Mounded Storage Application
Mounded Storage Application
(OP)
I am trying to find information on mounded storage. More specifically, mounded storage being used to reduce spacing requirements.
For example, if a LPG bullet is required to be 100 meters from a fence line, does having that same bullet in a mounded application reduce the spacing requirement? Mounded storage has been used in the past to reduce the flare load contingency, and I have seen this documented, but nothing on spacing requirements.
I am also considering other things, like footprints of a mounded application vs. regular. It would seem that a mound would take up a lot more room in a situation where space is already limited.
Does anyone have experience with this or know where some examples have been documented?
Thanks in advance.
For example, if a LPG bullet is required to be 100 meters from a fence line, does having that same bullet in a mounded application reduce the spacing requirement? Mounded storage has been used in the past to reduce the flare load contingency, and I have seen this documented, but nothing on spacing requirements.
I am also considering other things, like footprints of a mounded application vs. regular. It would seem that a mound would take up a lot more room in a situation where space is already limited.
Does anyone have experience with this or know where some examples have been documented?
Thanks in advance.





RE: Mounded Storage Application
RE: Mounded Storage Application
You can view the standards for free on-line. Go to:
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Then you will have to click on the standard and then select view standard (which is at the bottom of a long page). It is somewhat tedious but at least they are making the standards available for reading. You cannot print or copy anything.
It has always bothered me that standards that are written into law in many places are only available if you purchase them. This seems a reasonable compromise. However, they don't make it very obvious that you can view the documents for free instead of purchasing them.
RE: Mounded Storage Application
From NFPA 59A, Section 13.6, it looks like above ground and mounded storage are treated the same way as far as spacing goes. It looks like you need to go underground to relax spacing standards.
Exactly what I needed. Thanks again!
RE: Mounded Storage Application
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