Storage Tanks

Runaway Prevention in Cumene Hydroperoxide Storage Tanks

In this work thermal runaway of cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) in a storage tank with constant jacket temperature is considered. The divergence method developed by Strozzi and Zaldivar (1994) based on the concept of parametric sensitivity and a runaway criterion focused on a set of critical parameters identified by Velo et al. (1996) have been applied to our system. The results obtained from the co...

Fluid damping of cylindrical liquid storage tanks

A method is proposed in order to calculate the damping effects of viscous fluids in liquid storage tanks subjected to earthquakes. The potential equation of an ideal fluid can satisfy only the boundary conditions normal to the surface of the liquid. To satisfy also the tangential interaction conditions between liquid and tank wall and tank bottom, the potential flow is superimposed by a one-dim...

Accident Scenarios Caused by Lightning Impact on Atmospheric Storage Tanks

Accident Scenarios Caused by Lightning Impact on Atmospheric Storage Tanks Amos Necci*, Giacomo Antonioni, Elisabeth Krausmann, Francesca Argenti, Gabriele Landucci, Valerio Cozzani DICAM-Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute...

A Robotic End Effector for Inspection of Storage Tanks

Buckling of Aboveground Storage Tanks with Conical Roof

The buckling of aboveground circular steel tanks with conical roof is considered in this paper. The specific source of loads investigated is wind action during hurricane storms in the Caribbean islands. The structure is modeled using a finite element discretization with the computer package ALGOR. Bifurcation buckling of the shell is computed for a given static wind pressure distribution. Then ...