BULK LOADING AVIATION FUEL SPECIFICATIONS
VIEW SELF-SERVE AVIATION FUELING
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
A. This specification is for factory built and assembled equipment
only. All site specific requirements will be determined and engineered
based on the installation criteria of the fuel storage dispensing system
selected.
B. All products for use , including those specified by required attributes
and performance, shall require approval by the Engineer before being
incorporated into the work.
C. All equipment shall be the capacity and types required. Substitutions
will only be allowed for products proved to be equal or exceeding the
design.
D. Do not substitute materials, equipment, or methods unless such substitution
has been approved , in writing, in advance by the Engineer.
E. Request for substitution will only be considered when complete
submission of product data in accordance with the General Conditions
shows equal or superior features as compared with design units. The
Engineer will consider proposals for substitution of materials, equipment,
and methods provided they are cost effective and exemplify the original
project scope and cause no delays in construction. Proposals foe substitution
or alternate methods must be accompanied by full and complete technical
engineered data, appropriate drawings, and other information required
by the Engineer to evaluate the proposed substitution.
F. The Engineer
will be the sole authority in determining product acceptability and
his decision shall be final.
G. Single Source.
1. For ease of maintenance and parts replacement, to the extent possible
use equipment of a single manufacturer.
2. The Engineer reserves the right to reject any materials list which
contains equipment from various manufacturer’s if suitable materials
can be secured from fewer manufacturers, and to require source of materials
to be unified to the maximum extent possible.
H. Submittals from manufacturer to include:
1. Mechanical
drawings demonstration all dimensional information, weights electrical
requirements and schematics, specific installation requirements.
2. Certified Copy of UL-142 Inclusive Label with MH file number
I. The contract is based on the ‘Standards of Quality’
established within the ‘Contract Documents’. Unless specifically noted
otherwise, all products shall be new, first quality, UL, approved by
the specification engineer.
FUELING SYSTEMS AND TANK DESCRIPTIONS
Note: The cylindrical dike design referenced in Section A and D
is proprietary to SuperSafeä Tanks. If only a standard
doublewall tank is desired, this would need to be specified instead.
The remainder of the specification is designed based upon quality components
that are universally available.
A. The fuel storage tanks shall be of a pre-engineered system consisting
of an aboveground primary tank, fully enclosed within an inerted cylindrical
dike and assembled on boxed runner supports, all bearing an inclusive
UL-142 label. The assembly shall meet UFC 79-7 Ballistics criteria,
Seismic Std #4, NFPA-30, -69, -78,and UL-87, -142, NEC-70-514 / 515.
The system shall include an integral pump
house, enclosing all dispensing equipment and accessories required for
a complete system. This system shall be completely factory assembled,
tested to the extent possible and to UL standards.
B. Primary Tank Construction
1.
The primary tank shall be ASME A-36 ¼” CRPS construction,
2.
Submerged arc ‘butt welded’ joints,
3.
All tank pipe or fitting penetrations shall be above the liquid
level or through the top center line of the vessel.
4.
There shall be no below liquid level penetrations within the
shell or heads of the vessel.
5.
The vessel shall be welded inside of the cylindrical dike meeting
seismic standard 4, and DOT collision standards. All primary tank wetted
pipe penetrations shall be welded through the shell or head, and be
flanged connected downstream at diameters greater than 1½”. The interior
tank shall be butt welded. All surfaces ground smooth and shot to SP-10
std. The prepared surface shall comply with ATA-103 and meet internal
coatings per: Mil Spec 4556 E.
C. Primary Tank Components
1. Liquid High Level Sensor shall be intrinsically powered, field
testable, fail-safe engineered in design, and independent of all other
devices.
2. 2” Manual gauging access port with weather tight and lockable cap.
3. Ground readable volume gauge read in gallons with float.
4. Positive tank sump per ATA-103 W/ ¾” welded Sch#40 sumping
pipe penetrating above the liquid level equipped with an anti-siphon
valve.
