The National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) has created a concept design tool that optimizes hydrogen cryogenic tank designs according to a customer’s specific requirements. Developed over 12 ...

After work with BMW showed cuboidal tanks could provide higher volumetric efficiency than multiple small cylinders, TU Munich began projects to develop a composite design and manufacturing process ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage, provides design rules for petroleum storage tanks. These rules are intended to provide reasonable margins ...

Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard, Design of concrete structures for the storage of liquids, NZS 3106:2009, which supersedes NZS 3106:1986. The Standard provides design ...

ERGIL, a global expert in engineering, construction and manufacturing for storage tanks and equipment conducted a comprehensive engineering, design, material supply and fabrication project. It has ...

Liquid fuel storage requirements are based on fuel type, usage, and whether the fuel is “combustible” or “flammable” as assessed by the fuel flash point. This ...

Storing electricity at the bottom of the ocean? The idea may sound strange at first, but the new concept from the German engineer Rainer Schramm could be very effective — with an efficiency of around ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—As probes develop into a chemical spill here that tainted the water supply, investigators are looking at the design, age and maintenance of the tank that failed, a nondescript ...