Pressure buildup in storage tank
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Colleagues, I have a question: if a storage tank ruptures due to pressure buildup, does it usually crack at the top or at the bottom?
'Incidents such as tank rupture due to pressure buildup are rare, as there are safety valves in place to release pressure, as well as pressure-regulating mechanisms on the gas supply equipment.
Where is the weak point of the storage tank\ud83d\ude01
There’s no pattern to this; logically, it should crack at the weakest point. It seems there are issues in the design and manufacturing process of your tank
This post was last edited by wanlirn on 2022-8-8 at 12:31. If the design is fine, then of course there should be openings where the dome meets the edges of the tank body
At the rim area of the tank top (the junction where the tank top meets the tank wall), using angle steel for the rim serves to provide some reinforcement.
In normal atmospheric-pressure storage tanks, the roof usually breaks first