5. Lockable and weather tight 6” Access to Pressure Regulating Valve.
6. Weather tight and lockable 24” ingress manhole.
7. Structural Lifting lugs.
8. 3” Normal Pressure / Vacuum Vent, weather tight, liquid discriminating,
9. 24”
liquid tight overfill diverter assembly W/ API sized pressure
relief vent.
D. Dikeing
1. The cylindrical dike shall completely enclose the primary tank and
all connected welded fittings, pipe penetrations, and pressure relief
vent. It shall be constructed of ASTM A-36 3/16” CRPS construction.
All joggle joints shall be oriented downstream towards sumping end of
vessel.
2. All tank pipe or fitting penetrations shall be above the liquid
level or through the top center line of the vessel. There shall be
no below liquid level penetrations within the shell or heads of the
vessel.
3. The vessel shall meet seismic standard 4, and DOT collision standards.
All cylindrical dike penetrations shall be welded through the shell
or head, and be flanged connected downstream if greater than 1½” diameter.
4. The exterior of the cylindrical dikes surface shall be coated with
Valspar Marine V75W9 or proven equal.
5. All downstream piping from the cylindrical dike shall be secondarily
contained or be double walled construction.
6. The dikeing system shall be completely closed to the atmosphere.
The interstitial space shall be purged of oxygen and filled with nitrogen
to eliminate all forms of oxidation. This interstitial space shall
be vented per NFPA-30 with a gas and weather tight relief vent.
7. The cylindrical dike volumetric capacity shall be 125% of the enclosed
primary tank.
8. An OSHA approved access ladder shall be provided.
9. The interstitial space in the cylindrical shall be monitored for
liquids with an intrinsically powered, liquid discriminating, fail-safe
sensor.
10. Boxed runner supports shall be internally braced at structural
ballast points and meet DOT collision standards, seismic 4 standard,
and 10’ flood exposure.
E.
Full Pump Enclosure.
1. The enclosure shall
be constructed of 7 gauge CRS and be designed to stop water from accumulating
with in the maintenance spill pan.
2. The enclosure shall
be a minimum of 8’- 0” wide, 6’- 0” long, 3” deep and not be higher
than the cylindrical head knuckle at the highest point.
3. The front roll-up
door opening measures 7’- 2” wide and 6’- 0” high.
4. The door opening
shall be edged with nylon brushes around the perimeter keeping out blown
dirt, storm, snow and bugs.
5. The all steel,
lockable, overhead roll-up door shall be weather proof, hurricane, and
vandal resistant, and meet OSHA rate of closure criteria.
6. The steel floor
shall be designed as a secondary containment pan to catch maintenance
spills and be fabricated of ¼” ASTM A-36 CRPS.
7. A locking drain
shall be provided to run off collected liquids as necessary.
8. The floor shall
be welded on 4” channel to create both a raised pedestal and provide
a reinforced platform to mount the pumping equipment.
9. The rounded roof
is 3/16” CRPS seal welded throughout to eliminate hidden water pockets
where deterioration might occur.
10. The assembly is seal welded
to the head of the cylindrical dike.
11. The entire unit is SP-6 prepared
and painted with 8 to 10 mils of self-priming Marine Coating Valspar
V75W9 two part epoxy paint.
12. The pump house shall be designed
to enclose the complete pumping system.
F.
Pump Controls and Tank Alarm System
1.
The panel shall be assembled in a NEMA-4 Hoffman enclosure with
a weather tight gasket edged and hinged door.
2. The
panel shall be situated outside of the defined hazardous area but located
within easy view of the system operator. Control panel shall meet
NFPA-30, -407 and NEC-70; 514 - 515.
3.
The functions and displays presented at this location are:
A. Supervisory keyed three position control switch: On / Off / Bypass.
B. Key locked ‘Bypass’ feature removes all automatic safety features.
C. Illuminated ‘Power On’ and ‘Bypass Warning’ position lights.
D. Illuminated
‘Deadman Interrupt’ condition light.
