Storage tank operators are confronted with corrosion problems that develop when they attempt to comply with the various State and Federal laws as they pertain to secondary containment and aboveground storage tanks. With the advent of secondary containment, corrosion soon became a major problem in the life and service of these designs. The designed systems have varied, however, the driving force in the present design is corrosion prevention. The evolution of these designs will be expanded to point in the direction where secondary containment is now headed as it relates to corrosion control. In the discussion of the design, emphasis is placed on the type of corrosion processes that develop in secondary containment areas and the methods used to design around those problems.

Subject
Materials, Anaerobic bacteria, Containment, Leaks, Gas pressure, Leak detection, Nitrogen, Steel, Secondary containment, Storage tanks, Construction, Corrosion protection, Galvanic corrosion
Keywords:
secondary containment, aboveground storage tanks, leak detection, regulatory compliance, corrosion control, nitrogen, anaerobic bacteria, galvanic corrosion, oxidation
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1994
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