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NB 31089-2016
ENERGY INDUSTRY STANDARD OF
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ICS 27.180
P 61
Registration number: J2181-2016
P NB 31089-2016
Code for design of fire protection for wind farms
ISSUED ON: JANUARY 07, 2016
IMPLEMENTED ON: JUNE 01, 2016
Issued by: National Energy Administration
Table of Contents
Foreword ... 5 
1 General provisions ... 6 
2 Terms ... 7 
3 Wind turbine generators and unit transformers ... 8 
4 Transmission line ... 10 
5 Step-up substation ... 11 
5.1 Building fire fighting ... 11 
5.2 Fire water supply ... 29 
5.3 Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, smoke control and smoke exhaust ... 35 
5.4 Fire extinguishers and sand box distribution ... 39 
5.5 Electrical fire fighting ... 40 
Appendix A Classification of fire hazard ... 49 
Explanation of wording in this Code ... 51 
List of normative standards ... 52 
Code for design of fire protection for wind farms
1 General provisions
1.0.1 To prevent wind farm fire hazards, reduce fire hazards, protect personal
and property safety, this Code is hereby formulated.
1.0.2 This Code applies to the newly-built, re-built, expanded onshore wind
farms.
1.0.3 The firefighting design of wind farm shall follow the relevant current state
and industrial policies, take into account the specific conditions of the project,
from the overall situation, take all factors into consideration, actively adopt new
technologies, new processes, new materials and new equipment, to ensure
safety and application, advanced technology, economical rationality.
1.0.4 The firefighting design of wind farm shall be based on the principle of
"prevention coming first, combination of prevention and elimination, based on
self-rescue". On the basis of strengthening fire monitoring and alarm, it shall
consider as a whole the firefighting measures of the critical fire prevention
locations such as the wind turbine generator's nacelle and tower, unit
transformer, power cable, main transformer, power distribution device room,
central control room, relay protection room, DC disk room, battery compartment,
file room, all kinds of warehouses in the wind farm.
1.0.5 In addition to complying with this Code, the firefighting design of wind farm
shall also comply with the requirements of relevant national standards.
2 Terms
2.0.1 Production building
In the step-up substation, the process equipment room to finish the power
supply and distribution as well as power substation functions.
2.0.2 Office and life building
In the step-up substation, a building that serves the operation and management
of wind farms.
2.0.3 Wind turbine generator
A device consisting of wind turbine blades, nacelles, towers and control
systems that continuously convert wind energy into electrical energy.
2.0.4 Nacelle
A closed space enclosed by a nacelle cover supported by a tower. It contains
such components as spindle assembly, lubrication and cooling system, gearbox,
brake system, coupling, generator, hoist, wind vane, anemometer, yaw bearing,
yaw drive, cabin base, lighting system, transmission cable, control cabinet, etc.
2.0.5 Tower
The structure supporting the wind turbine blades and the nacelle, which is
generally hollow cylindrical with ladders, lighting systems and transmission
cables.
3 Wind turbine generators and unit transformers
3.0.1 The use of materials shall meet the following requirements:
1. Hydraulic system and lubrication system shall use oil product that is not easy
to burn or has a burning point (flash point) higher than the operating
temperature of the wind turbine.
2. For flammable materials in wind turbine generators, it shall add a fire
protection layer and keep it as far as possible from the fire source.
3. Wind turbine generators shall choose flame-retardant cables with flame-
retardancy or low-smoke, low-toxicity and corrosion-resistance.
3.0.2 The configuration of fire detection and fire suppression systems shall
comply with the following requirements:
1. The automatic detection and alarm system of the fire hazard shall be
installed in the nacelle of the wind turbine generator, the lower part of
the nacelle's platform baseplate, the tower and vertical cable tray, the
equipment layer at the bottom of the tower, all kinds of electrical
cabinets.
2. The automatic detection and alarm system's alarm signal should be
connected to the wind turbine generator's central control system and
transmitted to the monitoring system of the step-up substation of the wind
farm.