E. Warning
Light, tank high-level alarms W/ automatic pump shut down.
F. Warning
Light, water detection Jet-A sump and automatic pump shut down.
G. Warning
Light, bonding / grounding lost and automatic pump shut down.
H. Warning
Light, interstitial liquid sensor, and alarm.
I.
Alarm Silence button to silence 100 dB horn.
J.
Flashing strobe will remain on until condition is corrected.
K. Pump
motor enabled On / Off switch.
L.
Emergency Stop mushroom button, removes power from all equipment.
M. Maintenance
light On / Off switch.
N. Power
terminal junction box.
O. Remote
Alarm contacts.
P. All
sensors are housed in cast aluminum enclosures.
Q. All
electrical components shall meet criteria per NEC-70 513-514 and shall
be intrinsically safe and or explosion proof.
R. All
conduiting shall be rigid Sch#40 and sized per Code.
G. Overfill Protection
1. A fail-safe engineered high liquid level sensor to sound an alarm
at 90% and stop the pump motor.
2. A third party recognized UL labeled fail-safe designed,
internal tank mounted ductile iron body hydraulic valve
300 PSI rated by ASME, ASTM. 100% full
closure against incoming product at 95% tank capacity.
The device shall not create a upstream hydraulic shock, be
anti-siphon featured and not be electrically operated.
3. A liquid discriminating working vent to prevent over flowing fuels
from escaping from the primary tank working vent.
4. A primary tank emergency overflow vent system capable
of directing a fuel overflow into the cylindrical dike.
5. A liquid sensor shall be installed within the interstitial space
to recognize a non-standard condition, sound an alarm
and stop the pump motor.
G.
Pumping System Criteria.
1.
The pumping configuration shall be of an engineered design to
through-put fuel at a flow rate not to exceed 12 FPS, thus minimizing
possible static generation and turbulence due to directional ‘switch
backs’ and or vibration due to imploding fuel or cavitations of the
pump.
2.
The system configuration shall be compliant with FAA, ATA, DOT,
NFPA, UFC, NEC, UL, and good engineering practices and guidelines.
3.
The systems standard continuous flow rate is 200 GPM operations:
A.
Off-loading delivery transports,
B.
Refuel airport delivery trucks,
C. Circulate
fuel from storage, through filtration, and back to storage.
D. Through
putted fuel is always filtered,
E.
All dispensed fuel shall be filtered and metered to bottom loaded
refueled trucks.
4.
All piping shall be heli-arc triple pass welded steel ASME Sch#40,
Piping downstream of filtration to dispensing shall be 304L Stainless
steel Sch#10 belled fitted fittings and pipe connections are new ANSI
150# RF Flanged W/ #5 bolts, nuts and stainless washers on
both flange sides.
5.
All piping 1½” or less shall be Sch#40 and NPT, piping greater
diameter shall be heli-arc welded and flanged.
6.
All equipment and piping shall be properly braced and supported
to prevent vibration or stress.
7.
All piping shall be primed and painted with two part epoxy.
8.
Piping low point shall have a removable NPT drain plug.
9.
Sump piping shall be closed circuit configured and be routed
back to primary storage after sampling point and filtration.
10. Manifolds
( tank to tank ) piping shall include all necessary valveing, anti-siphoning,
fail-safe operation, and shall be flanged, welded, Sch#40 A-53 steel
pipe.
I. 200GPM Jet-A 150GPM Pump System Components include:
1. 3”
Aluminum Camlock adapter and locking dust cap.
2. Ductile
body, viton gasketed, locking and latching butter-fly valves.
3. Ductile
body, steel seated, full ported, spring loaded wafer check valve.
4. Ductile
body, 100 SS Mesh Top clean out strainer.
5. Positive
Displacement Blackmer GX3-E pump, geared at 200 RPM W/ 10HP,
208-230VAC / 3 phase explosion proof motor W/ remote magnetic
starter, heaters, and fused disconnect.
6. Thermally
activated full-ported emergency flow check valve.
7.
Flanged 3” x 15” SS flexible convoluted vibration suppression
piping on inlet and outlet sides of pump.
8. Jet-A
Filter Separator / Coalescer HV-1633150. Rated at 240GPM.
·
Equipped with a Gammon Pressure Differential Gauge,
·
0 - 150 PSI Operating gauge,
·
Inlet / outlet Millipore sampling ports,
·
Flow check valve,
·
SS air eliminator*,
·
Pressure relief valve*,
·
Automatic water detection with alarm and pump motor shut
down,
·
Calibratable thermostatically activated sump heater
·
FailSafe manual sump drain.
9. Avgas
Filter HV844LMP150
·
Equipped with a Gammon Pressure Differential Gauge,
·
0 - 150 PSI Operating gauge,
·
Inlet / outlet Millipore sampling ports, (optional)
·
Flow check valve,
·
SS air eliminator*,
·
Pressure relief valve*,
·
FailSafe manual sump drain.
10. Closed Sump Sampler System
separates good fuel from contaminated fuel sump samples. Good fuel
is routed back to storage while contaminated samples are separated
for normal disposal.
11. LCM-15-A-2 Liquid Controls Meter with large register counter.
12. Bonding / Grounding System consists of 70’ plastic coated stainless
steel cord with a two-point spring loaded clamp. In the event the intrinsic
loop is lost the system alerts the operator and stops the pump motor
and fuel flow.
13. Spring motored rewind reels
with cord guides for Deadman and Bonding/ Grounding leads.
14. Jet-A bottom loading Goodyear
Hose 2½” x 15’
15. Thiem F116V7A Nozzle and tethered
dust cap.
16. Kink resistant hose hangers.
17. Gammon Deadman Control for
bottom loading and refueling aircraft fueling trucks. The 55’ intrinsic
deadman cord is rewound on a Hannay spring motored reel.
18. OPW Aluminum floating suction
with swivel at bottom of flanged drop tube and equipped with a stainless
steel test cable attached to tank weather tight and lockable inspection
port.
19. Avgas tanks shall be equipped
with Stage 1 Vapor recovery system.
20. Jet-A Centerpoint Fueling:
·
Centerpoint pressure regulator Valve,
·
Goodyear 75’ x 2” Hose,
·
Wound on a Hannay electrically powered reel, W/
Aluminum internals, press to rewind x-proof switch and motor, and four
way hose guides,
·
Thiem 45PSI HECV Valve,
·
Thiem F117V7A Nozzle.
21. Jet-A Overwing Fueling:
·
Overwing pressure regulating Valve
·
Goodyear 75’ x 1¼” Hose,
·
Wound on a Hannay electrically powered reel, W/
Aluminum internals, press to rewind x-proof switch and motor, and four
way hose guides,
·
Connected to 1½” OPW 295 SAJ Nozzle.
22. Avgas 100LL Fueling. Overwing
Maximum flow 25GPM.
·
Goodyear Hose 70’ x 1¼”,
·
Wound on a Hannay electrically powered reel, W/
Aluminum internals, press to rewind x-proof switch and motor, and four
way hose guides,
·
1” OPW 295 SA Nozzle.
23. Totally assembled, pre-tested,
epoxy painted and pumping system installed in the compartment that
assures user friendly access while protecting the equipment from the
ravages of nature, vandals, and time.
K. Delivery
The completed assembly shall be delivered completely assembled, pre-wired
pre-tested, and ready for installation. Copies of the ‘Manufacturers
Installation and Startup Guide’ and ‘Operations and Maintenance Manuals’shall
be provided.
L. Warranty
Shall be a standard manufacturers one year covering material defects
and workmanship, Plus a 30 year warranty against rusting deterioration
within the interstitial space, provided routine maintenance is performed
per factory instructions.