Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
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Is it a better plan to run piping up and over berms rather than through? We have always run thru berms with single wall steel pipe, sleeved at side penetrations (and welded to liner); however it seems many installations use "over the berm" piping. If so, I guess one has to allow for berm "head" on pumps; anything else? any extra valves required? I have never actually seen this type of piping in practice.
Thanks.
Thanks.





RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
No extra valves required.
Going over the top preserves integrity of the earthen berms and does not expose the pipe to soil loadings or restraining forces caused by the berm and your sealing mechanism, so it is somewhat preferable in that regard.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
Does one use regular pipe supports when piping goes over berms? Any special valving I need? I don't have any info on this way of doing it.
Daianto aka cvyk
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
No extra valves needed either. At least in any circumstance I've ever had.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
Above-ground pipes within the berm, yet lower than the berm top elevation, might need to be weighted or clamped down in the event of a tank failure. You wouldn't want any empty pipes to be buoyed off their supports.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
What product and temperature is it?
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms
RE: Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms