Dikes maintaining liquid

Maintaining a small quantity of liquid (e.g., water) in a dike to cover the spill surface, which may significantly reduce heat conduction impacts during a spill event. 

Diking is a common industry practice for spill retention around flammable liquid storage vessels. Regulations and codes require that exclusion zones be placed between storage vessels to maintain the structural integrity of nearby vessels or process equipment in the event of a fire within the dike (Welker, 1987). Studies of flammable vapor boiloff rates as a function of dike design have been used in the natural gas industry to evaluate optimal materials of construction (Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1974). In recent... 

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