Industrial Standards of SINOPEC

Code for Design of Buildings

in Petrochemical Enterprises

SHJ 17-90
Beijing 1990
 Chapter 1 General

Article 1.0.1 This code applies to the design of production buildings and auxiliary buildings,
either to be newly built, or extended and transformed, in petrochemical enterprises.

Article 1.0.2 Design of buildings in petrochemical enterprises has to meet the requirements
for fire protection, explosion protection, anti-poison, dust prevention, corrosion protection,
anti-noise, etc.

Article 1.0.3 Design of buildings in petrochemical enterprises has to follow the national
policies and guiding principles, and use rationally new technologies and new materials,
striving to make the buildings being “advanced in technology, reasonably economical, safe,
suitable for use and beautiful in appearance”.

Article 1.0.4 The implementation of this code has to be in conformity with the requirements
of the current relative national codes and standards.
 Chapter 2 Main production buildings and production auxiliary

buildings

Section 1 Control rooms

Article 2.1.1 Control room location shall be in conformity with the following requirements:

I. They shall be located as close as possible to the main production plant to be controlled and
arranged at one side or one end of the plant;

II. They should be arranged to the leeward where it has the least frequency wind direction in a
whole year in the production plant with mediums, which are combustible, explosive,
poisonous, dusty or corrosive;

III. They should not be arranged at the place where there is noise, vibration or great and
continuous electromagnetic interference;

IV. Main control rooms of class A and BI buildings with explosion hazard should be arranged
separately.

Article 2.1.2 The plan and section design for control rooms shall be in conformity with the
following requirements:

I. The control rooms shall not be directly connected to such auxiliary rooms, as for air
conditioning equipment, instrument maintenance, etc. and walkway or anteroom shall be
provided in between;

II. For the area of control rooms using conventional instrument panels, it shall be decided
based on the arrangement of the panel, the requirement of operation and maintenance and
space reserved for panels for future production extension, etc. For the area of the control
rooms using distributed control system, it shall be decided based on numbers of hardware,
dimensions and requirements and leave sufficient space for moving;

1. The instrument board may be arranged as straight-line, mansard, arc and etc. When frame
type board or panel type board is used, partition should be provided between front board area
and rear board area, and glass to be used to separate between control room with distributed
control system and cabinets;

2. The throat of control room should not be short than 7.5m when operation desk is provided
and not short than 6m without operation desk;
3. The clearance height of the room should not be less than 3m with air conditioning and 3.3m
without air conditioning

III. Primary on-line analysis instruments for combustible gas, liquid hydrocarbon and
combustible liquid are not allowed to install in control room. When the above-mentioned
instruments are installed in the room adjacent to control room, their partition wall must be fire
wall;

IV. The access for large and medium-sized control room must not be less than two and
anteroom or pre-chamber should be provided for the control room with air conditioning
equipment and where the weather is windy and sandy and the lowest monthly average
temperature is below or equal to –10℃;

V. Cable mezzanine or piping shafts may be provided for control rooms located on the floor;

VI. For cable (conduits) trenches entering into control room, the elevation of trench bottom
inside the room shall be over 0.3m higher than the ground floor outside the room, and the wall
penetrating holes and joints at trench bottom between inside and outside the room shall be
packed and sealed;

VII. In the plant where combustible gas heavier than air will be shed, the indoor ground floor
of the room shall be over 0.6m higher than that of outdoors;

VIII. Control rooms specialized for compressor or pump house, or shared the same buildings
with compressor room and pump house shall be arranged adjacent to outer-wall and
partitioned with non-combustible wall with a fire resistance limit of not less than 3.0h;

IX. Suspended ceiling should be provided for control room and its clearance height must meet
the requirements of installation and maintenance of pips and fixtures.

Article 2.1.3 For the indoor decorative materials and architectural structures, comprehensive
consideration has to be given to the requirement of dust prevention, damp-proofing, explosion
protection, sound insulation and etc. according to environment characteristics.

I. Floors shall be level, wear-resistant and easy for cleaning. Removable floor should be used
for the large and medium-sized control rooms having a lot of incoming wires and to be
protected from damp;

II. The surface of ceiling and inner wall shall be flat, smooth and no glare;

III. Light material with fire resistance limit no less than 0.25h shall be used for suspended
ceilings;

IV. Wall surface and ceiling of cable mezzanine and piping shafts shall be rendered;

V. Flexible materials should be used for sealing at the wall or floor where conduits passed
through.

Article 2.1.4 The prevailing color inside room shall be light, which shall be soft, bright and in
concordance with the color of instrument board and control cabinet. The reflection coefficient
of surface materials for ceiling and wall should be 0.6~ 0.8; for ground 0.15 ~ 0.35.

Article 2.1.5 Sound level A of background noise inside control room should not exceed 60dB.

Article 2.1.6 The setting up of doors shall be in conformity with the following:

I. Doors shall be open outwards and should be arranged towards the least frequency wind
direction and should not be opened to place liable to have explosion or fire hazard;

II. Doors leading to rear board area from front board area shall be 2 for large and medium-
sized control rooms, and 1 for small-sized;

III. Doors leading directly outwards from rear board area shall not be allowed and doors
between rear board area and adjacent rooms (except instrument maintenance room) shall not
be allowed either;

IV. With positive ventilation, signal or interlocking devices should be provided for inner door
to avoid opening at the same time with outer door.

Article 2.1.7 The setting up of windows shall be in conformity with the following
requirements:

I. For the area where the calculated temperature difference between inside and outside
windows is over or equal to 36℃ or the control room is positive ventilation, dual-layer metal
or plastic windows with good tightness shall be provided;

II. For the control room mainly using natural ventilation, screen windows shall be provided
for the open part of the windows;

III. When the top of instrument board or mimic board is plugged, high side windows may be
arranged at rear board area;

IV. Safety glass should be used for control rooms located at explosive areas.

Article 2.1.8 Lighting and illumination shall be in conformity with the following
requirements:

I. Natural lighting area should be 1/2.5 ~ 1/3.5 of the ground area;

II. Instrument board, control cabinet and operation desk should not have direct sunlight and
glare;
III. Indoor light must be soft with homogeneous illuminance and light source should be
fluorescent lamp or optical mixing lamp;

IV. Fixtures, which is simple in shape, not liable to accumulate dust, convenient for
maintenance and suitable for concealed installation should be selected;

V. Emergency lighting for evacuating shall be provided indoors.

Section 2 Laboratories

Article 2.2.1 Laboratory location shall be in conformity with the following requirements:

I. Laboratories for plant should be located close to main production plant, on one side or one
end of the plant, outside the explosive area and at the leeward of the least frequency wind
direction in a whole year of Class A equipment. Central laboratory must be located at the
place far away from vibration source, noise source, dust and other harmful medium shedding
place;

II. The laboratories should be arranged in north-south direction and should not be arranged in
the same buildings with the rooms of Class A and BA.

Article 2.2.2 The plan and section design of laboratory shall satisfy the following
requirements:

I. The room area shall meet the following modulus in addition to meeting the demands of
equipment arrangement and usage:

1. Bay of the room: 3.0 ~ 3.9m;

2. Throat of the room: 6.0 ~ 6.6m;

3. Width of corridor: 2.4 ~ 2.7m when rooms are arranged in opposite;

4. Room height not less than 3.6m.

II. Room location shall be decided based on the requirements of explosion protection, dust
prevention, anti-vibration, etc.

1. Rooms (e.g. gas chromatograph, heat value test, medicine storage, balance rooms etc.), in
which test accuracy will be affected due to temperature change, shall be avoided from direct
sunlight;

2. Balance room shall be avoided from vibration and should arrange anteroom;
3. Cylinder room shall be arranged outdoors without sunlight or arranged separately, and shall
be protected from sunlight and rain and have a good natural ventilation.

III. Organize and arrange reasonably various indoor pipelines, which should be concealed.
Watertight and seal treatment shall be carried out at wall or floor where pipelines passed
through;

IV. Assay table, device table may be arranged at central or both sides of the room, but should
not be in parallel with the outer-wall having lighting windows. Ventilation cabinet should be
arranged at the side close to corridor.

V. In the plant, which will shed combustible gas heavier than air, indoor ground of the
laboratory shall be over 0.6m higher than that of outdoors.

Article 2.2.3 Indoor decorative materials shall conform the requirements of clean, damp-
proof, etc.

I. Ground shall be level, wear-resistant and easy for cleaning;

II. Wall surface and ceiling shall be flat, smooth, no glare and easy for dust removing.

Article 2.2.4 Indoor color should be light, soft and bright.

Article 2.2.5 Setting up of doors and windows shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Doors shall be open outwards;

II. For rooms over two bays, doors open towards corridor shall not be less than two;

III. Natural lighting area shall be 1/3.5 ~ 1/4 of indoor ground area and screen windows shall
be provided;

IV. Safety glass should be used for explosive rooms.

Section 3 Compressor buildings

Article 2.3.1 Compressor building location shall conform to the following requirements:

I. The buildings should be arranged at a place where there is less dust and atmosphere
pollution;

II. Air compressor station and air separation buildings (including air intake) shall be arranged
at a place where air is relatively clean and at the upwind side where there is emission of fume,
water-vapor or harmful gas. Gas storage tanks shall be arranged behind a building where there
will be no sunlight and sunlight shading and canopy should be provided;

III. Compressor buildings with big noise and low frequency vibration shall be arranged at a
place far away from the workshop and laboratory with precise devices, which requires
vibration proof.

Article 2.3.2 For fire hazard classification of compressor buildings, see Table 2.3.2.

Article 2.3.3 Compressor buildings should be single-storied (including operation platform)

and single spanned with a fire resistance rating not less than Class II.

Table 2.3.2 Fire hazard classification of compressor buildings

No. Process description Compressed gas Fire hazard Explosive

classification

1. Air compression Air D, E No

2. Oxygen compression Oxygen B No

3. Hydrogen compression Hydrogen A Yes

4. Nitrogen compression Nitrogen E No

5. Ammonia compression and Mixture of H2 and N2 A Yes

synthesis

6. Carbon monoxide compression Carbon monoxide B Yes

7. Natural gas pressurizing Natural gas A Yes

8. Natural gas liquefying Methane A Yes

9. Synthesis methanol compression CO, H2 A Yes

10. Urea CO2 compression CO2 E No

11. Nitric acid pressure absorption Nitrogen oxide E No

12. Freezing Ammonia B Yes

13. Chlorine gas drying Chlorine B No

14. Ethylene cracking gas, vinyl Ethylene A Yes

chloride ethane circulating gas

15. Epoxy chloropropane, propylene Propylene A Yes

 No. Process description Compressed gas Fire hazard Explosive
classification

gas compression

16. Butadiene reaction gas Butadiene A Yes

compression

17. Buta-actane ethanol CO, hydrogen A Yes

propane

18. Isobutene compression Butene A Yes

19. LPG compression Propane, butane A Yes

20. Natural gas made acetylene Acetylene A Yes

concentration compression

21. Inert gas compression D, E No

Note: When the fire hazard classification of various fuels or circulating gases in the buildings
is different, determine based on the higher explosion class of the mixed gas.

Article 2.3.4 The form of the operation platform shall be decided according to operation
requirements.

I. Platform for maintenance and fixed instrument board area should use reinforced concrete
structure and should be marked with color and maintenance load;

II. Steel platform or screen steel plate shall be provided for the area used for operation and
passing through and requested to be removable.

Article 2.3.5 Compressor buildings with compressor of explosion class A, B should be

arranged separately in open or semi-open type. When enclosed type has to be employed due
to production requirement, they shall conform the following requirements:

I. The ratio (m2/m3) of pressure relieving area and buildings volume should use 0.05 ~ 022.
The ratio has to be increased as much as possible for the buildings with powerful explosive
medium or fast increasing of explosion pressure.

When it is difficult to employ the above-mentioned ratio for the buildings with volume
exceeding 1000m3, it can be decreased properly, but must not be less than 0.03;

II. Light roof framing, doors, windows and light walls should be used for pressure relieving
area.
The weight of light roof framing and light wall should not exceed 120kg/m2.

III. Protection screen has to be added beneath the light roof framing used as pressure relieving
area. The gusset structure of roof framing and wall face shall be convenient for pressure
relieving.

IV. Pressure relieving area shall be located close to the place liable to have explosion and but
less people.

Article 2.3.6 Reinforced concrete column or steel column supported frame or bent structure
with protection layer (fire resistance limit not less than 3.50h) should be used for buildings
with compressor of explosion class of A, B.

Article 2.3.7 No office room or lounge shall be arranged in the buildings with compressors of
explosion class of A, B. When they are arranged adjacent to production building, its fire
resistance rating shall not be less than class II and it has to be separated by protection wall of
non-combustibles (fire resistance limit not less than 3h). Emergency exit directly leading to
outdoors or evacuation stairs shall be provided as well.

Article 2.3.8 Material pipeline and cable for buildings with compressor of explosion class of
A, B should be installed overhead. When it is necessary to provide trench, measure to protect
combustible gas from depositing in the trench has to be taken.

Article 2.3.9 There shall be no less than two emergency exits for buildings with compressor of
explosion class of A, B and they have to be arranged at the place where there will be more
production personnel and will be convenient to run. The longest distance from working place
in the production buildings to the exit shall not be over 30m for the buildings of class A, and
75m for class B. Evacuation stairs shall be enclosed type.

Article 2.3.10 For the buildings with compressor of explosion class of A, and B, when
overhead crane is provided and the length of the buildings is over or equal to 30m, two stairs
leading to operator cabin should be provided and safety walkway plate leading to the stairs
should be arranged on the crane beam on one side of the cabin.

Article 2.3.11 Natural ventilation shall be provided for the enclosed buildings or the buildings,
which are enclosed above operation platform so as to reduce dead air corner. For the operation
platform with large area, grid plate should be used for better ventilation. Sheltering shutter,
wind cowl or other venting measures must be taken in following cases:

I. Buildings span over or equal to 18m;

II. Heat radiating of equipment in the buildings exceeding 23W/m3;

III. Ratio between explosive gas possibly shedding from the buildings and air density less
than 0.7;
IV. Possible shedding of poisoning gas, such as nitrogen, hydrogen from the buildings.

Article 2.3.12 Sound level A of noise in operation position in the buildings shall not exceed
90dB.

If the above figure cannot be satisfied after noise countermeasure has been taken, noise
isolation wall, noise isolation hood or noise isolation operation room may be provided in the
buildings according to production requirement.

Article 2.3.13 Lighting coefficient on compressor operation surface shall not be less than
0.5%.

Article 2.3.14 For corrosion classification of compressor buildings, see Table 2.3.14.

Article 2.3.15 Surface of operation platform ground of buildings shall be oil-resistant, dust-
proof and easy for cleaning; surface of buildings ground with compressor of explosion class
of A and B shall be spark-proof and anti-static-; for ground, which has requirement for
corrosion protection, the surface of corrosion protection material has to be selected properly
based on the effect of corrosive medium.

Table 2.3.14 Corrosion classification of compressor buildings

Process Gas phase corrosion Liquid phase corrosion Remarks

Medium Corrosion Medium Corrosion

class class

Chlorine Chlorine IV ① Concentration I Sulfuric acid used

comp. of sulfuric as liquid
V1 ② acid≦93% circulation for
compressor

Nitric acid N2 oxide V1 ① Concentration II There is liquid

pressure of nitric acid effect part nearby
absorption V2 ② ≦40% compressor

Note: ① Local annual average relative humidity is over, equal to 75%.

② Local annual average relative humidity is below 75%.

Section 4 Power transformation and distribution rooms

Article 2.4.1 Power transformation and distribution room location shall conform to the
following requirements:
I. They shall be arranged close to load center of production plant, but on one side or one end
of the plant and outside the explosive area as well;

II. They should be arranged to the leeward where it has the least frequency wind direction in a
whole year in the production plant with mediums, which are poisonous, dusty or corrosive;

III. They shall not be arranged at a place where there will be severe vibration or beneath the
place where often accumulated with water.

Article 2.4.2 Power transformation room shall not be arranged in the buildings of explosion
class of A and BI. However, one side of the power transformation and distribution room rating
10kv and below specialized for the above buildings, can be arranged adjacent to the buildings
when partitioned with fire wall without any window and opening.

Article 2.4.3 Fire resistance ratings of power transformation and distribution room shall not
be below class II.

Article 2.4.4 Fire protection distance from power transformation and distribution room to
equipment, machine and buildings inside the process plant shall not be below those specified
in Table 2.4.4.

Table 2.4.4 Fire production distance from power transformation and distribution room to equipment,
machine and buildings inside the process plant

Fire-protection distance (m)

From power transformation and distribution room to
No.
fire hazardous equipment, machine and buildings
Class A Class B, C

1. Process equipment, heat furnace, pump or pump house 10/15① 8

2. Large-sized vessel or vessel set 15 20/25② 8

3. Combustible gas compressor or compressor buildings 15 8

Note: ① 15m shall be employed when equipment using or producing LPG (including gas
state), hydrogen; 10m shall be employed for rest cases.

② 25m shall be employed for large-sized vessels or vessel set of LPG, mainly propane
and propylene; 20m shall be employed mainly for butane and butene, including
vessel set of LPG with heavier components; 15m shall be employed for rest cases.

Article 2.4.5 Plan and section design of power distribution rooms shall conform to the
following requirements:

I. Width of indoor pathway shall be no less than that specified in Table 2.4.5.
 Table 2.4.5 Pathway width inside power distribution rooms

Operation pathway Pathway leading

Type Maintenance to explosion
pathway (mm) Hand buggy protection
Fixed type
Arrangement type (mm) partition (mm)

Buggy
Single row 800 1500 1200
length+900

Double buggy
Double rows 1000 2000 1200
length+600

II. Two accesses shall be provided when the length of power distribution room is over 7m, one
of the accesses should be arranged at the farthest end and meet the requirement for in and out
of the largest equipment;

III. Columns should not be arranged indoors. No other pipelines shall be allowed to run
through the room; toilet, water basin, etc. are strictly forbidden there;

IV. When there is isolating switch for the incoming of LV power distribution room, clear
height shall be over or equal to 3.9m; when no isolating switch for the incoming, clear height
shall be over or equal to 3.6m; when there is bus bridge for HV power distribution room, clear
height shall be over or equal to 3.9m; when no bus bridge, clear height shall be over or equal
to 3.6m;

V. Indoor ground level shall be 0.3m higher than outdoor ground level and over 0.6m when
located at explosive area;

VI. Doors shall be open outwards. Inner doors of adjacent power distribution rooms shall be
dual-direction swing;

VII. Steel windows or steel shutters with screen windows should be employed.

Article 2.4.6 Plan and section design of cable mezzanine shall conform to the following
requirements:

I. At least two emergency exits with a distance no more than 30m shall be provided for cable
mezzanine, and stairs connected to power distribution room shall be provided at both ends;

II. The clear height of cable mezzanine shall not be less than 1.8m;

III. Effective watertight and drainage measures shall be taken for underground or semi-
underground cable mezzanine.

Article 2.4.7 The clear distance between outer margin of indoor transformer and walls, doors
shall not be less than the value specialized in Table 2.4.7.
Table 2.4.7 Clear distance between outer margin of indoor transformer
and walls, doors
Transformer capacity
Item
100 ~ 1000KVA Over 1250KVA

Clear distance between

transformer and backwall, 600 800
sidewall (mm)

Clear distance between

800 1000
transformer and door

Article 2.4.8 The fire production distance from outer margin of outdoor transformer to
buildings, fences, doors and windows, openings, ground and adjacent transformers shall not
be less than the value specialized in Table 2.4.8.

