel system, achieving reasonable layout, advanced technology, economic adaptability, safety and reliability, and convenient management, ensuring product quality, protecting environment, and saving land and energy. 1.0.2 This code is applicable to construction, reconstruction and extension of civil airport fuel system and civil fuel system of civil and military airport. 1.0.3 This code is not applicable to oil depot of the civil aviation feeder airport, natural or man-made cave oil depot, offshore platform and long-distance oil pipeline. 1.0.4 Construction of civil airport fuel system shall not only meet the requirements of this code but also comply with those stipulated in the current relevant mandatory standards and codes of the nation. 1.0.5 Upon completion, the project shall meet the requirements of the national and professional standards, which may be put into service after it passes the acceptance. 2 Terminologies 2.0.1 Oil depot of the airport The oil depot that supplies oil to hydrant pipeline system and loads oil to fueller. 2.0.2 Intermediate oil depot The oil depot that receives oil from railway, waterway, highway or oil pipeline and then transmits oil to the oil depot of the airport. 2.0.3 Aviation service station The location equipped with workshops and watchrooms for fueling vehicle fueling, parking and maintaining, nearby the apron. 2.0.4 Automobile gasoline filling station A special location designed with corresponding supporting facilities for filling gasoline to motor vehicles. 2.0.5 Railway for oil loading and unloading The location for railway oil loading and unloading, equipped with special line of railway oil loading and unloading, trestle for loading and unloading oil, arm, pump station and other supporting facilities. 2.0.6 Discharging oil quay The location built with corresponding facilities at sea port or river port, for tanker berthing and oil discharging. 2.0.7 Filter/Separator A container mounted with coalescence-separation filter, which is capable of continuously filtering impurity and water out of aviation fuel. 2.0.8 Measuring device of fueling vehicle A device that measures accuracy of fueller and hydrant dispenser flowmeter with standard instruments under the simulated aircraft fueling conditions. 2.0.9 Internal floating roof tank Tank with floating deck installed in the fixed roof tank. 2.0.10 Tank with cone-down bottom Fixed roof tank with the tank bottom inclined toward channel gulley at the center of the tank. 2.0.11 Underground tank Tank with the highest liquid level inside 0.2m lower than the lowest elevation of the ground within the range of 4m outside the tank. 2.0.12 Half-underground tank Tank buried not deeper than half of the tank wall height and with the highest liquid level inside no more than 3m higher than the lowest elevation of the ground within the range of 4m outside the tank. 2.0.13 Buried tank Underground or half-underground tank with buried thickness on the roof or in surrounding area not less than 0.5m. 2.0.14 The serving tank The tank that directly supplies oil to hydrant pipeline system or loads oil to fueller. 2.0.15 Bottom oil sedimental tank The tank receiving bottom oil from the serving (intermediate) tank, etc. 2.0.16 Slop tank The tank receiving slop from bottom oil sedimental tank, filter and quality inspection tank. 2.0.17 A group of tanks A group of tanks laid within the same fire dike. 2.0.18 Tank farm Area where one or more group(s) of tanks are arranged. 2.0.19 Aviation fuel The generic term of jet fuel and aviation gasolines. 2.0.20 Hydrant pipeline system The system that pumps, using filling pump set, jet fuel in the serving tank of oil depot of the airport, through filter/separator, hydrant pipeline, hydrant pit and hydrant dispenser, directly to the aircraft. 2.0.21 Hydrant dispensers A kind of special purpose vehicle used with hydrant pipeline system for aircraft fueling, equipped with components such as regulator device, filter/separator, flowmeter, fueling hose and joint valve, and integrating such functions as voltage regulation, purification and measurement. 2.0.22 Fueller A kind of special tank car capable of independent aircraft fueling, equipped with components such as tank, oil pump, regulator device, filter/separator, flowmeter, fueling hose and joint valve (nozzle), and integrating such functions as oil pumping, voltage regulation, purification and measurement. 2.0.23 Hydrant pit A kind of self-sealing joint valve device used with hydrant dispenser, installed at the end of underground main oil supply line or branch line of apron. 3 Fuel System Plan 3.1 General Requirements 3.1.1 Civil airport fuel system plan shall consist of railway for oil loading and unloading or discharging oil quay, intermediate oil depot, oil depot of the airport, aviation service station, automobile gasoline filling station, hydrant pipeline, and oil pipeline between depot and station. 3.1.2 Classification of oil depots (stations) shall meet the requirements of the current national standards Code for Design of Oil Depot (GB 50074) and Code for Design and Construction of Filling Station (GB 50156). 3.1.3 Discharging oil quay shall be classified according to deadweight tonnage of design vessels and the corresponding requirements in Code for Fire-prevention Design of Oil Loading/Unloading Terminals (JTJ 237). 3.1.4 Classification of fire hazards for oils and fire resistance rating of production buildings and structures in oil depot shall meet the requirements of the national standard Code for Design of Oil Depot (GB 50074). 3.2 Fuel System Plan 3.2.1 Construction of fuel system in the airport shall follow the principle of "unified planning, stage construction and progressive development". It shall meet the demands of short-term target year and long-term development in aviation business volume. Short-term engineering and long-term engineering shall be well connected. Development land may be reserved as long-term plan. 3.2.2 Airport fuel system plan shall be synchronized with airport plan and have consistent target year with the overall plan of the airport. 3.2.3 Construction scale of the airport fuel system shall be determined comprehensively according to such factors as airport development scale, aircraft type combination, oil consumption, oil sources and transportation conditions predicted for the short-term target year. Total capacity of the oil depot should be planned and designed according to 30-day oil supply predicted for the short-term target year. It may be constructed by stages but shall meet the requirements for at least 10-day oil supply during operation. 