Engineering layout of fuel tanks in a tank farm

Sengupta, Angan; Gupta, A. K.; Mishra, Indra Mani

doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2010.06.016

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“…From a land‐use perspective, the location of hazardous units (i.e., units with a credible amount of hazardous materials) is selected so that given a primary accident, its physical effects (e.g., thermal radiation, overpressure, etc.) are not likely to affect and/or damage other safety‐critical units or structures . In this regard, placing hazardous units such as storage tanks in lower level areas such as pits would be advisable.…”

Section: Application Of Inherent Safety Concepts To Domino Effectsmentioning

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Risk Management of Domino Effects Considering Dynamic Consequence Analysis

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Domino effects are low-probability high-consequence accidents causing severe damage to humans, process plants, and the environment. Because domino effects affect large areas and are difficult to control, preventive safety measures have been given priority over mitigative measures. As a result, safety distances and safety inventories have been used as preventive safety measures to reduce the escalation probability of domino effects. However, these safety measures are usually designed considering static accident scenarios. In this study, we show that compared to a static worst-case accident analysis, a dynamic consequence analysis provides a more rational approach for risk assessment and management of domino effects. This study also presents the application of Bayesian networks and conflict analysis to risk-based allocation of chemical inventories to minimize the consequences and thus to reduce the escalation probability. It emphasizes the risk management of chemical inventories as an inherent safety measure, particularly in existing process plants where the applicability of other safety measures such as safety distances is limited.

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“…are not likely to affect and/or damage other safety-critical units or structures. (11) In this regard, placing hazardous units such as storage tanks in lower level areas such as pits would be advisable.…”

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“…Another recent study (Sengupta and Gupta, 2011) dealt with the location of tanks in a tank farm and safe separation distances. Different methods available in the literature for calculating the heat flux at various distances were used in order to find safe distances.…”

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Mannan¹

2014

Lees' Process Safety Essentials

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“…LDS consists of a polyethylene film 1 mm thick, laid under the bottom of the tank at a depth of 70 cm and a drainage pipe connected to the leak detection well (Fig. 1) [2][3]. During the operation of TB emissions and leakages are released into the air, waste water and soil.…”

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Improving safety of oil storage tanks operation

Zemlerub¹,

Kharasov²,

Avdeev³

2019

Instrumentation Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications

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Tank batteries for storage of crude oil and refined products are hazardous industrial facilities. Almost half of the accidents (including fires) occurs at the tank batteries at oil and gas industry. The most effective way to improve safety of facilities operation is to introduce additional functions to the existing automated control systems of technological processes. In this article it is proposed to add to automated control systems of technological processes of tank batteries two new subsystems. First one is the subsystem of bottom water drainage from an oil tank by installing on a siphon crane an analyzer of oil concentration in water. The other one is the subsystem of remote leak detection with receiving information from the gas monitoring sensors installed in the leak detection wells and in the area around the tank. Implementation of this additional subsystems to automated control systems of technological processes will allow to receive timely and reliable information about the status of equipment, to increase the efficiency of control and to ensure trouble-free operation which will significantly enhance the safety and efficiency of tank batteries for storage of crude oil and refined products.

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Engineering layout of fuel tanks in a tank farm

Cited by 26 publications

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Risk Management of Domino Effects Considering Dynamic Consequence Analysis

Risk Management of Domino Effects Considering Dynamic Consequence Analysis

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Improving safety of oil storage tanks operation

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