Table 2.4.8
Fire production distance from outer margin of outdoor transformer to buildings, fences,
doors and windows, openings, ground and adjacent transformers

Outer wall Door,

Distance between bottom Adjacent
Location of Fence window,
of transformer and ground transformer
buildings opening

Fire
production
0.8 0.8① 3.0② 0.3 1.5③
distance
(m)

Note: ① The height of fence shall not be less than 1.7m and cement ground should be
provided inside the fence.

② When the horizontal projector distance between outer margin of outdoor

transformer and outer wall of buildings is less than 5m (not less than 1.5m when
transformer oil weight below 1000kg).

③ When supply power to class I load or transformer oil weighing over 2500kg, it shall
not be less than 1.0m, otherwise, fire wall must be provided.

Article 2.4.9 Transformer in the open air at the area with the hottest monthly average
temperature for year in succession higher or equal to +28℃and arranged westward shall be
provided with sunlight shading shed.
Article 2.4.10 When bared bus of outdoor transformer running through wall, top of the
opening should be provided with weather board, which must be overhung by more than
300mm.

Article 2.4.11 Ground oil collecting pit shall be provided for transformers with capacity of
over 630KVA and oil drainage slope shall be provided as well.

Article 2.4.12 Battery rooms (including acid preparation rooms) should not be arranged solar
orientated. When arranged solar orientated, shading measures have to be taken.

Article 2.4.13 Surface materials for the ground, wall face and ceiling of acid battery room
shall be corrosion resistant. The ground must be sloped off toward floor drain by not less than
2%.

Article 2.4.14 Doors and windows for battery rooms must be tight and mechanical ventilation
should be employed inside room.

Section 5 Pump houses

Article 2.5.1 The location and orientation of pump house shall be decided based on process
flow and north-south orientation is preferred.

Article 2.5.2 The requirements for fire protection and explosion protection of pump house
shall be determined according to fire hazard classification in production.

I. Fire resistance rating of pump house in production area shall not be below class II;

II. Pump house of class A and B classified according to fire hazard rating shall be single-
storied;

III. Pump house of class AI, using or producing LPG (including gas state) during production
shall be designed as explosion-proof building.

Article 2.5.3 The plan and section design of pump house shall conform to the following
requirements:

I. Pump houses of class A and BI and rooms with less explosive hazard in the same buildings
should be arranged at two ends respectively, rooms with dense people shall not be arranged
between pump house of class A and BI

II. When the adjacent rooms have different fire hazard classification, their partition walls shall
be solid without any opening. When the fire hazard classification of pump house of class A is
different from the adjacent rooms, their partition walls shall be fire wall;
III. Maintenance area shall be provided inside pump house. Maintenance platform should be
provided for underground and semi-underground pump house;

IV. Operation room shall be close to pump house. No direct doors shall be provided in
between pump house of class A, BI and operation room and no sight windows shall be
provided in between pump house of class A I and operation room. When sight window is
provided, it has to meet the requirements of sound insulation, fire protection and explosion
protection. No sight window is allowed in between the pump house using or producing LPG
and operation room;

V. No less than two emergency exits shall be provided for pump house and they must open
outward. One exit can be accepted if the area of pump house of class BII, C is less than 60m2.

VI. When the pump house of class A and B I is adjacent to power transformation and
distribution room, control room and other rooms, which may produce sparks, their distance
between doors and rooms shall be in conformity with the related requirements in “Code for
Design of Electrical Power Unit in Explosive and Fire Hazardous Area”.

VII. Pump house ground shall slope off toward water drain by not less than 0.5%; no trench or
pit shall be allowed at the ground of pump house of class A and B I and ventilation should be
provided at the bottom of the side wall;

VIII. The clearance height of pump house shall not be lower than 3m. Height of pump house
equipped with lifting device shall be determined by calculation.

Section 6 Polypropylene pelletizing buildings

Article 2.6.1 Production class of the buildings shall be class C, and fire resistance rating shall
not be lower than class II.

Article 2.6.2 Enclosed multi-storied buildings should be employed for palletizing buildings.
Hot water tank part should be arranged in open air. If it has to be placed at ground floor, semi-
open type should be adopted.

Operation rooms, control rooms and other rooms should be arranged uniformly by using
building space and space for equipment installation and maintenance shall be reserved inside
the building.

Article 2.6.3 Sufficient natural ventilation shall be available inside the buildings. When side
windows are not sufficient for ventilation, mechanical ventilation should be provided.

Article 2.6.4 Natural lighting area inside the buildings should be considered based on 1/10 ~
1/7 of the ground area.
Article 2.6.5 Sound level A of noise at operation position inside buildings shall not exceed
maximum 90dB. If the above requirement cannot be satisfied after noise countermeasures
have been taken for the production process and equipment producing noise, sound insulation
operation room, etc. may be set up.

Article 2.6.6 The ground for palletizing operation floor should dust-proof, and should be easy
for cleaning; inner wall face and ceiling should be smooth and convenient for cleaning.

Section 7 Synthetic fiber buildings

Article 2.7.1 When air conditioning equipment (hereafter referred as air conditioning) is
provided for synthetic fiber buildings, its architectural arrangement shall conform to the
following principles:

I. Duct route, air supply and return direction shall be considered comprehensively when
arranging air conditioning room;

II. Buildings with air conditioning shall be surrounded by buildings without air conditioning,
so as to form a centralized air conditioning area;

III. Air conditioning equipment should be arranged northward, avoiding eastward and
westward;

IV. Plane surface and shape shall be plain and simple so as to reduce the length of outer wall,
and the inlet and outlet numbers should be controlled;

V. Not to be adjacent to rooms with high temperature and humidity.

Article 2.7.2 The architectural arrangement for the buildings with explosion proof
requirements shall conform to the following principles:

I. Separated and single-storied buildings should be preferred. With multi-stories, explosive

part shall be arranged at the top of the buildings;

II. Open or semi-open buildings should be preferred. With enclosed buildings, explosive area
shall be arranged close to outer wall and there will be good ventilation condition.

Article 2.7.3 There must be at lest two emergency exits for buildings.

Article 2.7.4 The structure of exterior-protected construction of the buildings, which requires
air conditioning shall be determined through thermal engineering calculation and its heat-
transfer coefficient shall conform to the following:

Heat-transfer coefficient for roofing shall be equal to or over 1.058W/m2 K;

Heat-transfer coefficient for outer wall shall be equal to or over 1.302W/m2 K;

Heat-transfer coefficient for inner wall or ceiling board adjacent to non-air conditioning part
shall be equal to or below 1.163W/m2 K.

Article 2.7.5 For corrosion classification of production unit in synthetic fiber buildings, see
Table 2.7.5.

Table 2.7.5 Corrosion classification of production unit in synthetic fiber buildings

Class Example

Liquid phase II Spinning shop of vinylon production, circulating shop of coagulation

bath, circulating shop of dressing bath, polymerization of nitrilon
production, spinning shop, solvent recovery part.

Gas phase V Spinning shop of vinylon production, circulating shop of coagulation

bath, circulating shop of dressing bath, polymerization of nitrilon
production, spinning shop, solvent recovery part.

Article 2.7.6 The architectural design of buildings with anti-corrosion requirements shall
conform to the following:

I. The equipment with corrosive medium of same property shall be centrally arranged and
should be arranged in open air provided production and maintenance are satisfied;

II. Basement and semi-basement are not allowed for the workshop with corrosive medium.
No equipment with corrosive liquid allowed to be arranged on the roofing;

III. Large-sized equipment with corrosive medium, which is sever in “running, dropping,
dripping and leaking” shall be supported on independent foundation or structure and protected
from corrosion in its corresponding area;

IV. Suspended ceilings are not allowed for workshops often shedding corrosive gas and dust;

V. Structures of movement joint for ground of anti-corrosion buildings shall be tight and the
joint filler shall be corrosion resistant;

VI. Overhead installation shall be adopted for electrical power line and process piping and
etc. in buildings often effected by corrosive liquid and need flushed, and trench-installation is
not allowed..

VII. Wall, column, bar shape foundation, etc. of buildings’ or structures’ shall not be allowed
to act as the side wall or base-plate of trench, pit, storage tank or air duct carrying corrosive
medium;
VIII. Pipelines running through floor or wall should be arranged relatively centralized.
Pipeline delivering corrosive medium shall not passing through non-corrosive production or
living rooms;

IX. To cut openings on any completed anti-corrosion layer for pipeline running through the
floor or wall shall not be allowed;

X. Sufficient natural ventilation or mechanical ventilation must be available for the workshop
often shedding corrosive gas and acid mist

XI. Anti-corrosion surface material for floor, ground and equipment foundation shall be
determined according to the effect of the corrosive medium and their requirements for
temperature, physics and mechanism shall be satisfied.

Article 2.7.7 For fire hazard classification in main buildings of main synthetic fibers, see
Table 2.7.7.

Article 2.7.8 Explosion protection measures shall be taken for fire hazardous buildings of
class A and its fire resistance rating shall not be lower than class II.

Article 2.7.9 The architectural design for the buildings with explosion proof requirement shall
conform to the following:

I. Reinforced concrete frame structure should be employed for explosion-proof buildings;

II. The ground for class A building shedding combustible gas heavier than air shall produce no
sparks. Trench should not be arranged under the ground. If trench has to be arranged, its cover
plate must be tight and it must be filled densely with non-combustible material. If insulation
material is used as an integral surface, anti-static measures have to be taken;

III. Steel grid plate shall be used as floor for multi-storied buildings having equipment passing
through its floors, in order to relief explosion energy, grid plate area-to-floor area ratio shall
not be less than 15% and light roof framing shall be used as pressure reliving area;

IV. Light roof framing, light wall and doors and windows favorable for pressure relieving
should be employed as pressure relieving means for explosion-proof buildings. The beam for
light wall should be made of prefabricated reinforced concrete or steel beam, connected
flexibly.

The weight of roof framing, light wall should not exceed 120kg/m2;

V. For explosion-proof buildings, which may have the corrosive gas like acid, alkali and etc.
dropping, leaking during production, its indoor ceiling, wall face and column face should be
coated with anti-corrosion coating after rendering;

VI. Office, resting area is not allowed in explosion-proof buildings;

VII. Suspended ceiling shall not be provided for explosion-proof buildings.

Table 2.7.7 Fire hazard classification in main buildings of main synthetic fibers

Fire hazard Unit or area

Class A (DMT method) ester exchange and methanol recovery in polyester fiber mill
Monomer storage, polymerization and recovery in nitrilon mill
Formaldehyde buildings and etc. in nitrilon mill
Class C (PTA method) esterification, polymerization in polyester fiber mill
Polymerization in nylon mill
Melt spinning, biphenyl pump house and etc. in synthetic fiber mill
Wet spinning section, staple post processing section, wet processing and
filament post processing section and etc. in synthetic fiber mill
Article 2.7.10 Architectural design for buildings with anti-poison requirements shall conform
to the following:

I. Open-type should be employed for poison buildings. If condition is limited, gallery-type

should be employed for multi-storied buildings;

II. Plane arrangement shall be beneficial for ventilation. The poison section in single-storied
buildings shall be arranged at leeward side; the poison section in multi-storied buildings shall
be centrally arranged according to the specific gravity of poison gas and measures have to be
taken to protect the poison medium from polluting the lower stories;

III. Office and living rooms shall be isolated from poison production section. For post
operation, the post operation room shall be arranged nearby without directly connecting to the
production section. When it is necessary to open a sight window on the partition wall,
tightness window shall be employed;

IV., Natural ventilation have to be given full consideration for the room height of poison
buildings and provide skylight window or ventilating-roof ridge if necessary. When the
exhausted poison medium is heavier than air, ventilation device should be provided at lower
part of outer wall;

V. Drainage slope shall be provided for floor and ground and measures to be taken to prevent
leakage;

VI. Inner wall faces and ceilings shall be rendered. Wall faces must be flat and smooth, corner
must be rendered into small circular arc, decorative skintle is not allowed;

VII. There must be at lest two emergency exits, one of them must lead directly to outdoors.
Article 2.7.11 Acceptable noise standard and noise control scheme shall conform to the
following:

I. The sound level A of noise in workshop and job site (operators exposed to noise continually
for 8h) shall not exceed 90dB;

II. Background noise level inside sound insulation room in the buildings shall not exceed
75dB with telephone communication requirement and 70dB without telephone
communication requirement;

III. When there will be long-time mixed sound in buildings, sound absorption can be adopted
for wall face, ceiling or space;

IV. Space sound absorption body made of perforated material should be hung on the ceiling
for the buildings with larger span or prevailed with high-frequency direct shot sound.

Article 2.7.12 The arrangement of building air duct must make good use of structure space
and try to integrate it with the buildings structure. The arrangement must be convenient for
maintenance and economic in construction.

I. Insulation materials (including sound insulation material) for air duct should be non-
combustibles or hard-combustibles material;

II. Corresponding measures have to be taken if air duct passing through movement joint of the
buildings;

III. Inner cleaning should be considered when design main air duct and drainage holes must
be provided;

IV. Light and dense insulation material and non-deforming surface material shall be selected
for duct door. The gap between door-frame and duct and between doors shall be sealed by
water-proof sealing material according to different part and structure.

Article 2.7.13 When foam plastic products are used for insulation and sound isolation, all the
parameters must meet the fire retardant requirements:

I. The oxygen index of urethane foam plastic shall not be less than 26; the oxygen index of
polystyrene foam plastic shall not be less than 30;

II. Any kind of glass steel tile is strictly forbidden for any combustible and explosive location
and their buildings within the fire protection distance. When fire retardant glass steel tiles are
used in general location, the related parameters must meet fire retardant requirements.
 Chapter 3 Auxiliary buildings of plant and workshop

Section 1 General requirements

Article 3.1.1 Buildings for plant production management and living in general are: office
buildings, dining halls, shifting-changing dormitories, shower rooms, women hygiene rooms,
breast feeding rooms, plant area medical facilities, etc. Workshop auxiliary buildings in
general are: workshop offices, clothing storing rooms, lounge, meeting rooms and shower
rooms with hygiene characteristic of class 1, 2, etc.

Article 3.1.2 In arranging the plant and workshop auxiliary buildings, a unified planning and
reasonable laying-out shall be made based on the production characteristics, actual needs,
favor for production, and convenience for life; and attentions have to be paid to achieving
good ventilation and preventing much powder dust or corrosion of poisonous gases and noise
interference.

Article 3.1.3 The arrangement of labor and workers’ hygiene rooms shall be determined based
on the work shop hygiene characteristic

Article 3.1.4 Auxiliary buildings shall also follow the local buildings standards.

Section 2 Buildings for plant production management and living

Article 3.2.1 The design of plant office buildings shall conform to the following requirements:

I. The office building location of petrochemical enterprises shall be arranged properly and
planned uniformly with other buildings. Clinic, laboratory, breast- feeding and etc. should no
be arranged in office buildings except for small-sized petrochemical enterprises;

II. The norm of floor-area shall implement the current applicable standard “Standard for
Construction of Administrative Buildings”;

III. The total floor-area (other auxiliary room area not included) shall be determined based on
the numbers of departments and permanent staffs provided in the state authorized design
program and the approved preliminary design document and floor-area norm. The usable
floor-area for each room shall be calculated based on Table 3.2.1 – 1, other usable floor-area
for auxiliary room shall be calculated based on Table 3.2.1 – 2.
 Table 3.2.1 – 1 Norm of usable floor-area for offices

No. Description Usable floor-area Remarks

1 President, Chief engineer 18 ~ 20m2/person Including general reception area

2 Vice-president, Deputy 12 ~ 14m2/person

chief Engineer

3 Section-level cadres 6 ~ 9m2/person

4 Design and plotting staffs 5 ~ 6m2/person

5 Other staffs 3.5 ~ 4m2/person

6 Small-sized meet room 36 ~ 40m2 Large-sized enterprise may have two

7 Large-sized meeting room 0.5m2/person Cadres at section level and above

8 Typewriting 6.5m2/set Including correction

9 Typing and printing 7.5m2/set Including binding, storing and

copying

10 Guards room 15 ~ 20m2

11 Reception room 30 ~ 40m2

Table 3.2.1 – 2 Norm of usable floor-area for auxiliary rooms

No. Description Usable floor- Remarks
area (m)
1 Technical book library: Office 18 ~ 20
Reading room 18 ~ 40
Stacks 40 ~ 100
2 Blue printing, duplicating room 40 ~ 80 Blue printing, drawing
cutting, binding, storing
3 Information room: Office 18 ~ 20
Lending and reading 18 ~ 40
Information room 30 ~ 60 Divided into 2 ~ 3
Note: Areas of auxiliary rooms are considered based on medium and large-sized enterprises,
which can be increased or decreased based on actual situation.
Article 3.2.2 Design of dining halls shall conform to the following:

I. Dining halls should be arranged at the areas where people will be concentrate. The scale of
the dining hall will be suitable for 1000 ~ 1500 people and the service radius should not
exceed 500m.

II. Boiling water room and rice steaming box should be available in dining room;

III. Dining hall in plant area should not be used as an assembly hall;

IV. Dining room and kitchen must have good ventilation and lighting. Single-storied kitchen
must have exhaust scuttle and exhaust hood. Multi-storied kitchen must have exhaust passage
directly leading to roof;

V. The main staple food and non-staple food in the kitchen must be processed separately and
must follow the related requirements in law of food hygiene;

VI. Yard for odds and ends and vegetable cellar may be arranged according to needs;

VII. The norm of floor-area will be calculated based on 0.46 ~ 0.64m 2/person, which
including dining room, food preparation room, processing room, refrigerated store room,
office, daily use room, and dining room for minorities and special diet room when necessary,
and etc.