3.2.4 Tank arrangement for the oil depot of the airport shall meet the requirements of aviation fuel receiving, settlement and use. There should not be less than 3 tanks. The construction capacity of intermediate oil depot shall not be less than the total fuel load of designed parking space for rail tank car or the designed largest fuel load of oil tanker or the oil quantity delivered by batch of transmission pipeline. 3.2.5 In the special railway for loading and unloading of oil, the number of parking spaces shall be determined according to oil transport volume and conditions in the planned target year. Tonnage of the oil quay shall be determined according to water area conditions, types of berthing tankers, and throughput in the planned target year. 3.2.6 Aircraft fueling mode on the apron shall be determined through economic and technical evaluation on all oil supply schemes according to such factors as oil supply, aircraft type and fueling number predicted for the airport target year. 3.2.7 An automobile gasoline filling station shall be arranged at airport for special vehicles, and one or more such stations may be constructed for other vehicles. 3.2.8 Depot (station) access roads shall be subjected to unified planning with road network in the airport in combination with the urban road planning. 4 Selection of Depot (Station) Site 4.0.1 Site selection for civil airport fuel system (both inside and outside the airport) shall be synchronized with that for the airport. Site selection shall meet the requirements of the current national standard Code for Design of Oil Depot (GB 50074) and the urban development and planning requirements; the site selected shall have favorable geomorphic and geological conditions, preferable drainage and flood control conditions, and convenient transportation and can meet water and power supply necessary for production, fire protection and living. 4.0.2 Oil loading and unloading station and intermediate oil depot with oil loading and unloading facilities shall be located close to the airport where there is connection to railway special line or condition necessary for building a quay or connection to long-distance pipeline; meanwhile it is also required to select oil pipeline or direct highway route to oil depot of the airport. 4.0.3 Site selection for oil depot of the airport shall meet the overall planning requirements of airport and the following requirements: 1 Oil depot of the airport shall be located close to the apron in combination with the runway configuration. In the configuration if two remote parallel runways, the oil depot should be arranged between the two runways. In the configuration of single runway, the oil depot should be arranged on the side close to the apron and should not be greater than 1,000m away from the apron. 2 No oil depot is allowed to be arranged within the range of 900m away from both ends of the airport runway. In this range, the oil pipelines and cables required must be buried. 3 In the case of oil depot arranged beyond 900m away from both ends of the airport runway, height of buildings (structures) in the oil depot shall be lower than 2% of the aircraft climbing surface or approach surface. 4 In the case of oil depot arranged on both sides of the airport runway, distance from the oil depot to the runway center line and its extension line should not be less than 500m and shall meet the requirements of clearance. 5 Distance from the oil depot to air traffic control facility of the airport shall meet the relevant requirements of the national standard Electromagnetic Environment Requirements for Aeronautical Radionavigation Stations (GB 6364). 6 Distance from the oil depot to public building of the terminal and aircraft hangar shall not be less than 100m. 4.0.4 Aviation service station shall be located close to the apron, which shall be equipped with the through accommodation road for fueling vehicles to the apron Note: starting point for calculation of distance between oil depot and above buildings (structures) shall be the center line of dike for reservoirs. 4.0.5 Site selection for automobile gasoline filling station of the airport shall meet the requirements of the national standard Code for Design and Construction of Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station (GB 50156) and the following requirements: 1 Automobile gasoline filling station used for special vehicles on the apron shall be arranged beside the infield road for special vehicles accessing the apron and shall not interfere with the main access road. Large airport shall be arranged close to the apron. 2 Automobile gasoline filling station used for other vehicles shall be arranged adjacent to the main access road of the airport. 4.0.6 Area location drawing shall be provided for site selection of fuel system, indicating relative position of oil depot area, oil loading and unloading station area and aviation service station area with public buildings, e.g. airport runway, taxiway, apron and terminal, and oil pipeline route outside the depot.

Contents of MH 5008-2005

Contents Foreword i 1 General Provisions 2 Terminologies 3 Fuel System Plan 3.1 General Requirements 3.2 Fuel System Plan 4 Selection of Depot (Station) Site 5 General Layout 6 Tank Farm 7 Oil Pump Station 8 Oil Loading and Unloading Facilities 8.1 Oil Loading and Unloading Facilities of Fueller 8.2 Railway Facilities for Oil Loading and Unloading 8.3 Quay Facilities for Oil Loading and Unloading 8.4 Oil Loading and Unloading Pipeline Facilities 9 Hydrant Pipeline System 10 Process Equipment and Oil Pipeline 10.1 Process Equipment and Materials 10.2 Oil Pipeline 11 Tank and Pipeline Corrosion Protection 12 Measuring Device of Fueling Vehicle 13 Fire-fighting Facilities 14 Water Supply and Drainage and Oily Water Treatment 14.1 Water Supply and Drainage 14.2 Oily Water Treatment 15 Electrical 15.1 Power Supply and Electrical Devices 15.2 Explosion-proof Electric 15.3 Power Supply and Distribution Line 15.4 Protective Earthing 15.5 Lightning and Static Electricity Protection 16 Automation Instrumentation 16.1 Arrangement of Instruments 16.2 Instrument Selection 16.3 Instrument Power Supply Scheme 17 Production and Auxiliary Facilities Appendix A Starting Point for Calculation of Distance Appendix B Explanation of Wording in This Code