Storage tanks are heavy and hot: a large salt tank weighs tens of thousands of tonnes and its base must be kept cool enough for the concrete. Foundations, settlement and thermal insulation of slabs are critical.
Underground stores add geotechnical and hydrogeological work.
Key facts
- Critical
- Hot-tank foundations
- Studies
- Geotechnical, seismic, hydro
- Structures
- Pipe racks, platforms, buildings
- Codes
- IS 456, IS 800, IS 1893 (India)
Civil & structural11
- Site development and grading
- Geotechnical investigations
- Foundations and equipment pedestals
- Storage tank foundations
- Structural steel buildings
- Pipe racks and supports
- Equipment platforms and access structures
- Control room and electrical buildings
- Roads, drainage and utility corridors
- Fire-water infrastructure
- Underground utilities
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Related topics
- Engineering & DesignFeasibility, basic (FEED) and detailed engineering plus system integration for every type of heat storage plant.
- MechanicalStorage vessels, heat exchangers, steam generators, pumps, piping, valves, insulation and heat rejection.
- Underground / SeasonalBoreholes, aquifers and large pits hold heat for weeks or seasons — the backbone of solar district heating.
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