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GB 50516-2021: [2021 Edition of GB 50516-2010] Technical code for hydrogen fuelling station
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GB 50516-2021: [2021 Edition of GB 50516-2010] Technical code for hydrogen fuelling station

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NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA UDC P GB 50516-2010 Technical Code for Hydrogen Fuelling Station (Version 2021) Issued on. MAY 31, 2010 Implemented on. DECEMBER 1, 2010 Issued by. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China; State Administration for Market Regulation NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Technical Code for Hydrogen Fuelling Station (Version 2021) Mainly drafted by. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China Approved by. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China Date of implementation. December 1, 2010 China Planning Press 2021 Beijing Announcement of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China Version 2021, No. 42

Table of Contents

Technical Code for Hydrogen Fuelling Station... 10 1 General Provisions... 10 2 Terms... 11 3 Basic Requirements... 14 4 Location... 16 5 General Layout... 18 6 Hydrogen Fuelling Process and Equipment... 23 6.1 Hydrogen Quality and Metering... 23 6.2 Hydrogen Compressing Process and Equipment... 24 6.3 Hydrogen Storage System and Equipment... 26 6.4 Hydrogen Dispenser... 28 6.5 Hydrogen Pipelines and Accessories... 30 6.6 Materials in Contact with Hydrogen... 32 7 Fire Protection and Safety Facilities... 34 7.1 Fire Protection Facilities... 34 7.2 Safety Facilities for Hydrogen Fuelling Process System... 34 7.3 Alarm Device... 35 8 Architectural... 37 9 Water Supply and Drainage... 39 10 Electrical Installations... 40 10.1 Power Supply and Distribution... 40 10.2 Lightning and Grounding... 40 10.3 Protection of Electrostatic Discharge... 41 11 Heating and Ventilation... 43 12 Construction, Installation and Approval... 44 12.1 General Requirement... 44 12.2 Installation of Equipment... 44 12.3 Installation of Pipeline... 47 12.4 Installation of Electrical Instruments... 49 12.5 Construction Approval... 51 13 Requirements for Hydrogen System Operation and Management... 54 Appendix A Zones of Rating for Explosion Danger in Hydrogen Fuelling Station... 56 Appendix B... 59 Deleted... 59 Explanation of Wording in This Code... 60 List of Quoted Standards... 61 Technical Code for Hydrogen Fuelling Station

1 General Provisions

1.0.1 This code is established in order to implement the relevant national policies in the design, construction and operation process of the hydrogen fuelling station, unify the technical requirements, and realize safety and reliability, advanced technology, energy saving and emission reduction, and economic rationality. 1.0.2 This code applies to the design, construction, and building of newly built, rebuilt and extended hydrogen fuelling station projects. 1.0.3 The design, construction and building of the hydrogen fuelling station shall, in addition to complying with this code, comply with the requirements of the relevant national standards.

2 Terms

2.0.1 Hydrogen fuelling station It refers to a specific place wherein the hydrogen cylinders of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle or hydrogen internal combustion engine automobile or hydrogen gas mixture fuel automobile are charged with hydrogen fuel. 2.0.2 The system of hydrogen produced on site It refers to the hydrogen production system installed in the hydrogen fuelling station, which is usually a general name of hydrogen production, purification, compression and supporting facilities. It refers to the building which is used for the management and operation of the hydrogen fuelling station. 2.0.6 Hydrogen fuelling island It refers to the platform wherein the hydrogen fuelling machine OR the hydrogen & gas mixture dispenser is installed. 2.0.9 Deleted. 2.0.9A Stationary pressure vessels for storage of hydrogen It refers to pressure vessels in fixed installation for the storage of hydrogen fuel, which include pressure vessels for gaseous hydrogen storage, liquid hydrogen storage and metal hydride storage. They are abbreviated as hydrogen storage vessels.

3 Basic Requirements

3.0.1 The design of the hydrogen fuelling station shall combine the hydrogen supply mode. The hydrogen fuelling station may be supplied with hydrogen by the use of tube trailers for gaseous hydrogen, tube skid container for gaseous hydrogen, liquid hydrogen lorry truck, tank containers for liquid hydrogen, pipeline transportation, or the system of hydrogen produced on site, etc. The hydrogen fuelling station may be combined with natural gas fuelling stations or gasoline stations. 3.0.2 Deleted. 3.0.2A Classification of hydrogen fuelling stations shall be in accordance with the requirements of Table 3.0.2A. 3.0.4 Deleted. 3.0.5 Deleted. 3.0.6 The fire hazard category for the hydrogen fuelling station shall be category A. And the explosion hazard level of the room or regions in the hydrogen fuelling station having explosion hazard shall be classified as Zone 1 or Zone 2.

