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Above Ground Storage Tanks [Hardcover]

Philip Myers (Author)
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The one reference devoted exclusively to aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), this book helps owners and regulators understand the design, operation, and maintenance of ASTs in the face of new industry regulations and meet the rigorous compliance requirements. Here is an ideal handbook for chemical, environmental, and civil engineers, and others concerned with the regulatory issues of ASTs. Sections examine various types of storage media and their applications; fundamental environmental engineering concerns; how to select the right industrial codes and standards for the tank; design considerations for ASTs; the construction, fabrication, and erection of tanks; and the requirements designed to keep ASTs environmentally sound.

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To bring ASTs up to standards, rely on the only book that brings you up to speed on how to do it Aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), designed to hold fluids or liquids used by the chemical process industry, gained notoriety following a series of leaks and spills in the 1980s, which had disastrous consequences for the environment. Since that time, new industry regulations on the federal, state, and local levels requiring compliance with new standards, such as the American Petroleum Institute's API 653, have made it all-important for owners and regulators to understand the design, operation, and maintenance of ASTs--and to meet these stringent requirements. That where Aboveground Storage Tanks comes in. The one reference devoted exclusively to ASTs, this book assembles the most critical information on the subject in a single convenient volume. The result is an ideal tool for chemical, environmental, and civil engineers, as well as management and government personnel and others concerned with the regulatory issues governing ASTs. Section by section, this complete reference thoroughly examines and clarifies: Various types of storage media and their applications; Fundamental environmental engineering concerns; Industrial codes and standards for ASTs; AST design considerations; The proper construction, fabrication, and erection of tanks; The often-confusing requirements designed to keep ASTs environmentally sound. At last, here's a timely, in-depth handbook on ASTs and the new standards for their maintenance and inspection--one that makes meeting these madates a less forbidding task. . .and ultimately helps to render our environment a little more secure.
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Although the word tank identifies only a single type or piece of equipment in an industrial facility, tanks have been used in innumerable ways both to store every conceivable liquid, vapor, or even solid and in a number of interesting processing applications. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Book..... Well worth the time and Money, May 4 2001
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MJ Cronin (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Above Ground Storage Tanks (Hardcover)
As a mechanical engineer with nearly 30 years of process equipment experience, I find this book invaluable for the design, specification and operation of storage facilities.

Meyers has a well organized, informative text with an easy to find index. The book is particularly useful where the pros and cons of design alternatives are compared. I have seen heated discussions resoved based on Meyer's recommendations.

As anyone who has delt with tank design over the past several years can tell you, design practices, recollections and anecdotes, combined with the occasional company guideline were the only references available. Now Meyers comes forth with an authoritative text that fills a long standing need.

Purchase this book along with the Aboveground Steel Storage Tank Handbook by Brian Digrado and you have (virtually) everything important that has been written about aboveground storage tanks.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars, Jun 22 1999
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. . We had a copy from the british library. It was so useful we decided to buy one despite the price.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Book..... Well worth the time and Money, May 4 2001
By MJ Cronin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Above Ground Storage Tanks (Hardcover)
As a mechanical engineer with nearly 30 years of process equipment experience, I find this book invaluable for the design, specification and operation of storage facilities.

Meyers has a well organized, informative text with an easy to find index. The book is particularly useful where the pros and cons of design alternatives are compared. I have seen heated discussions resoved based on Meyer's recommendations.

As anyone who has delt with tank design over the past several years can tell you, design practices, recollections and anecdotes, combined with the occasional company guideline were the only references available. Now Meyers comes forth with an authoritative text that fills a long standing need.

Purchase this book along with the Aboveground Steel Storage Tank Handbook by Brian Digrado and you have (virtually) everything important that has been written about aboveground storage tanks.


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4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars, Jun 22 1999
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This review is from: Above Ground Storage Tanks (Hardcover)
. . We had a copy from the british library. It was so useful we decided to buy one despite the price.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very very good, Dec 14 2009
By Dimitri H. Polanski "The Reverend" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Above Ground Storage Tanks (Hardcover)
As a mechanical engineer designing refineries, I needed suffiecient information on tanks that was unknown to me, and this book had it all.

It covers all aspects, from the most basic elements to the failry complex and detailed aspects. And points you to other references if more detailed information is required.

Aside from a few errors, typos, etc. it is overall an excellent book that I would recommend to any engineer working with Tanks.
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