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UST Program - LG 113 - Bulk Underground Storage Tank Leak Detection Methods
Bulk Underground Storage Tank Leak Detection Method
(50,000
gallons or greater)
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VENDOR | EQUIPMENT NAME | LEAK RATE / THRESHOLD / MAX PRODUCT SURFACE AREA |
ASTTest Services, Inc. | ASTTest Mass Balance Leak Detection System | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 5,575 ft²) x 0.88 gph]/ [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 5,575 ft²) x 0.44 gph]/13,938 ft² |
Engineering Design Group | EDG
XLD 2000 Plus (Revision 1.02) Leak Detection System (MTS DDA Magnetostrictive Probe) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 12,074 ft²) x 1.92 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 12,074 ft²) x 0.96 gph]/12,076 ft². |
Ronan
X-76 CTM Automatic Tank Gauging System (MTS Level Plus UST Probe) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 564 ft²) x 0.2 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 564 ft²) x 0.96 gph]/846 ft². | |
Leak Detection Technologies, Inc. | MDleak Enhanced Leak Detection Method (Bulk 50,000 gallons or greater) | 0.005 gph / when the chemical marker detected exceeds the background level outside of the pipeline / Not limited by capacity |
Mass Technology Corp. | Precision Mass Measurement System, SIM-1000 and CBU-1000 (24 hour test) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 1,257 ft²) x 0.1 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 1,257 ft²) x 0.05 gph]/3,143 ft². |
Precision Mass Measurement System, SIM-1000 and CBU-1000 (48 hour test) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.294 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.147 gph]/6,082 ft². | |
Precision Mass Measurement System, SIM-1000 and CBU-1000 (72 hour test) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,200 ft²) x 0.638 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,200 ft²) x 0.319 gph]/35,500 ft². | |
Praxair
Services, Inc. (originally listed as Tracer Research, Corp.) |
Tracer ALD 2000 Automated Tank Tightness Test | 0.1 gph/ A tank system should not be declared tight when tracer chemical or hydrocarbon greater that the background level is detected outside of the tank./Not limited by capacity. |
Universal Sensors and Devices, Inc. | LTC-1000 (Mass Buoyancy Probe) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,244 ft²) x 1.4 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,244 ft²) x 0.7 gph]/35,610 ft². |
LTC-2000 (Differential Pressure Probe) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,244 ft²) x 3.0 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 14,244 ft²) x 1.5 gph]/35,610 ft². | |
Varec, Inc. (originally listed as Coggins Systems, Inc. and later as Endress+Hauser Systems and Gauging) | Fuels
Manager and Remote Terminal Unit (RTU/8130) (MTS Magnetostrictive Probe) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 616 ft²) x 0.2 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 616 ft²) x 0.1 gph]/924 ft² |
Fuels
Manager with Barton Series 3500 ATG (48 hour test) (72 hour test) |
[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 2.0 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 1.0 gph]/15,205 ft². | |
FuelsManager with Enraf 854 ATG (Servo Buoyancy Probe) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 11,786 ft²) x 3.00 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 11,786 ft²) x 1.50 gph]/ 11,786 ft² | |
FuelsManager with MTS M-Series ATG (MTS Magnetostrictive Probe) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 11,786 ft²) x 4.50 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 11,786 ft²) x 2.25 gph]/ 11,786 ft² | |
Vista Research, Inc. and Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center | LRDP-24 (V1.0.2, V1.0.3) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 2.0 or 3.0 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x (2.0 or 3.0 gph - 0.223 gph)]/15,205 ft². |
LRDP-48 (V1.0.2, V1.0.3) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 2.0 or 3.0 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x (2.0 or 3.0 gph - 0.188 gph)]/15,205 ft². | |
LRDP-24 (V1.1) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.856 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.632 gph]/15,205 ft². | |
LRDP-48 (V1.1) | [(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.749 gph]/[(product surface area in ft² ÷ 6,082 ft²) x 0.563 gph]/15,205 ft². |