Article 3.2.3 The design of shift-changing dormitory shall conform to the following:

I. Shift-changing dormitory shall be close to plant area, and quiet in environment and
convenient for management;

II. Shift-changing dormitory shall be arranged separately according to numbers of women and
men workers. Toilet, washing room and management room shall be provided in addition to
bedroom. Devices and facilities for storing, washing and drying beddings shall also be
provided for shift-changing dormitory;

III. The shift-changing dormitory shall be calculated based on 20% of maximum staff
members at night shift;

IV. The norm of floor-area shall be based on 6m2/person.

Article 3.2.4 The design of shower room shall conform to the following:

I. The arrangement of shower room shall be determined according to the classification of

hygiene characteristic of the workshop, which must be in conformity with the requirements in
Table 3.2.4 – 1.

Workshop shower rooms (using the workshop clothing storing room as locker room, no
additional locker room shall be provided) shall be provided for hygiene characteristic
classification of 1, 2; shower room of classification of 3 should be arranged nearby the
workshop or centrally arranged in plant area; shower room of classification of 4 may be
arranged in plant area or centrally arranged in living quarters;

II. Emergency shower shall be provided for the operation location or workshop where
chemical burning or acute poisoning via skin absorption due to production accident may
happen. Continuous water supply device has to be supplied for emergency shower
(emergency shower not counted in shower room);

III. The number of showers shall be calculated based on 93% of the shift with maximum staff
members and Table 3.2.4 – 2;

IV. Centralized shower room shall include locker room, shower room, toilet, management
room and etc. (Heating exchange room shall be determined based on actual needs);

V. Norm of floor-area: 5 ~ 6m2/shower.

Table 3.2.4 – 1 Classification of hygiene characteristic of workshop

Hygiene Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4

Characteristics
Poisoning Extremely toxic Substances liable to be Other toxic Not contact toxic
substances substances extremely absorbed via skin or substances substance or
liable to be poisoned via malodorous substances, dust, non- pollution or
skin absorption (e.g. or highly poisoning light pollution to human
organophosphor, triton, substances (e.g. body (e.g. cold
tetraethyl lead and etc.) acrylonpyridine, processing of instrument
Phenol and etc.) metal, mechanical
machining and etc.)
Dust Dust, severely polluting General
general body or dust (e.g.
irritating skin (e.g. cotton dust)
carbon black, glass wool
and etc.)
Others Processing infectious High temperature Heavy
material, animal raw operation, silo operation operation
material (e.g. skin, fur
and etc.)
 Table 3.2. 4 – 2 Persons for each shower

Classification of Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4

hygiene
characteristics

Persons/shower 3~4 5~ 8 9 ~ 12 13 ~ 24

Note: Generally, one washbasin shall be provided for 4 ~ 6 showers, area of common bathing
pool shall be converted based on 1.5 showers/m 2. No common bathing pool is allowed for
shower room of workshop class of 1 and 2 and women shower room.

Article 3.2.5 The hygiene room for women shall conform to the following:

I. Women hygiene room shall not be allowed to be arranged together with other rooms;

II. Women hygiene room shall be composed of waiting room and handling room. Hands
washing apparatus and washing basin shall be provided for waiting room; hot water box and
flushing apparatus for handling room;

III. Flushing apparatus shall be provided according to the shift with maximum women, 100 ~
200 women/apparatus, one shall be added with every increasing of 200 women;

IV. Norm of floor-area: 30m2 for 1 ~ 3 flushing apparatus; 50m2 for 4 ~ 5 apparatus, 60m2 for
6 apparatus.

Article 3.2.6 Design of breast-feeding room shall conform to the following:

I. Breast-feeding room shall be arranged nearby the workshop with concentrate women
workers or in front of plant area, however, cannot be located at noisy area or at the leeward
side of a workshop shedding harmful substances where it has the most frequency wind
direction in a whole year. Good ventilation and sufficient sunlight are required for breast
feeding room and outdoor green area and playground for outdoor activities shall be provided;

II. Bed numbers of breast-feeding room shall be calculated based on 10% of the shift with
maximum women workers;

III. Norm of floor-area: 6.5 ~ 7m2/bed.

Article 3.2.7 Design of plant medical treatment facilities shall conform to the following:

I. Usable area for plant clinic with staff members 1000 ~ 5000 shall be 70 ~ 190m2;

II. Worker’s hospital of petrochemical enterprises with staff members over 5000 (over 3000
for outer suburbs of outlying district) shall be provided and clinics shall be provided as well
according to needs;

III. Separate access shall be provided if the clinic for small-sized petrochemical enterprises is
arranged in the office buildings.

Article 3.2.8 Design of other plant facilities shall be in conformity with the flowing
requirements:

I. Receiving and sending room, guards room and reception room shall be provided at main
entrance with a floor-area of 30 ~ 60m2;

II. Guards room shall be provided for minor entrance with a floor-area of 15 ~ 30m2；

III. Bicycle shed shall be provided at the main entrance of plant area or nearby the workshop
according to district characteristics and actual needs, its floor-area shall be calculated based
on 1.2m2/bicycle.

Section 3 Workshop office and auxiliary room

Article 3.3.1 Workshop office in general including the following rooms:

Director and deputy director office 1 ~ 2 rooms

Workshop office 1 room

Technical cadres office 1 ~ 2 room

Logistics office 1 room

Maintenance room 2 ~ 3 rooms
(common for several shops)
Reserved room 1 room

Norm of usable area for meeting room: 0.8m 2/person (counted based on 50% of permanent
staff members).

Note: The usable area for the above-mentioned rooms shall be 15 ~ 18m2/room.

Article 3.3.2 The usable area of clothing storing room shall be calculated based on the total
permanent staff members of the workshop and Table 3.3.2. Wardrobe can be arranged for
workshop of hygiene characteristic classification of 4 by using suitable place inside plant,
however, separate locker room for women workers shall be provided.

Article 3.3.3 The usable area of lounge (also used as shift handing over and taking over room)
shall be calculated based on the shift with maximum operation workers, 1m2/worker.

Article 3.3.4 Toilet in workshop shall be water-flushing type, number of pits shall be
determined based on the shift with maximum staff members.

One pit shall be set for every 25 men workers, each pit provided with one urinal or urinate
trough of 0.4m.

One pit shall be set for every 20 women workers,

Floor-area of toilet shall be calculated based on 5m2/pit.

Table 3.3.2 Norm of usable area for clothing storing room

Hygiene Class 1 Class 2 Class 3, 4

characteristics

Usable area 1.4 1.0 0.7

(m2/person)

Description Civilian clothes and Civilian clothes and Civilian clothes and
work clothes stored work clothes stored work clothes stored
in separate room in the same room, but in the same wardrobe
separate wardrobe

Article 3.3.5 Design of laundry shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Laundry shall be provided in clothing storing room or shower room for work clothes
contaminated by extremely toxic substances during operation, which is liable to be absorbed
via skin, and workshop with severe contaminated environment. The usable area of laundry
may be calculated based on the norm below:

Shift with maximum workers below 20 12m2

Shift with maximum workers 21 ~ 50 18m2

Shift with maximum workers over 50 24m2

II. Drying apparatus shall be provided for the region with annually relative humidity over or
equal to 75%, its usable area may be determined based on actual needs.
 Chapter 4 Building construction

Section 1 Roofings

Article 4.1.1 Roofing slope shall be determined according to water-proof material, roofing
construction and local meteorological condition, its minimum slope shall conform to the
requirements in Table 4.1.1.

Table 4.1.1 Roofing slope

Roofing class Minimum slope

Coiled material water-proof, rigid water-proof 1 : 50

Cement tile, clay tile without roof boarding base layer 1:2

Cement tile, clay tile with roof boarding and felt base layer 1 : 2.5

Corrugated asbestos tile 1:3

Corrugated metallic tile 1:4

Profiling steel plate 1:7

Article 4.1.2 Design of roofing drainage shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Outer drainage shall be considered first and the drainage directions should be two or more
than two. Roofing with a span larger than 12m should not use lean-to drainage;

II. Roofing of high-rise buildings, multi-span buildings, or with larger water-collecting area
shall use inner drainage or the combination of inner and outer drainage method;

III. The maximum space of rainwater pipes for overhang eaves flat roofing should not be
more than 24m, parapet flat roofing should not be more than 18m, flat roofing with gutter
inner drainage should not be more than 15m;

IV. Diameter of rainwater pipe shall not be less than 100mm. When pipe diameter is larger
than 100mm, its catchment area shall be determined through calculation;

V. Inner diameter of inner drainage rainwater pipe should not be less than 150mm. Riser pipe
should be surface-mounted or pipe shaft may be provided if condition is permit. Cast iron
pipe shall be used if pipes have to be concealed.
Article 4.1.3 Design of roofing shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Heat engineering checking calculation have to be carried out for roofing heat insulating
layer and measures have to be taken to protect it from condensation, vapor penetration, and
protect it from damping during construction;

II. There must be ventilation openings with sufficient height and without blocking for the air
lit-par-lit of overhead heat insulating layer roofing. The height of air lit-par-lit shall be
determined based on width and sloping of the layer, usually, 130 ~ 260mm. Ventilation
openings with sufficient area shall be provided between overhead board and gable wall or
parapet;

III. When self-water-proof roof boarding is used, reliable measures shall be taken to protect it
from weathering and corrosion. And anti-cracking measures have to be taken for rigid
waterproof roofing;

IV. Roofing manhole or inspection ladder shall be provided for production buildings with a
height over 9m, when there is no stairs directly leading to roofing, and the manhole must be
close to water-divide;

V. Reliable waterproof and insulation measures have to be taken for roofing movement joints.

Section 2 Walls

Article 4.2.1 Design of wall damp proof courses shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Brick walls and columns directly laid on strip foundations shall be provided with damp
proof course. The damp proof course is usually arranged at 50 ~ 60mm under the indoor
ground and located between concrete cushions. When this part is made of concrete, reinforced
concrete members or rubble concrete, damp proof course may not be provided.

