Air Pocket in Fuel Tank?
Air Pocket in Fuel Tank?
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Imagine a truck saddle tank. Now turn it upside down, and put the fill and vent pipes on one side. There's an air pocket on the other side that you can't fill with fuel. You can only put ~80 gallons into what is nominally a 100 gallon tank. Aside from the reduced capacity, is that a problem?
Actually, the tank is built into a standby Diesel generator skid by welding plates between channels, and because of the engine bearers, that's how it turned out. Material is all mild steel.
It will eventually go into service on an oil rig off the coast of Africa.
What codes/standards/customary practices should apply?
Actually, the tank is built into a standby Diesel generator skid by welding plates between channels, and because of the engine bearers, that's how it turned out. Material is all mild steel.
It will eventually go into service on an oil rig off the coast of Africa.
What codes/standards/customary practices should apply?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA





RE: Air Pocket in Fuel Tank?
If so, I can imagine water collecting in them over time due to condensation.
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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