Most things that we enjoy require the use of substances that may be dangerous if leaked into the surrounding land. Too many news stories are about a truck leaking oil or some chemical onto the road while being transported. This can make the road dangerous and also damage the environment along the side of it. If properly installed, secondary containment systems will provide a better chance of it not getting out there at all.
There are as many differing systems as there are primary containment systems. These are based on a couple of considerations. When designing a system whose primary purpose is to catch something that escaped its primary containment, the material it is fabricated from is important. It must be able to withstand whatever effects would damage something else. In other words, it must be immune from any deteriorating action the substance generates.
One example of this type of system, and the particular material is used can be found in your home. The large trash container you have, probably in your kitchen, has to be removed from time to time to take outside. You are going to make it safer by placing the full bag into another plastic liner so that nothing will break through and fall on the floor. Plastic works for the primary and plastic works for the secondary.
That decision was easy to make as to what should be used for this purpose. In industrial or transportation systems, that decision has many more facets. You will need to decide on permanent or temporary systems and whether they should be flexible or rigid installations.
Oil and gas truck spills are in the news all of the time. That is usually because the container, on the back of the truck springs a leak and the liquid gets out onto the road. If there is secondary container, it usually does not get this far. An accident may damage the tank, however the bladder, that is used on these trucks will prevent any environmental damage and a huge bill for clean up.
The bladders that are installed for the protection of people standing around and the road as well as the environment will contain any leakage. This bladder will also have another valve for evacuating the liquid inside it. This makes it easy to complete the delivery, although there may still be some clean up, on the truck. The EPA does not need to be called in and massive reports, clean up and certified inspections will not have to be completed.
An example of a rigid containment would be the retaining wall erected around a tank of stored chemicals that would contaminate the facility and personnel working in the area. This will ensure anything leaking from that tank would not get very far. This would make clean up and recovery from this easier to achieve.
If these substances, that are required by EPA and FDA, are not contained and allowed to spill into areas with people working, specific clean ups must be undertaken. The cleaning, decontamination and all of the inspections are mandated to be completed before the area can be used, again. By ensuring the spill does not happen, all of the major cleaning does not, either.
There are as many differing systems as there are primary containment systems. These are based on a couple of considerations. When designing a system whose primary purpose is to catch something that escaped its primary containment, the material it is fabricated from is important. It must be able to withstand whatever effects would damage something else. In other words, it must be immune from any deteriorating action the substance generates.
One example of this type of system, and the particular material is used can be found in your home. The large trash container you have, probably in your kitchen, has to be removed from time to time to take outside. You are going to make it safer by placing the full bag into another plastic liner so that nothing will break through and fall on the floor. Plastic works for the primary and plastic works for the secondary.
That decision was easy to make as to what should be used for this purpose. In industrial or transportation systems, that decision has many more facets. You will need to decide on permanent or temporary systems and whether they should be flexible or rigid installations.
Oil and gas truck spills are in the news all of the time. That is usually because the container, on the back of the truck springs a leak and the liquid gets out onto the road. If there is secondary container, it usually does not get this far. An accident may damage the tank, however the bladder, that is used on these trucks will prevent any environmental damage and a huge bill for clean up.
The bladders that are installed for the protection of people standing around and the road as well as the environment will contain any leakage. This bladder will also have another valve for evacuating the liquid inside it. This makes it easy to complete the delivery, although there may still be some clean up, on the truck. The EPA does not need to be called in and massive reports, clean up and certified inspections will not have to be completed.
An example of a rigid containment would be the retaining wall erected around a tank of stored chemicals that would contaminate the facility and personnel working in the area. This will ensure anything leaking from that tank would not get very far. This would make clean up and recovery from this easier to achieve.
If these substances, that are required by EPA and FDA, are not contained and allowed to spill into areas with people working, specific clean ups must be undertaken. The cleaning, decontamination and all of the inspections are mandated to be completed before the area can be used, again. By ensuring the spill does not happen, all of the major cleaning does not, either.
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