II. When the indoor ground elevation is different between the two sides of the wall, damp
proof course shall be provided separately. When the indoor ground level is lower than that of
outdoors, two courses of horizontal damp proof course and vertical damp proof course shall
be provided;

III. Damp proof course shall be provided for the inner side of a wall in a room with high
humidity

Article 4.2.2 Partition wall shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Reliable and stable measures shall be taken;

II. Light wall made of corrosive materials should not be used for humid rooms;
III. When door, window, embedment or other suspension is on light wall, anchoring measures
shall be taken.

Article 4.2.3 Sound insulation walls shall conform to the following requirements:

I. The sound insulation factor of the wall shall be determined through calculation. When wall
with monolayer material is used, materials selected for masonry must be compact, uniform
and with big capacity and mortar must be full. When light material is used, double wall or
multi-wall should be selected;

II. Thickness of air lit-par-lit of double wall or multi-wall should not be less than 50mm and
sound absorption material shall be filled in between, rigid connection between walls shall be
avoided;

III. Sound insulation doors and windows shall be provided for sound insulation walls.

Article 4.2.4 Insulation and heat insulating of walls shall conform to the following
requirements:

I. For buildings with strict requirements in insulation and heat insulating (e.g. buildings
equipped with air conditioning), walls must be with good thermal stability;

II. The construction of walls shall be determined based on technical and economical analysis.
To ensure no condensation will occur on inner surface of walls and no condensate will be
produced inside, the following measures may be taken:

1. Outer rendering should be provided for outer walls;

2. Sheet material or block material should be selected for insulation, heat- insulating material;

3. For rooms with lower temperature (e.g. refrigerating chamber) and high humidity, vapor
barrier or damp proof courses shall be provided on the inner side of the room;

4. Insulation and heat insulating measures have to be taken for the parts may have cold bridge
formation.

Article 4.2.5 Explosion-proof walls shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Non-combustibles material shall be employed for explosion-proof walls; if there will be fire
hazard when explosion occurred, its fire resistance limit shall not be lower than 4h.
Explosion-proof wall should not be used as load-bearing wall;

II. No openings should be cut on explosion-proof walls. When process pipes, cables,
equipment driven shafts have to be passed through them, reinforcement and sealing measures
have to be taken;
III. For reinforced concrete walls, if fire may occur after explosion, their thickness shall not
be less than 180mm; if fire may not occur after explosion, their thickness shall not be less
than 120mm. Concrete strength rating shall not be lower than C20, and constructional steel
bars shall be provided for dual sides and dual directions;

IV. Brick explosion-proof walls shall use the masonry with brick strength not less than MU7.5
and mortar strength not less than M5. Thickness of wall shall not be less than 240mm, and
3Ø6 full-length horizontal steel bars shall be provided every 500mm with their ends firmly
welded to embedments of reinforced concrete column or reserved steel bars.

The length, height of brick explosion-proof walls shall not be more than 6m. Middle column
or beam shall be provided when exceeding 6m, and they must be connected firmly with side
column and roofing beam.

Article 4.2.6 The position, width, construction of the movement joints of walls shall be in
conformity with currently applicable codes and fire prevention, water-proofing and insulation
measures shall be taken.

Section 3 Floors

Article 4.3.1 Floors shall meet the requirements of being level, wear-resistant, non-dusty,
nonskid, easy for cleaning and etc. unless there will be special requirement.

Article 4.3.2 Floors often being flushed, or possible immersion may occur, shall be lower than
the floors of walkway or connected rooms.

Article 4.3.3 Drainage slope shall be provided for the floors, which there will be water to
remove and sloped off toward the drainage ditch or outdoors.

Article 4.3.4 Open ditch for floors shall be cast with concrete and one side of brick wall
foundation cannot be used as its sidewall.

Article 4.3.5 Measures protecting ground from damp, foundation soil swelling, differential
expansion, etc. shall be taken.

Article 4.3.6, Flexible materials, such as block material, grains, lime-soil, which are
convenient for repair shall be selected for floors bearing heavier load or impact force
according to usage and location.

Article 4.3.7 Spark-proof materials shall be selected in case explosion and fire may occur due
to sparks resulting from friction.

Article 4.3.8 Setting of floor movement joints shall be consistent with structural joints and
penetrated through all the structural layers of floors. Movement joints have to be provided in
following cases: floors using concrete cushion, big piling load difference between local part
and its adjacent part, in between ground and equipment foundation with high vibration.
Movement joints should not be provided for the locations with liquid leakage or corrosive
medium.

Section 4 Waterproof of basements (semi-basement)

Article 4.4.1 All round considerations have to be given to waterproof course of basements.
When the design maximum underground water level is 0.30 ~ 0.50m lower than base plate of
basement, and foundation soil or filling soil will not possible to form stagnant water on the
top, damp proof can be practiced; for rest of the cases, measures for non-pressure water on
pressure water shall be taken based on underground water level, purposes of buildings,
permeability of soil.

Article 4.4.2 Sump shall be provided for basement (including window hat), power supply for
drainage pump, and drainage pipes have to be reserved.

Article 4.4.3 Strict waterproof measures shall be taken for window hat, pipe trenches running
through walls, pipes, movement joints, wall corners and etc.

Article 4.4.4 Measures have to be taken to protect against water surge and back flow at
underground pipes, floor drains, window hats and etc.

Article 4.4.5 As soon as waterproof course is completed, backfilling has to be carried out.
With bottom width within 300 ~ 500mm, lime soil or clay soil shall be used and compacted
layer by layer.

Section 5 Decorations

Article 4.5.1 Standard for building decoration shall conform to the following requirements;

I. For general decoration standard, see Table 4.5.1 – 1.

 Table 4.5.1 – 1 General decoration standard
Decoration locations Decoration standards

Outer wall General rendering or local decorative rendering

Inner wall General rendering, guniting (brushing), dado shall be provided at

required height for the inner wall face with requirements in water-
proof, damp-proof and contamination-proof

Floor Cement or concrete floor, terrazzo floor may be partially used based
on requirements of production or usage

Ceiling Rendering, guniting (brushing)

Buildings fitting parts Terrazzo tank washer, terrazzo partitions for toilet or shower room,
terrazzo window board and etc. may be selected

Note: ① General rendering varieties are: cement mortar, mixed mortar, lime plaster with
straw pulp, hemp-fibred plaster and general building coatings etc.

② Decorative rendering includes: rough cast, granite, bush hammering, comb plaster
and medium grade building coatings etc.

II. For medium grade decoration standards, see Table 4.5.1 – 2.

Table 4.5.1 – 2 Medium grade decoration standards

Decoration locations Decoration standards
Outer wall Partially decorative rendering, finishing material or completely
rendering
Inner wall General rendering, guniting (brushing), dado shall be provided at
required height for the inner wall face with requirements in
waterproof, damp-proof and contamination-proof. For rooms with
high requirements in cleanness, oil paint, latex paint, or wall paper
and wall cloth may be selected for wall face
Floor Terrazzo or other materials, which are flat, wear-resistant, non-dusty,
nonskid, easy for cleaning may be selected for main halls, rooms,
stairs, corridors and etc. according to requirements of production
and usage
Ceiling Suspended ceiling may be provided or spray with medium grade
coating
Buildings fitting parts Aluminum alloy windows may be partially used, heater cover,
curtain casing and etc. may be provided for main halls and rooms
Note: ① For general rendering and decorative rendering varieties, see Note in Table 4.5.1 – 1.

② Finishing materials include natural finishing boards, granolithic finishing board and
facing bricks and etc.

III. For buildings with special requirements in cleanness, constant temperature, constant
humidity, corrosion proof, noise proof radiation protection and etc. during production, their
decoration shall be determined based on production requirement.

Article 4.5.2 General decoration standards shall be implemented for general production
buildings, auxiliary production buildings, and other buildings in plant area of petrochemical
enterprises. Medium grade decoration standards may be followed for the following items:

I. Large and medium-sized control room, computer room, telephone exchange, central
laboratory, maintenance room for precise instruments, buildings with air conditioning
equipment and scientific research buildings of large-sized petrochemical enterprises;

II. Main plant buildings located at the side of main road of large and medium-sized cities or
requested by the city planning and buildings of introduced or joint venture enterprises.

Article 4.5.3 Buildings decoration shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Large area rendering for outer wall shall be in section;

II. Height of dado for toilets, washing rooms and buildings with cleanness requirement shall
not be less than 1.2m; for shower rooms, hygiene rooms, not less than 1.8m;

III. For heavy operation workshop without cleanness requirement or production buildings has
pollution itself, flat joining or guniting (brushing) may be employed for inner wall face;

IV. When outer walls are dry walls, height of buildings plinth shall not be less than 450mm
normally;

V. Overhang eaves, belt course, canopy, balcony, window stool and etc., which are overhung
from outer walls shall be rendered and dripping lines provided.

