HYDRAULIC TESTS OF TANKS FOR DANGEROUS GOODS

This report is in microfiche form. There have been suggestions that the basic pressure, on which the test pressure for tanks and containers for dangerous liquids is based, could be the vapour pressure of the liquid transported at the highest temperature likely to be encountered. This ignores the partial pressure of the air or any other gas enclosed in the container. The author discusses this proposal, and shows that the ability of the liquid to absorb air <or other gas> as the pressure increases is crucial. If the air does not dissolve in the liquid the internal pressure may become many times the vapour pressure.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Statens Provningsanstalt, Sweden <1982> (14 pp., 4 ref., 10 fig., 1 tab.)
• Authors:
  • Torstensson, H
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• German

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00684138
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM