Grant EURFBH18MAX4, Installation, Commissioning & Maintenance Instructions

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3.1 OIL SUPPLY
3.1.1 FUEL STORAGE AND REGULATIONS
The tank must be placed in accordance with the recommendations
of national and european standards. Legislation for tanks for
heating or for tanks with pump Order of July 1, 2004 fi xing the
technical and safety rules applicable to the storage of petroleum
products (NOR: INDI0403209A / Extracts) see site
info@
grantengineering.ie
which give details on filling, maintenance and protection against
fire.
STORAGE CONSTRUCTION RULES
Article 5.1:
• “Light” type steel tanks: National and european standards NF M
88-940
• Parallelepipedal steel tanks NF E 86-255
• Plastic tanks with secondary envelope: the harmonized standard
NF EN 13341
• Double-walled steel tanks: European standard NF EN 12285-1
(buried) or NF EN 12285-2 (overhead)
ARTICLE 5.2: ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
• There must be no withdrawal point in the lower part.
• The tank must be equipped with a gauging device. Glass or
plastic level tubes are prohibited.
• Any tank fi tted with a fi lling connection must be fi tted with a
device to prevent the risk of overfl owing during fi lling operations.
NON-UNDERGROUND STORAGE
Article 11:
Tanks installed outdoors must be designed to store petroleum
products outdoors. In particular, the opacity of the tank must be
sufficient to prevent the characteristics of the petroleum product
stored from deteriorating.
Article 12:
The receptacles or tanks must be equipped with a second
waterproof envelope and be designed in such a way that it is
possible to become aware of any loss of sealing of the interior
envelope.
Article 13:
Depending on the overall storage capacity, a minimum distance
must be respected between the wall of the tank and the nearest
building:
• less than 2,500 liters: no distance is imposed.
• between 2,501 and 6,000 liters: 1 meter
• between 6,001 and 10,000 liters: 6 meters
• between 10,001 and 50,000 liters: 7 meters
STORAGE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OR IN THE
BASEMENT OF A BUILDING
Article 16.1 – Installation :
The tanks must be placed on a level masonry fl oor. The tanks must
be fi tted with a waterproof secondary fi re-resistant enclosure.
Article 16.3 – Protection incendie :
The room where the storage facility is installed must be capable
of being closed by a fi re-resistant door: fl ame arresters of at least
a quarter of an hour’s degree. The walls as well as the upper and
lower fl oors of the room must have a fi re resistance: fi re stop of
degree at least half an hour.
3.1.2 FUEL PIPES
Fuel supply pipes should be either copper or steel. Galvanised
pipes or fi ttings should not be used.
Plastic oil supply pipe conforming to BS EN 14125 can be used for
underground pipe runs, but must not be used above ground.
All soft copper pipe connections should preferably be made using
fl ared fi ttings. If compression fi ttings are to be used, a suitable pipe
insert must be fi tted into the pipe end.
Soft soldered connections must NOT be used on oil supply
pipework.
Fuel supply pipework should be of a suitable diameter, depending
on the type of oil supply system being used. Refer to information
given in sections 3.1.3, 3.1.4 or 3.1.5.
Run pipes as level as possible to prevent air being trapped. Take
the most direct route possible from tank to burner whilst locating the
pipe where it will be protected from damage.
Pipes should be supported to prevent sagging and sleeved where
they pass through a wall.
A metal body fuel fi lter with a fi ltration size of no more than 50
μm (micron) or lower must be fi tted in the oil supply pipe close to
the tank. This should be fi tted with suffi cient clearance around and
below it to allow easy access for maintenance.
An isolating valve should also be fi tted at the tank, before the fi lter,
to allow the oil supply to be shut off for the fi lter to be serviced.
A second fi lter (15 μm for Kerosene) must be located closer to the
burner to protect the burner pump and nozzle from contamination.
Refer to Figures 3-1 to 3-3.
A remote sensing fi re valve must be installed in the fuel supply line in
accordance with BS5410-1.
A galvanized tank must not be used. A plastic
tank can be used and must comply with
standards (see above)
Plastic tanks must be placed in a suitable and
uniform manner on a fl at and smooth surface,
in continuity, that is to say the base all in
contact with the ground.
3 OIL STORAGE AND SUPPLY SYSTEM
Fuel Storage and Fuel System
NOTE
NOTE
CAUTION
Article 18:
The storage must be installed in an exclusive room if its overall
capacity exceeds 2500 litres.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
Artice 19:
Only the reinforced safety tanks mentioned in article 5 of this de-
cree are authorized to be buried.
Storage construction rules (extracts)
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