Bunded fuel tank design to regulatory standards.
Case study: design solution for bunded fuel tanks of different capacities to regulatory standards — ASTCAD produced AS 1940 compliant designs and shop drawings for a tank manufacturer.
Case study – design solution for bunded fuel tanks of different capacities & regulatory standards
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Case Study Highlights
Design solution for bunded fuel tanks of different capacities & regulatory standards
Client Profile:
Fuel & Water Tanks Manufacturer
Objective:
To offer a design solution through CAD tools for bunded fuel tanks of different capacities and global standards
Challenges:
- Identifying global above-ground fuel storage regulations
- Determining the required wall thickness to sustain fuel pressure
- Developing detailed manufacturing drawings and 3D layouts
- Providing on-site support for manufacturing requirements
Solution:
The bunded container for fuel storage with different capacities was developed with a team of design engineers and CAD professionals, maintaining the required regulatory standards such as UN, ADR, PPG2, BS799, UL, etc. Detailed manufacturing drawings were prepared along with on-site support to the manufacturing team.
Software Used:
A major bunded container manufacturer with a global presence approached ASTCAD for design solution and manufacturing support for their different range of storage tanks.
Bunding is a secondary containment system required to store chemicals and fuels to protect the environment from leakage and spills. Bunded containers are legally required in most countries to avoid spillage and hazardous impact on the environment.
Their design specifications depend upon the capacity and regulatory standards developed specifically for different countries.
Solution:
The design of bunded containers for fuel storage was developed using professional CAD tools by a team of design engineers and CAD specialists.
Considering the regulatory norms of Australia, customised tank designs were developed with detailed manufacturing drawings to assist manufacturing team comprehensively.
Initial assistance included a design solution for a bunded container 20/40 feet above ground level with different variance and regulatory standards. At present, ASTCAD extends design solution for tanks with capacity ranging from 100 to 16000 Gallons.
Benefits:
- The comprehensive design solution for bunded tanks of different capacity reduced time to market
- Detailed manufacturing drawings assisted in reducing the manufacturing time frame
- Easier design modification for future requirements
About Australian Design And Drafting Services
ASTCAD Services is a specialist firm providing engineering solutions to organisations across the AUSTRALIA. We have extensive experience in providing concept to manufacturing and post-manufacturing solutions to clients with a team of expert design engineers, CAD professionals and simulation analysts. We are based in Australia, with world-class infrastructure, hardware and software capabilities to address complex engineering problems with least turn around time.
Bunded fuel tank design requirements
Bunded fuel tank design is compliance engineering with a fabrication drawing set attached: bund capacity sized to the containment rules, penetrations and pipework routed to preserve the bund’s integrity, venting and gauging to the flammable and combustible liquids framework, and structural design covering both the tank and the transport case that self-bunded units must survive. This project documented a self-bunded tank range for fabrication with those requirements carried through every drawing rather than referenced vaguely in a note.
Tank fabricators and fuel distributors engage us for new designs, capacity variants of existing ranges, and the compliance documentation upgrades that regulator attention increasingly demands of older products.