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SECTION 5 MARINE RECEIVING AND DISPENSING FACILITIES
5.1
Function .................................. 98
5.2
Fuel Piers and Wharves .................... 98
5.3
Berthing Piers ............................ 98
5.4
Offshore Moorings ......................... 98
5.5
General Requirements ...................... 99
5.6
General Layout ............................ 99
5.7
5.7.1
Piping Arrangement ....................... 100
5.8
5.8.1
Loading/Off-loading Arms ................. 100
5.8.2
5.8.3
5.8.4
Meters ................................... 101
5.8.4.1
Positive Displacement .................... 101
5.8.4.2
Turbine ................................. 102
5.8.5
Strainers ................................ 102
5.8.6
Surge Suppressors ........................ 103
5.8.7
Valves ................................... 103
5.8.7.1
Materials of Construction ................ 103
5.8.7.2
Types and Locations ...................... 103
5.8.8
Pressure or Pressure/Vacuum Gauges ....... 104
5.8.9
Stripper Pumps ........................... 105
5.8.10
Excess Flow Sensors ...................... 105
5.8.11
Solid Cyclonic Separators ................ 105
5.8.12
Clay Filters ............................. 106
5.8.13
Special Considerations for Aviation
Turbine Fuels ............................ 106
5.9
Weather Sheds ............................ 106
5.10
Safety Showers and Eye-Wash Fountains .... 106
5.11
Traffic Bollards ......................... 106
5.12
Special Drainage for Fueling Piers ....... 106
5.13
Ballast Treatment and Sludge Removal ..... 107
5.13.1
Facilities ............................... 107
5.13.1.2 Receiving and Settling Tanks ............. 108
5.13.1.3 Oil/Water Separators ..................... 109
5.14
Sludge Removal Systems ................... 109
5.14.1
5.14.2
Sludge Disposal .......................... 110
5.14.3
Piping Materials ......................... 110
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