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Vacuum leak detection for double bottom tanks

Conference ·
OSTI ID:378069
 [1];  [2]
  1. Brown-Minneapolis Tank, St. Paul, MN (United States)
  2. Conoco, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
Double bottom tanks offer strong leak detection advantages. By incorporating the use of vacuum detection between the two bottoms, the tank bottoms can be verified leak free after construction and during tank use. Utilizing vacuum leak detection requires special considerations. In 1992 a tank construction company built 10 tanks for an oil company in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Each of these tanks were built with a double bottom. This paper provides insight into the planning, construction and testing of this type of double bottom design.
OSTI ID:
378069
Report Number(s):
CONF-9606194--; ISBN 1-877914-94-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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