VI. Rough cast shall not be used at the parts liable to be touched.

Article 4.5.4 Suspended ceilings shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Rooms equipped with air conditioning equipment or with high cleanness requirement and
anti-noise requirement should be provided with suspended ceiling. And non-combustibles
should be selected as suspended ceiling material;

II. Manhole and ventilation opening shall be provided for rendering suspended ceiling;
III. When there will be many pipelines or concealed light trough will be provided, clear space
of suspended ceiling shall satisfy the requirements for equipment installation, and
maintenance space shall be reserved. Walkway plate shall be provided for large area of
suspended ceiling;

IV. When there will be water filling and drainage pipes inside suspended ceiling, measures to
be taken to protect against condensation.

Section 6 Doors and windows

Article 4.6.1 Selection of types of doors and windows shall conform to the following
principles:

I. National standard drawings or local standard drawings, or finalized products shall be

selected for types of doors and windows. If doors or windows are self-designed in case the
above-mentioned are not suitable, their material size and joint construction shall be as
consistent as possible with the national standard drawings or local standard drawings, or
finalized products;

II. Solid web steel windows shall be selected in priority as outer windows for production
buildings, auxiliary buildings, and buildings with anti-corrosion requirements.

Article 4.6.2 Selection of door types shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Steel-wood doors or steel plate doors shall be selected for external doors of production
buildings with a width over or equal to 2.1m;

II. Plywood-faced door should be selected as inner door. However, plywood-face door should
not be used in shower room, boiling water room, and other rooms with high humidity;

III. No door panel shall be provided for inner doors without lighting and ventilating
requirements. When panel is provided on the door of enclosed staircase, it shall not be
opened;

IV. Double-acting swing door should be selected for outer door of main buildings entrance
with concentrate pedestrian flow, inner door of large hall and room, door of enclosed
staircase, and transparent glass shall be installed at its visible height;

V. Sliding door, overhead door or metal roll-up door should be selected for the doors
frequently opened or with vehicle traffic;

VI. Revolving door, folding door and sliding door are strictly forbidden for emergency
evacuating exit.
Article 4.6.3 Doorway dimension shall meet the requirements for pedestrian flow evacuating,
vehicle passing through, equipment, transportation and etc. The clear width of doorway of
plant gate shall not be 400mm less than that of products, equipment, transportation facilities
according to its structural characteristic of opening; the clear height (door panel not included)
shall not be less than 300mm.

Article 4.6.4 Open of doors shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Outer doors of production and auxiliary production buildings should open outward;

II. Inner doors of production buildings, and auxiliary production buildings inside production
plant area should open toward evacuating direction;

III. Doors for emergency evacuating must open towards evacuating direction. Matching seam
of doors with two leafs shall be flat seam and threshold is forbidden;

IV. Evacuating width of walkway and stair landing shall not be effected when doors towards
evacuating direction are fully opened;

V. Collision shall be avoided when the adjacent doors opened.

Article 4.6.5 Construction of doors shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Doorframe shall be provided in wall for general inner doors;

II. Reinforced concrete doorframe should be provided for self-designed outer doors with
doorway width exceeding 2.4m;

III. Insulation and wind and dust protection measures shall be taken for plant gates with
heating requirement and outer doors at windy and dusty areas.

Article 4.6.6 Selection of window types shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Sealed windows shall be employed for rooms with clean and seal requirements and
equipped with air conditioning equipment, such as main control rooms, computer rooms;

II. Flat-open window should not be selected for production buildings with distance from its
side window to indoor ground more than 3.0m; center suspension window should not be
selected for high side window with wind and dust protection and seal requirements.

Article 4.6.7 Open of windows shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Ordinary flat-open windows, except those on gallery-type buildings or with special

requirements, should open outwards. Windows on explosion-proof buildings must open
outwards;
II. Open area for production buildings with large area of side windows shall be as less as
possible provided lighting and ventilating is sufficient.

III. Requirements for open, close and maintenance of the high side windows and skylights,
which need opened shall be considered.

Article 4.6.8 Skylights shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Skylights, daylighting bands or daylighting openings should be provided when buildings

side windows would not meet lighting requirement. Skylights arranged in west-east direction
shall be protected from direct sunlight;

II. Ventilating and exhausting windows shall be provided for buildings producing large
amount of waste heat or harmful gases (e.g. casting, heat treatment, large and medium-sized
boiler buildings and etc.). However, skylights may not be provided for plant buildings of
single span and single story with span below or equal to 9m and roof truss lower height
exceeding 6m and with only 3 or 4 column distance, other ventilating and exhausting means
(e.g. ventilating cowl, axial flow fan, openable high side windows and etc.) may be taken.
Skylight should not be perpendicular to the least frequency wind direction;

III. Non-breaking light-directing material or safety screen shall be provided for flat skylights
and measures to protect against direct sunlight, condensation and flowing of condensate must
be available.

Article 4.6.9 Auxiliary production buildings with protection requirements, such as control
rooms, central laboratories, power distribution rooms shall be provided with screen windows.
No screen windows shall be provided for general production buildings.

Article 4.6.10 Setting of sight windows and sound insulation windows shall conform to the
following requirements:

I. Double sealed windows shall normally be adopted. Glass with different thickness may be
chosen and they should not be in parallel each other in installation;

II. Gaps between window frames and wall (beams) shall be packed tightly, and rubber or felt
strip shall be used to seal between glass and window frames;

III. Window stool height should be 800 ~ 900mm.

Section 7 Stairs, steel ladders, cranes, maintenance platforms, handrails

Article 4.7.1 Stairs shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Numbers and locations of stairs and types of staircases shall satisfy the requirements of
convenient for use and evacuation;

II. Width of stairs shall be determined according to fire resistance ratings, purposes of the
buildings, and numbers of people to evacuate. The minimum width at platform handrail where
flight changes its direction shall not be less than the clear width of the flight;

III. Reinforced concrete stairs shall be employed except for the cases below, which shall use
steel ladders;

1. Ladders for second emergency exit of buildings of class D and E;

2. Ladders with width less than 800mm;

IV. Clear height at top and bottom passageway of stair platform shall not be less than 2m;
clear height at flight shall not be less than 2.2m;

V. Treads of each stairs should not be over 18 and below 3;

VI. Handrail shall be at least provided on one side. Height of handrail shall not be less than
0.9m measuring from tread nosing line, and shall not be less than 1.0m when horizontal
handrail on stairwell side exceeding 500mm;

VII. Skid resistance measures shall be provided at tread nosing parts.

Article 4.7.2 Steel stairs shall conform to the following requirements:

Width of steel stairs should be 600 ~ 800mm, slope of 45o, 51o, 59o, 73o;

II. Slope of 45o should be employed for steel stairs used for traffic and emergency evacuating
and for outdoor equipment inspection stairs frequently used. Degree of slope should not
exceed 59o;

III. Tread plate should be skid resistant.

Article 4.7.3 Steel ladders shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Roof inspection ladders shall be provided for the following cases: roof with span height
difference over 2.1m, multi-span production buildings with eaves height over 9.0m, or
buildings with skylight, inner downspout, wind cowl, equipment on the roof. When stairs or
ladders leading to roofs are arranged indoors, inspection ladders may not be provided;

III. Buildings with fire resistance rating of 3 and with height exceeding 10m shall be provided
with outdoor fire fighting ladders leading to roofs;

IV. Guard circle at the height of 2.5m from ground, roof or platform shall be provided for
frequently used outdoor equipment platform ladders when their height is over 6m. Resting
platforms shall be provided every 8 ~ 12m;

V. Width of steel ladders shall not be less than 600mm;

VI. Steel ladders installed on brick wall shall be firmly fixed, outdoor steel ladders passing
through roof overhang eaves or parapet shall be safe and protected from rainwater running
down along ladder.

Article 4.7.4 Steel ladders for cranes shall conform to the following requirements:

I. If operator cabin is provided for crane, each crane has to be provided with a steel stair
directly leading to cabin. Steel stairs shall be in parallel with traveling direction of crane.
When stairs height is over 4.2m, resting platform shall be arranged. Distance between steel
stairs, platform and bumper shall not be less than 2m;

II. Steel ladder for crane shall not be arranged on the side with slide line. Safety device has to
be provided at steel ladder when it has to be arranged on that side.

Article 4.7.5 Setting of walkway plates and maintenance platforms of crane shall conform to
the following requirements:

I. Normally, no walkway plate shall be provided for crane of light and medium grade service
character with a rail height less than 8m, however, 1 or 2 maintenance platforms shall be
arranged at both ends of the workshop and ladders leading to platforms should be provided as
well.

II. Ground operated beam-type crane may be arranged with one maintenance platform or
vertical ladder at buildings end span;

III. Both walkway plate and handrail must be arranged on the outside of cranes in open air,
regardless their numbers, service character and rail height;

IV. Reinforced concrete slab or skid resistant steel plate shall be used for walkway plate and
maintenance platform, wood plate or grid plate should not be employed.

Article 4.7.6 Handrails shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Height of handrail indoors of outdoors shall not be lower than 1m; for outdoor platform
with a elevation equal or more than 12m, height of handrail shall not be lower than 1.2m;

II. Steel tube or angle steel should be used to make handrail for platform and steel handrail;

III. Enclosed guard plate shall be provided at the height of 0.10m from handrail to platform,
floor or roof.
Section 8 Trestles

Article 4.8.1 Insulation, corrosion production, deformation and etc. for trestle exterior-
protected construction shall meet production requirements.