4 Location

4.0.1 The site selection of hydrogen fuelling station shall comply with the requirements of urban planning, environmental protection and energy conservation, and fire safety, AND shall be at a convenient location. 4.0.2 It is not allowed to construct the level I hydrogen fuelling station in the city center. 4.0.3 It is preferable for the hydrogen fuelling station in the city center to be close to urban roads, but it shall not be located near the intersection of city main roads. 4.0.4 Deleted. 4.0.4A The fire separation between the hydrogen process facility in the hydrogen fuelling station and the outside buildings and structures shall be not less than the values as specified in Table 4.0.4A. 4.0.5 The classification of the protection category of civil buildings shall comply with the requirements of the current national standard “Code for Design and Construction of Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station” GB 50156. 4.0.6 Deleted. 4.0.7 Deleted.

5 General Layout

5.0.1 Deleted. 5.0.1A The fire separation between the facilities in the hydrogen fuelling station shall not be less than the values as specified in Table 5.0.1A. 5.0.2 The fence setting of the hydrogen fuelling station shall comply with the following requirements. 5.0.6 Deleted. 5.0.7 The tube trailers for gaseous hydrogen and tube skid container for gaseous hydrogen in the hydrogen fuelling station shall be arranged in accordance with the following provisions. 5.0.7A When liquid hydrogen lorry truck and tank containers for liquid hydrogen are used as fixed hydrogen storage pressure vessels, the parking space layout of the liquid hydrogen lorry truck and tank containers for liquid hydrogen shall comply with the following stipulations. 5.0.8 Deleted. 5.0.9 The layout between the liquid hydrogen booster pump and liquid hydrogen storage pressure vessels should be determined in accordance with the process requirements. 5.0.10 No roads shall be set up between the tube trailers for gaseous hydrogen and tube skid container for gaseous hydrogen, and the compressor. Safety and fire prevention measures shall be set up between tube trailers for gaseous hydrogen and tube skid container for gaseous hydrogen, and adjacent roads.

6 Hydrogen Fuelling Process and Equipment

6.1 Hydrogen Quality and Metering 6.1.1 The quality of the incoming hydrogen shall comply with the following stipulations. 6.1.2 The quality of the outgoing hydrogen of the hydrogen fuelling station shall be determined in accordance with the user's requirements and shall be not lower than the following requirements. 6.1.3 The metering of incoming hydrogen of the hydrogen fuelling station shall comply with the following requirements. 6.1.4 The quality and metering requirements for the incoming natural gas in the mixed fuel shall comply with the relevant stipulations of the current national standard “Compressed natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel” GB 18047 and “Code for Design and Construction of Automobile Gasoline and Gas Filling Station” GB 50156.The fuel mixture proportion of the hydrogen natural gas mixture vehicle shall be determined in accordance with the requirements of the mixture fuel vehicle engine. 6.1.5 As for the hydrogen used for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, if the quality of the incoming hydrogen cannot reach to the quality criteria of the hydrogen for fuel cell, it shall select the corresponding hydrogen purification device based on the purity or impurity content of the incoming hydrogen, and it is preferable for the hydrogen purification device to be in front of the hydrogen compressor. 6.1.6 Such procedures as purification, compression, metering, mixing, transportation, and storage, etc., in the hydrogenation process system shall be equipped with the pressure detection points, and it shall also be equipped with the over-pressure or low pressure alarm device in accordance with the safety operation requirements. 6.1.7 The hydrogen fuelling station shall set up a process control system. The operation status of the process equipment of the hydrogen fuelling station should be collaboratively optimized, managed, controlled and monitored in accordance with the actual demands. 6.2 Hydrogen Compressing Process and Equipment 6.2.1 The hydrogen compression process system of the hydrogen fuelling station shall be determined in accordance with the incoming hydrogen delivery method, and meanwhile comply with the following provisions. 6.2.6 Deleted. 6.2.7 The condensate which is drained from different levels of coolers, gas-water separators, and hydrogen pipeline of the hydrogen compressor shall all be collected by the special purpose drainage device and delivered into the condensate drainage device, and then drained outdoor. 6.2.8 Hydrogen compressor operation and management should be controlled through a programmable controller (PLC). 6.3 Hydrogen Storage System and Equipment 6.3.1 The working pressure of the hydrogen storage system in the hydrogen fuelling station shall be determined in accordance with the hydrogen charging pressure of the on-board hydrogen storage cylinder. When the hydrogen charging pressure is 35 MPa, the working pressure of the hydrogen storage system in the hydrogen fuelling station should not be greater than 45 MPa; when the hydrogen charging pressure is 70 MPa, the working pressure of the hydrogen storage system of the hydrogen fuelling station should not be greater than 90 MPa. 6.5 Hydrogen Pipelines and Accessories 6.5.1 Hydrogen pipeline material of the hydrogen fuelling station should select S31603 or other materials that have been tested to demonstrate good hydrogen compatibility. 6.5.1A When austenitic stainless steel is selected, its nickel content shall be greater than 12%, and its nickel equivalent shall not be less than 28.5%. The nickel equivalent shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula.

7 Fire Protection and Safety Facilities

7.1 Fire Protection Facilities 7.2 Safety Facilities for Hydrogen Fuelling Process System 7.2.1 The hydrogen inlet manifold of the hydrogen fuelling station shall be equipped with emergency cut-off valve. The manual emergency cut-off valve shall be so positioned as being able to cut off the hydrogen source in time in case of accident. 7.2.2 Deleted. 7.3 Alarm Device 7.3.1 The hydrogen equipment shall take the following warning measures. 7.3.2 The hydrogen compressor shall be equipped with an alarm device in accordance with the requirements of clause 6.2.5 of this code. 7.3.3 Hydrogen compressor room or portable hydrogen compressor unit, hydrogen storage vessel and hydrogen production room, where hydrogen is easily accumulated and leaked, shall be equipped with the alarm device to indicate the hydrogen concentration in the air exceeding limit, and such device shall alarm and record when the hydrogen content in the air reaches up to 0.4% (volume fraction) and initiate the corresponding accident exhaust fan. 7.3.4 When the hydrogen production system is set in the hydrogen fuelling station, each alarm facility shall comply with the relevant requirements of the current national standard “Design code for hydrogen station” GB 50177.When it uses the portable hydrogen production device, it shall comply with the relevant requirements of the current national standard “Specification of water electrolyte system for producing hydrogen” GB/T 19774 and “Specification of hydrogen purification system on pressure swing absorption” GB/T 19773. 7.3.5 Deleted.

8 Architectural

8.0.1 The fire rating of the buildings in the hydrogen fuelling station or the combined station shall be not less than level II. 8.0.2 It is preferable for the buildings in the hydrogen fuelling station or the combined station to be single-floored building. 8.0.3 The upper canopy installed at the hydrogen fuelling island and the hydrogen dispenser locations shall comply with the following requirements. 8.0.4 As for the rooms having explosion hazard, it is preferable to use the frame or bay structure which adopts reinforced concrete column to withstand load. When using steel column to withstand load, the steel column shall take fireproof protection measures, with the fire endurance not less than 2.00 h. 8.0.8 If the hydrogen storage vessel or the cylinder assemblies for storage of gaseous hydrogen are arranged adjacent to the hydrogen compressor room, hydrogen pressure regulating valve bank room, and power substation and distribution room in the hydrogen fuelling station, and meanwhile, the fire separation cannot satisfy the requirements of clause 5.0.1A of this code, it shall use the reinforced concrete fire wall for separation. The partition wall top shall be higher above the top of the hydrogen storage vessel or the cylinder assemblies for storage of gaseous hydrogen for at least 1 m, the partition wall length shall be the total length of the hydrogen storage vessel or the cylinder assemblies for storage of gaseous hydrogen plus 2 m and above at both ends, respectively, and the partition wall thickness shall be not less than 0.20 m. 8.0.9 The upper space of the room having explosion hazards shall be well ventilated. The inner surface of the roof shall be flat and free from dead corner or hydrogen accumulation. 8.0.10 The terrace of the room or region having explosion hazards shall adopt the floor that will not generate spark. 8.0.11 It is not allowed to set the accommodation, catering and recreation facilities of business nature in the hydrogen fuelling station. 8.0.12 Deleted.

9 Water Supply and Drainage

9.0.1 It is preferable for the production and living water supply pipelines of the hydrogen fuelling station to be combined with the fire water supply pipeline. 9.0.2 The cooling water system as required by the water cooling gas compressors shall comply with the following requirements. 9.0.3 Deleted. ......
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