3. The automatic firefighting device shall be configured in the nacelle of
the wind turbine generator, the lower part of the nacelle's platform
baseplate, the hub, the equipment layer at the bottom of the tower,
various types of electrical cabinets.
4. The automatic fire extinguishing device shall have an alarm and linkage
contact and transmit an alarm signal to the monitoring system.
5. Fire detection alarms and firefighting devices shall consider the
characteristics of the unit and internal environmental factors, such as
temperature, humidity, vibration, dust, etc. Extinguishant shall be selected
according to the type of flammable materials.
6. The wind turbine generator's nacelle and at the bottom of the tower shall be
equipped with not less than 2 portable fire extinguishers.
3.0.3 The configuration of the unit transformer shall comply with the following
provisions:
4 Transmission line
4.0.1 The overhead lines in the wind farm shall not cross warehouse areas
where flammable and explosive dangerous goods are stored. The minimum
horizontal distance from the overhead lines and the category A workshops,
warehouses, stacks of flammable materials, category A and B liquid storage
tanks, LPG storage tanks, flammable and combustion gas storage tanks shall
not be less than 1.5 times the height of the pole (tower).The minimum horizontal
distance between the overhead line and the category C liquid storage tank shall
not be less than 1.2 times the height of the pole (tower). The minimum
horizontal distance between overhead lines above 35 kV and liquefied
petroleum gas single tanks which have a capacity exceeding 200 m3 or a total
volume exceeding 1000 m3 shall not be less than 40 m.
4.0.2 The power cable shall not be laid in the same pipe trench with the pipes
which deliver category A, B and C liquid, inflammable gas pipe, thermal pipes.
with a fire endurance of not less than 2.00 h. Above the doors, windows,
openings on the exterior walls of the garages and repair garages, it shall
provide non-combustible fireproof eaves. The height of the wall between the
upper and lower windows of the exterior wall shall not be less than 1.2 m.
The width of the fireproof eave shall not be less than 1 m; the fire endurance
shall not be lower than 1.00 h. When the repair parking space is set in the
garage, the firewall and the non-combustible floor slab with a fire endurance
of not less than 2.00 h shall be used between the parking part and the repair
part.
3. When setting up the kitchen in the office and life building, the partition wall
shall be made of non-combustible materials with a fire endurance of not less
than 2.00 h. The doors and windows on the partition wall shall be category B
fire doors and windows, at a position far away from the supporting production
buildings. When there are other houses on the upper floor of the kitchen, a
fire-proof eaves with a width of not less than 1 m shall be provided above the
opening of the exterior wall.
4. The diesel generator room should be arranged on the first floor and the
basement of the building. It shall use the non-combustible partition wall with
a fire endurance of not less than 2.00 h and the non-combustible floor slab
with a fire endurance of not less than 1.50 h to separate it from other parts.
The door shall be category A fire door. When the oil storage room shall be set
in the equipment room, the total storage capacity shall not exceed 1 m3. The
oil tank of the oil storage room shall be sealed and have the vent pipe leading
to outdoor. The vent pipe shall be equipped with a breathing valve with a
flame arrester. The lower part of the fuel tank shall be provided with facilities
to prevent oil from escaping. The oil storage room shall be separated from
the generator room by a firewall. When the door must be opened on the
firewall, it shall provide the category A fire doors.
5. When setting up offices and lounges in category C production buildings, it
shall use the fireproof partition wall with a fire endurance of not less than 2.50
h and the fireproof floor slab with a fire endurance of not less than 1.00 h to
separate it from the process equipment room, meanwhile it shall provide at
least one independent safety exit. If a door that connects to each other is
required on the partition wall, it shall use the category B fire door.
6. When setting up a category C warehouse in a production building, it shall
use a firewall and a floor slab with a fire endurance of not less than 1.50 h to
separate it. When setting up a category D and E warehouses, it shall use a
non-combustible partition wall with a fire endurance of not less than 2.50 h
and the non-combustible floor slab with a fire endurance of not less than 1.00
h to separate it.