Article 4.8.2 Skid resistant surface shall be provided for pavement of trestle deck when degree
of slope is over 10o; and treads may be provided for slope over 15o.

Article 4.8.3 Longitudinal drainage for slope roofs shall be provided with herringbone water
bar with a distance of 15 ~ 20m, the distance from water bar to outer wall of connected
buildings should be 2 ~ 3m.

Section 9 Steps, rampways, aprons, open ditches, canopies

Article 4.9.1Steps shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Level of buildings ground floor shall be more than 150mm higher than that of outdoors;

II. Width of indoor and outdoor steps should not be less than 300mm and height should not be
higher than 150mm. Steps indoors shall not be less than 2;

III. For steps frequently used and with concentrate pedestrian flow, protection measures
should be provided when its height exceeds 1m;

Article 4.9.2 Rampways shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Standard slope for rampway should be 1 : 6 ~ 1 : 10;

II. When slope is more than 1 : 8, skid resistant surface shall be used.

Article 4.9.3 Aprons shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Standard apron width shall be buildings overhang width plus 300mm and shall not be less
than 600mm. For buildings with eaves higher than 8m, apron width shall not be less than
800mm;

II. Cross slope of apron should be 3% ~ 5%, outer margin shall be 20mm higher than outdoors
ground;

III. Expansion joints should be provided every 20m and movement joint shall be provided
between apron and outer wall, joint width 20 ~ 30mm, filled with asphalt material.

III. Open ditches shall conform to the following requirements:

I. Outdoor open ditches should not be normally provided for areas with annual precipitation
less than 900mm;

II. Aprons and open ditches shall be adopted for sites without rainwater piping works and
open ditches may be provided for site with rainwater piping works;

III. Ditch width should not be less than 200mm, longitudinal slope should be 0.5% ~ 1%.

Article 4.9.5 Canopies

I. Canopies shall be provided for the doors below

1. Entrances of buildings and doors frequently opened;

2. Buildings doors with requirements in damp proof and cleanness.

II. Overhung width of canopy shall not be less than 700mm;

III. Controlled drainage should be arranged for canopies

 Appendix 1 Characteristic List of Main Buildings and Auxiliary Buildings (Examples)
Characteristic list of main buildings and auxiliary buildings (examples)
Attached table 1
Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
Petroleum gas compressor room AI 2 Yes Yes 
H2 compressor room A 2 Yes Yes 
Ammonia compressor room B 2 Yes Yes 
Air compressor room D, E 2 Yes 
Inert gas compressor room D, E 2 Yes 
Control room and computer room D, E 2 Yes Yes
HV (LV) power distribution room D, E 2, 3 
LPG pump house AI 2 Yes
Carbon sulfide pump house A 2 Yes
Crude oil, gasoline, benzene, methybenzene, AII 2
Refinery para-xylene, acetone pump house
Hot oil pump house, solvent naphtha pump CII 2
house
Sulfur recovery pump house, sulfur former B 2
room
Kerosene pump house, four-filling pump house BI 2
Diesel oil pump house BII, CII 2
Paraffin, lube oil, fuel oil pump house CII
Paraffin former buildings, paraffin, asphalt C 2
warehouse
Acid-alkali pump house E 2 Yes
Petroche Tubular cracker Cracking gas compressor A 2 Yes Yes 
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
room
ethylene unit Ethylene, propene AI 2 Yes
mical
refrigerating. room
Butene oxidize Generation gas compressor A 2 Yes Yes 
Petroche de-hydrogen room
mical bivinylization Separation, reaction buildings A 2
unit
Reaction, refinery pump A 2 Yes
house
Air compression refrigerating A 2 Yes
room
Acrylon unit Four-effect evaporator E 2
buildings
Wastes treatment room D 3
Sulfur ammonium recovery C 2 Yes
buildings
Benzene hydrocarbonization A 2 Yes
buildings
Styrene unit Ethyl benzene de-hydrogen A, E 2 Yes
buildings, rectification pump
house
SBR Chemical preparation
(latex) buildings A 2 Yes
hydrocarbon phase E
water phase
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
Polymerization and degas A 2
buildings
Post treatment C 2
(conglomeration, drying,
packing) buildings, WH
Catalyst and assistant A 2
preparation buildings
SBR (solvent), Polymerization buildings A 2
3- Monomer and solvent A 2
polybutadiene recovery buildings
rubber Post treatment (de-water, C 2
drying, packing) buildings,
warehouse (WH)
Benzene hydrogenation A 2 Yes
buildings
H2 compressor buildings A 2 Yes Yes 
Hexanolactam buildings, B 2 Yes Yes
Nylon 6 cycla-ethane oximation
(hexanolactam) buildings
Petroche
Hexanolactam chips and C 2
mical
packing buildings
Sulfur ammonium recovery C 2 Yes
buildings
High pressure Ethylene compressor room A 2 Yes 
polyethylene Packing buildings C 2
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
Polymerization buildings A 2 Yes
Polypropylene Catalyst preparation buildings A 2 Yes
Packing buildings C 2
Methylbenzene A 2 Yes 
disproportionation and xylol
isomerization
Fractionating A 2 Yes 
Xylol separation A 2 Yes 
Oxydation A 2 Yes Yes 
Polyester
Refinery A 2 Yes Yes 
Air compressor room E 2 Yes 
Fasculation, polycondensation C 2 Yes 
Finished products packing C 2
buildings and WH
Hot oil and ethanediol C 2 
Gas making buildings A 2
Synthesis
De-sulfur, sulfur recovery A 2
ammonia unit
buildings
H2, N2 compressor room A 2 Yes 
Unit
Ammonia storage B 2 Yes Yes
CO2 compressor room E 2 Yes 
Urea master frame B 2 Yes
Petroche Urea unit Pelletizing tower and transfer C 2 Yes
mical station
Bulk warehouse, packing C 2 Yes
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
buildings, sacked warehouse,
car loading platform
Nitric acid buildings, nitric B 2 Yes
Nitric acid unit acid WH, nitric acid loading
platform
Nitramine workshop B 2 Yes
Ammonium
Pelletizing tower C 2 Yes
nitrate unit
Packing buildings, WH C 2 Yes
Monomer storage, polymerization and recovery A 2 Yes Yes Yes
extraction in nitrilon mill, (DMT method) ester
exchange and methanol recovery in polyester
fibre mill, aldehyde shop in vinylon mill
Petroche
(PTA method) esterification, polymerization C 2 Yes Yes 
mical and
buildings in polyester fibre mill, melt spinning,
fibre
filament post processing shop, biphenyl pump
room
Wet spinning, wet processing of staple post C Yes
processing buildings
Utilities Water supply Waste water lifting pump B 2
and drainage house, waste pretreatment
plant
circulating water plant, water E 2 Yes 
pump house, laboratory and
stock feeding room
Fire fighting pump station, E 2
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
fire fighting truck garage,
booster pump station
Boiler room, condensate D, E 1, 2 
station, heat exchange station
Air compressor station D, E 3 Yes 
Heat supply Chemical water treatment D, E 3 Yes
station
Residue discharge pump D, E 3
house
Power station D, E 2
Utilities General substation (power C 2 
Power supply transformation and
distribution, transformer
room)
Mechanical repair, electrical D, E 3
maintenance and construction
Maintenance
service buildings
Instrument repair buildings D, E 3 Yes
Others Central laboratory D, E 3 Yes
Plant office buildings D, E 2 Yes
Hazardous articles WH, A, B 3 Yes
chemicals WH
Garage D, E 3
WH (spare parts, equipment D, E 3
and materials, labor protection
 Fire hazard Fire resistance Explosion- Corrosion- Sound
Cleanness
Group Description classifica- rating proof proof insulation Remarks
requirements
tion (lower limit) Requirements requirements requirements
articles etc.)
 Sound insulation considered only for operation room of plant buildings
 Damp-proof, insects and small animals prevention
 Open-air frame
 Sound insulation shall be considered for filament post processing shop and also has cleanness requirement
 Corrosion-proof is only required for stock feeding room
 Fire resistance class of 3 may be employed for coal-fired boilers with a total evaporating capacity less than 4T/h
 Damp-proof, insects prevention and small animals prevention, fire resistance rating of oil-immersed transformer is class 1
 Appendix 2 Explanation of wording in this code

Words denoting the different degrees of strictness are explained as follows in order that they
can distinguished each other during implementation of this code:

(1) Words denoting a very strict or mandatory requirement:

“must” is used for affirmation;

“must not” is used for negation;

(2) Words denoting a strict requirement under normal conditions:

“shall” is used for affirmation;

“shall not” is used for negation;

(3) Words denoting a permission of slight choice or an indication of the first choice when
conditions allow:

“should” or “may” are used for affirmation;

“should not” is used for negation;

The list of chief editorial, participating units and main drafting staffs in this code

Chief Editorial Units: Lanzhou Petrochemical Design Institute of SINOPEC

Participating Units: Beijing Design Institute of SINOPEC

Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Company of SINOPEC

Design Institute of Shanghai Petrochemical Complex of SINOPEC

Main Drafting Staffs: Zhang Shujun, Li Yunsheng, Mo Qin, Tao Kai