Handbook of Storage Tank Systems: Codes: Regulations, and Designs »

A survey of manufacturing and installation methods, standards, and specifications of factory-made steel storage tanks and appurtenances for petroleum, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and other flammable or combustible liquids. It chronicles the trends towards aboveground storage tanks, secondary containment, and corrosion-resistant underground steel storage systems.

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Commencing with the confident statement that "the storage of hazardous liquids has never been more reliable," this reference by 20 North American experts on standards, manufacturing, installation, and specification of storage tank systems considers advances in the field as well as old problems to ensure that the industry supports ever-higher standards of performance for storing petroleum and chemicals. The initial seven chapters provide a historical perspective on storage systems, their regulation, and the issue of whether "to bury or not to bury." The remaining 17 chapters branch into sections on underground and aboveground storage tanks. Appends regulations, codes, standards, and recommended practices applicable to underground and aboveground storage tanks; related information; and contacts. The editor is with the Steel Tank Institute, Lake Zurich, IL, an international trade association representing tank manufacturers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Shop-fabricated tanks: introduction - a history of storage tank systems; historical perspective on standards and codes; history of the uniform fire code; quality control on USTs and ASTs; UST and AST fabrication; storage tank specification considerations; to bury or not to bury - steel tank technology decisions. Underground storage tanks: UST design - the wall thickness question; development of UL standards for underground steel tank safety; development of ULC standards for underground storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids; federal UST regulatory programme; steel UST technologies; underground storage tank installation; UST performance; corrosion and cathodic protection on underground storage tanks; how to specify UST system equipment. Aboveground storage tanks: AST design; development of UL standards for aboveground steel tank safety; development of ULC standards for aboveground storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids; secondary containment for noninsulated steel aboveground storage tank systems; AST environmental regulations; plan review and inspection of aboveground storage tanks; aboveground storage tank installation; how to specify AST system equipment.