Tank management

Vandalism. Vandahsm is a surprisingly significant cause of spills. If a faciUty adopts a tank management program aimed at preventing leaks and spills, one of its elements addresses faciUty security. 

Another occurrence is the leakage of product through the roof drains on external floating-roof tanks and out at the roof drain discharge nozzle. These spills are sometimes caused by equipment failures but also result from operator error or lack of training. Because it is easier to leave secondary-containment valves and roof drain valves open so that they do not need to be opened in periods of rainfall, the effectiveness of this equipment is reduced. This may be classified as operator error. A comprehensive tank management program addresses these kinds of problems. 

Underground Storage Tank Management A Practical Guide... 

Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management Tank Closure and Financial Assurance... 

This comprises e.g. inventory routing models for procurement via ship or pipeline (see Ronen (2002) or Moura et al. (2008)) and local tank management models (see e.g. Saharidis et al. (2009)). 

Hart Environmental Management Corp., Underground Storage Tank Management A Practical Guide, 2d ed., Government Institutes, Inc., Rockville, MD, 1987. 

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