REFINERY FUEL STORAGE TANKS
Refinery Fuel Storage Tanks
Storage-tank fire and explosion applications using AXS Rolls and application-specific configurations.
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Storage tank fires and explosions claim hundreds of deaths and cost billions of dollars every year. It is almost impossible to control an explosion or a fire inside a tank farm.
When a tank explodes or burns, the fire rages at a dramatic temperature of over 750 degrees. Almost all automatic fire extinguishing systems would melt and be deemed ineffective.
As a result the fires would be allowed to totally burn causing numerous catastrophic deaths and destruction.
We injected AXS Rolls with a special polyurethane foam that allows them to float on the fuel surface; While regular AXS Rolls are placed in a safety ring surrounding the tank.
The AXS Rolls act as a blanket covering the fuel and depriving the fire from oxygen. Fire temperature was reduced from 750 degrees to 350 degrees allowing the automatic
passive fire extinguishing system to work properly.
This AXS Solution WILL save the tank and the fuel.
THE PROBLEM
https://sites.google.com/site/metroforensics3/csb-releases-board-approved-regulatory-report-on-chevron-refinery-fire—proposes-a-more-rigorous-refinery-industry-regulatory-system-in-california
Storage tank fires and explosions claim hundreds of deaths and cost billions of dollars every year. It is almost impossible to control an explosion or a fire inside a tank farm.
When a tank explodes or burns, the fire rages at a dramatic temperature of over 750 degrees. Almost all automatic fire extinguishing systems would melt and be deemed ineffective.
As a result the fires would be allowed to totally burn causing numerous catastrophic deaths and destruction.
THE AXS SOLUTION
We injected AXS Rolls with a special polyurethane foam that allows them to float on the fuel surface; While regular AXS Rolls are placed in a safety ring surrounding the tank.
The AXS Rolls act as a blanket covering the fuel and depriving the fire from oxygen. Fire temperature was reduced from 750 degrees to 350 degrees allowing the automatic
passive fire extinguishing system to work properly.
This AXS Solution WILL save the tank and the fuel.
RECORDED DEMONSTRATION
Floating-roof tank application.
This recorded demonstration shows the AXS floating-roll concept used in refinery storage-tank applications, including material positioned on the fuel surface as part of the engineered protection approach.
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