Underground storage tank (UST) monitoring systems for leak detection
- Arizona Instrument Corp., Phoenix, AZ (United States)
Owners and operators of fuel underground storage tanks (USTs) have had to comply with federal regulations for leak detection since 1988. These regulations were based on data obtained from all areas of the country. Many of these tank systems were steel in corrosive environments. Corrosion was the predominant failure mode. Initially, the attention of UST operators, leak detection systems manufacturers and service providers focused exclusively on compliance. Systems were developed that were expensive and complex, causing many operators to delay compliance until the last possible moment. While most approved leak detection methods continue to perform only this compliance function, there is clearly one exception--automatic tank gauges (ATGs). ATGs have evolved from a single-function, compliance-only system into a multi-tasking, multi-functional management tool that goes far beyond regulatory compliance. The continuing advancement in technology of these multi-functional systems promises to bring cathodic protection, among other functions, under their umbrella in a fully-integrated regulatory compliance and tank management system. The hub of a total site-control system, that ultimately brings together all devices and daily business management functions, will be the on-site computer.
- OSTI ID:
- 378103
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606194-; ISBN 1-877914-94-0; TRN: IM9643%%377
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NACE international storage tanks conference and exhibitions, Anaheim, CA (United States), 4-6 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Storage tanks ASTs and USTs; Krause, D.E.; Lehmann, J.A. [eds.]; PB: 394 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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