Safe Fuel Storage

Basics

• This page will go over the basics of Best Practices in fuel storage, and link to more detailed pages

Gaseous Fuels

Special Precautions / Exceptions For:

Hydrogen

• Look into Hydrogen Embrittlement / Hot Hydrogen Embrittlement
• Also inspection/maintenance of COPVs / Composite Hydrogen Tanks

Solid Fuel Storage

Wood

• Is there even regulation on this?
• If not best practices can go here

Pelletized Wood

• Is there even regulation on this?
• If not best practices can go here

Sawdust

• Explosive Dust Hazard stuff

Charcoal

• Is there even regulation on this?
• If not best practices can go here

Petcoke / Pyrolysis Oil Rich Charcoal / Torrefied Biomass

• Is there even regulation on this?
• If not best practices can go here

Internal Links

• Fuel Inerting System
• Bunding / Berms
• Gas Detector
• Secondary Containment
• Safety Can
• Chemical Storage Cabinet / Flammable Liquid Storage Cabinet / Gas Canister Storage Cabinet or Gas Canister Storage Cage

External Links

• The OSHA Construction Standards for Flammable Liquids
• The OSHA General Industry Standards for Flammable Liquids
• The OSHA General Industry Standards for Storage and Handling of Liquified Petroleum Gases
• The OSHA General Industry Standards for Storage, Handling, and Usage of Hydrogen
• The OSHA General Industry Standards for Storage, Handling, and Usage of Acetylene
• The OSHA Page on Standard Interpretations pertaining to DOT Approved Gas Cans (Essentially Standard " Gas Cans " are not Best Practices (ie a Safety Can ), but are not an OSHA violation per se)
• This is most likely way high up on the Orders of Liquid Fuel Storage scale, but may be of use, so i'll post them here too:
  • The OSHA Standard Intepritation Pertaining to Spill Containment of flammable or combustible liquids when a curb or Earth Dike is used.
• A Purdue University Agricultural Extention Paper Titled "Aboveground Petroleum Tanks - A Pictorial Guide
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "ConTech Construction LLC" Titled "Construction Safety Flammable Liquids: Safety Cans, Refueling, Storage" ( ~6 Minute Watch )
• The OSHA Standard Interpretations Page Titled "Clarification of requirements for 1000 Gallon Diesel Storage Tank."
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Federal Safety Solutions" Titled "Flammable and Combustible Liquids Training" ( ~11 Minute Watch ) (Granted some of the general information in the first minutes may be skipped by most people i think)
• A Video by the YouTube Channel " USCSB " Titled "Filling Blind"