7. At the inlet where the cable is connected from outdoor into indoor, the inlet
evacuation exits should be not less than 2. The second exit of the floor may be
located on an outdoor platform with fixed stairs. When the length of the relay
protection room, power distribution device room and reactive power
compensation device room is more than 7 m, it shall set an exit at both ends of
the room. When the length exceeds 60 m, it shall add 1 intermediate evacuation
exit.
5.1.18 For dormitory and office buildings in office and life buildings, the number
of evacuation doors in each room shall be determined by calculation and shall
not be less than 2. The horizontal distance between the nearest edges of two
adjacent evacuation doors in the room shall not be less than 5 m. When meeting
one of the following conditions, it may provide 1 evacuation door:
1. For the room located between two safety exits which has a building area less
than or equal to 120 m2, the net width of the evacuation door is not less than
0.9 m.
2. For rooms at the end of the walkway, if the building area is less than 50 m2
and the net width of the evacuation door is not less than 0.9 m, or otherwise
the straight line distance from any point in the room to the evacuation door is
less than or equal to 15 m, the building area is not more than 200 m2 and the
net width of the evacuation door is not less than 1.4 m.
IV Interior decoration of buildings
5.1.19 For the process equipment room such as power distribution device room,
transformer room, capacitor room, central control room, relay protection room,
communication room, DC disk room and battery room, as well as fire pump
room and ventilation air conditioner room, the interior decoration use the
category A non-combustible material.
Note: The combustion performance grade of the decoration materials is divided
according to the current national standard "Code for fire prevention in design of interior
decoration of buildings" GB 50222.
5.1.20 For the library, data room and archives, the ceiling and wall shall adopt
category A decoration materials; the floor shall adopt the decoration materials
of not lower than grade B1.
5.1.21 For the kitchen in the building, the ceiling, wall, floor shall use the
category A decoration materials.
5.1.22 Deformation joints such as settlement joints, expansion joints and anti-
seismic joints inside the building shall be made of category A materials on the
base layers at both sides, the surface decoration shall be made of decoration
materials not lower than grade B1.
5.1.30 Fire lanes may utilize traffic roads, but shall meet the requirements for
the passage and parking of fire engines. The fire lane's pavement, the
firefighting operation site and the pipeline and concealed ditch underneath shall
be able to withstand the pressure of large fire engines.
VI Building construction
5.1.31 The constructional design of the firewall and fire partitions shall comply
with the following provisions:
1. The firewall shall be placed directly on the foundation of the building or the
reinforced concrete frame, beam and other load-bearing structures,
meanwhile it shall be built to the underside of the roof structure layer. When
the horizontal distance of the center line of the cross section of the firewall is
less than 4 m from the end face of the sunroof, meanwhile the end face of
the sunroof is the combustible, it shall take measures to prevent the fire from
spreading. The horizontal distance between the nearest edges of the door
and window opening on both sides of the firewall shall not be less than 2 m.
However, when there is a fixed sash or a category B fire window that can be
automatically closed in case of fire, the distance can be unlimited. The firewall
inside the building should not be placed at the corner. If the firewall is set near
the corner, the horizontal distance between the nearest edges of the door
and window opening on the wall at both sides of the inner corner shall not be
less than 4 m.
2. Doors and windows shall not be opened on the firewall. When it is necessary
to open, it shall provide the category A fire door and window that is fixed or
can be automatically closed in case of fire. Pipes of flammable gases and
liquids and category A, B, and C liquids are strictly prohibited from passing
through the firewall. Other pipelines should not pass through the firewall.
When it is necessary to pass through, it shall use the fireproof sealing
material to pack tightly the gap between the wall and pipeline. When the pipe
is made of flame-retardant and combustible materials, it shall take fire
prevention measures on the pipelines on both sides of the firewall. There ...