Evaluation of volumetric leak detection systems for large underground tanks

Technical Report · Mon Oct 18 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5626309

The performance standard for tank tightness testing established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation requires that the systems used to test underground storage tanks be able to detect leaks as small as 0.38 L/h (0.1 gal/h) with a probability of detection of 0.95 and a probability of false alarm of 0.05. The standard was developed to address tanks nominally 30,000 to 38,000 L (8,000 to 10,000 gal). in capacity or less, but also applies to tanks as large as 190,000 L (50,000 gal). The accuracy of detecting leaks in tanks as large as 190,000 L (50,000 gal) is not well known, and very little data from which to make an assessment are available. To meet EPA's regulatory standards for tank tightness testing of petroleum fuel tanks, volumetric leak detection systems must be able to accurately compensate for thermally induced volume changes in the stored fuel. A field study was done to investigate the magnitude of these volume changes.

• Research Organization: CDM Federal Programs Corp., Fairfax, VA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5626309
• Report Number(s): PB-94-113065/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-03-3409
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FUELS
LEAK DETECTORS
LEAKS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PETROLEUM
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
REGULATORY GUIDES
STANDARDS
STORAGE
TANKS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS