Aboveground Storage Tanks, Part 2

Topic I: Operator Responsibilities

• Describe typical operator responsibilities related to tank farm operations.
• Describe general safety concerns associated with tank farm operations.

Topic II: Routine Inspections

• Describe tasks typically associated with making routine in-service inspections of aboveground storage tanks and their related auxiliary equipment and systems.

Topic III: Sampling

• Describe general preparations associated with sampling.
• Describe a procedure for obtaining a sample through a gauge hatch on a cone roof tank.
• Describe a procedure for obtaining a sample through a bleeder valve on a pressure tank.

Topic IV: Gauging

• Describe how operators can use automatic gauges and D/P cells to obtain level measurements on aboveground storage tanks.
• Describe a procedure for manually gauging an external floating roof tank.

Topic V: Lineups and Transfers, Part 1

• Describe the main steps involved in doing a valve lineup and making a material transfer.
• Describe a procedure for filling a cone roof tank.

Topic VI: Lineups and Transfers, Part 2

• Describe a procedure for pumping material out of an atmospheric tank.

Topic VII: Lineups and Transfers, Part 3

• Describe a procedure for a material transfer in which the material delivery is switched between two storage tanks served by the same header.