Thesis (M.S.) -- Mississippi State University. Department of Geosciences. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Cleanup of leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites has been a priority for the United States of America (USA) for more than 20 years due to the large number of sites, the potential harmful health affects associated with gasoline components and the fact that single owners may not have the ability to pay for cleanup of these sites. In June 2006, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that of the 459,637 confirmed releases from USTs that had occurred previously, 342,688 had been remediated, which leaves 116,949 sites yet to be completed across the USA. Petroleum cleanup programs tend to be managed at the State level; however, there are wide variations among State programs in terms of information access, risk perception and funding availability. While each of the Federal and State UST programs has evolved to meet specific requirements, there has not been a comprehensive comparison of the individual State programs.In this thesis, State petroleum cleanup programs across the USA are evaluated to determine similarities and differences in an effort to identify factors that affect petroleum cleanup progress. Many parameters enter the equation in determining petroleum cleanup effectiveness. Not only are the parameters of the State program operation important, but also the characteristics of each State, including drinking water source and perceived risk associated with petroleum contamination, factor into the determination.A representative group of States and State petroleum cleanup programs were evaluated and the characteristics of States were compared to cleanup progress to determine factors affecting efficiency. Based on trend analysis the cleanup levels for toluene, ethylbenzene and total xylenes correlate directly to the cost of LUST site cleanup. For States with less perceived risk from petroleum contamination, the cleanup goals are less stringent; therefore, fewer resources and less time are required to complete site cleanup. Consequently, petroleum cleanup in States with less-stringent goals is achieved more efficiently. The knowledge of these drivers of efficient petroleum cleanup can be used to expeditiously pursue completion of the thousands of sites remaining across the USA.

General water rights adjudications are now taking place in Arizona. The Gila River and Little Colorado River adjudications are among the largest court proceedings ever undertaken in the United States, involving more than 78,000 water rights claims scattered over 50,000,000 acres of land. The cost of individually proving such a number of individual claims in a formal trial setting would be enormous — often greater than the water's economic worth. Also, the time required to complete such a proceeding would take decades. Consequently, alternative procedures are needed to streamline the investigations and forestall a potentially serious water resource management problem. There are an estimated 22,800 stockwatering ponds (stockponds or stocktanks) in the Gila River Basin alone, and each potentially could be tried as an individual case. If small claims such as those for stockwatering could be considered de minimis in their impact on other higher priority uses, they might be adjudicated as one class of use, thereby fore-stalling a case-by-case trial of each individual water right claim. However, a major obstacle in granting special treatment to small claims lies in demonstrating to litigants that certain small water uses do not, in fact, have a discernible impact on other downstream water right holders. This study was undertaken to quantify the actual losses to a river system from stockwatering ponds, and to compare those losses to other naturally occurring impacts on the hydrologic system. Employing a watershed model, portions of the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed at Tombstone, Arizona, an area located within the San Pedro watershed, were analyzed. Storm runoff was simulated with and without the presence of stockponds. Different storm events and storage conditions were modeled in order to measure the impact of stockpond storage under a wide range of field circumstances. This study demonstrated that the hydrologic effects of stockwatering ponds are de minimis with respect to their impact on other water users many tens or hundreds of miles downstream on the river system. Stockpond numbers, capacities, volume/surface area relationships, quantification methods, and effective retention are also evaluated. Statutes in other states are reviewed for their approach to handling stockwatering uses.

Durante a exploração de petróleo offshore (fora da costa), a injeção de água do mar no processo de recuperação secundária de petróleo, ocasiona a produção de sulfeto de hidrogênio (H2S) pela presença das bactérias redutoras de sulfato (BRS), que reduzem o sulfato presente na água em sulfeto. A produção intensiva de H2S tem sido um dos maiores problemas das indústrias petrolíferas, pois constitui-se uma das principais causas de corrosão em linhas de produção (tubulações), equipamentos e tanques metálicos. Os principais micro-organismos presentes em amostras salinas provenientes de tanques de armazenamento de água e óleo da indústria do petróleo são as bactérias anaeróbias heterotróficas totais (BANHT) e as bactérias redutoras de sulfato (BRS). Atualmente, a quantificação desses grupos microbianos é realizada através da técnica do Número Mais Provável (NMP) que estima o resultado em aproximadamente 28 dias. Neste trabalho foi utilizada a metodologia de produção semi-contínua de sulfetos biogênicos por 15 dias, numa tentativa de correlacionar com os resultados de quantificação de BANHT e BRS através da técnica convencional do NMP. Nesse caso, avaliou-se as condições mais adequadas para a produção biogênica de sulfetos em tanques, alterando-se parâmetros tais como salinidade, temperatura e composição do meio de cultura. Verificou-se que os aumentos da salinidade e da temperatura do meio implicaram na diminuição da atividade biogênica semi-contínua de geração de sulfetos. E conforme dilui-se o meio de cultura, o crescimento de bactérias foi reduzido, assim como a geração de sulfetos. A quantificação de BRS e BANHT foi avaliada pela técnica do NMP de acordo com o método do FDA em 2011 e de Harrigan em 1998. Este último subestima a população microbiana, desconsiderando os limites e erros provenientes da técnica / During off-shore oil recovery, seawater injection for secondary oil recovery, produces hydrogen sulphide (H2S), due to the presence of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB), that reduces sulphate from seawater to sulphide. The massive production of H2S is presently one of the main problems in the petroleum industries, constituting one of the main causes of corrosion in production lines (dutes), equipments and tanks. The main microbial species found in this type of saline samples comes from water and oil storage tanks in the petroleum industry, being general anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria (GAHB) and sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB). Presently, the quantification of those microbial groups is made through a technique known as Most Probable Number (MPN). This quantification is obtained in around 28 days. In the present work a methodology based on the semi-continuous production of sulphide during 15 days was conducted, in an attempt to correlate these results with the quantification of GAHB and SRB cells through conventional MPN technique. In this case, the most suitable conditions for biogenic sulphide production in tanks, was studied through the evaluation of environmental parameters such as salinity, temperature and culture medium composition. It could be observed that an increase in salinity and temperature of the medium produced a marked decrease in the semi-continuous biogenic production of sulphide. In relation to the culture medium, its dilution promoted a decreased in cell growth, consequently in the production of sulphides. The quantification of SRB and GAHB was evaluated through the MPN technique, according to procedures suggested by FDA in 2011 and Harrigan in 1998. It was observed that this last procedure underestimated the microbial population, due to the lack of information about limits and standard deviations

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Durante a exploração de petróleo offshore (fora da costa), a injeção de água do mar no processo de recuperação secundária de petróleo, ocasiona a produção de sulfeto de hidrogênio (H2S) pela presença das bactérias redutoras de sulfato (BRS), que reduzem o sulfato presente na água em sulfeto. A produção intensiva de H2S tem sido um dos maiores problemas das indústrias petrolíferas, pois constitui-se uma das principais causas de corrosão em linhas de produção (tubulações), equipamentos e tanques metálicos. Os principais micro-organismos presentes em amostras salinas provenientes de tanques de armazenamento de água e óleo da indústria do petróleo são as bactérias anaeróbias heterotróficas totais (BANHT) e as bactérias redutoras de sulfato (BRS). Atualmente, a quantificação desses grupos microbianos é realizada através da técnica do Número Mais Provável (NMP) que estima o resultado em aproximadamente 28 dias. Neste trabalho foi utilizada a metodologia de produção semi-contínua de sulfetos biogênicos por 15 dias, numa tentativa de correlacionar com os resultados de quantificação de BANHT e BRS através da técnica convencional do NMP. Nesse caso, avaliou-se as condições mais adequadas para a produção biogênica de sulfetos em tanques, alterando-se parâmetros tais como salinidade, temperatura e composição do meio de cultura. Verificou-se que os aumentos da salinidade e da temperatura do meio implicaram na diminuição da atividade biogênica semi-contínua de geração de sulfetos. E conforme dilui-se o meio de cultura, o crescimento de bactérias foi reduzido, assim como a geração de sulfetos. A quantificação de BRS e BANHT foi avaliada pela técnica do NMP de acordo com o método do FDA em 2011 e de Harrigan em 1998. Este último subestima a população microbiana, desconsiderando os limites e erros provenientes da técnica / During off-shore oil recovery, seawater injection for secondary oil recovery, produces hydrogen sulphide (H2S), due to the presence of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB), that reduces sulphate from seawater to sulphide. The massive production of H2S is presently one of the main problems in the petroleum industries, constituting one of the main causes of corrosion in production lines (dutes), equipments and tanks. The main microbial species found in this type of saline samples comes from water and oil storage tanks in the petroleum industry, being general anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria (GAHB) and sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB). Presently, the quantification of those microbial groups is made through a technique known as Most Probable Number (MPN). This quantification is obtained in around 28 days. In the present work a methodology based on the semi-continuous production of sulphide during 15 days was conducted, in an attempt to correlate these results with the quantification of GAHB and SRB cells through conventional MPN technique. In this case, the most suitable conditions for biogenic sulphide production in tanks, was studied through the evaluation of environmental parameters such as salinity, temperature and culture medium composition. It could be observed that an increase in salinity and temperature of the medium produced a marked decrease in the semi-continuous biogenic production of sulphide. In relation to the culture medium, its dilution promoted a decreased in cell growth, consequently in the production of sulphides. The quantification of SRB and GAHB was evaluated through the MPN technique, according to procedures suggested by FDA in 2011 and Harrigan in 1998. It was observed that this last procedure underestimated the microbial population, due to the lack of information about limits and standard deviations

This master thesis is focused on computational modelling of critical external as well as internal pressure acting of the repaired tank. During cleaning of pipelines, the gas mixture entered into this storage tank causing loss of integrity in the connection between the roof and the shell. The first part of the thesis is focused on check calculation of the shell in exceptional conditions. The next part describes the repair of the tank including check of the pillar according to ČSN EN 1993 1 1 and ČSN EN 1993-1-6. The main part of the thesis is focused on determination of the buckling resistances of the tank in original as well as repaired state using ANSYS Mechanical software. The results are comparable with original tank, whose buckling resistance was not decreased due to the repair.

Die Nutzung regenerativer Energiequellen stellt in vielen Systemen und Versorgungsnetzen wesentlich höhere Anforderungen an die Konstruktion, Auslegung und Betriebsführung von Wärmespeichern als konventionelle Energieträger. Aber auch das Potenzial eines Brennwertkessels kann mit einem optimierten Wasserwärmespeicher besser ausgeschöpft werden. Entscheidend für die Effizienzsteigerung von Wärmespeichern mit ausgeprägter thermischer Schichtung ist die Ausbildung und Aufrechterhaltung einer schmalen Mischzone zwischen dem wärmeren und kälteren Bereich des Speichers. Eine schmale Mischzone und eine niedrige Temperatur im unteren „entladenen“ Speicherbereich wirken sich positiv auf den Wirkungsgrad von Sonnenkollektoren und Brennwertkesseln aus. Beim Einsatz von Wärmepumpen verbessert sich deren Leistungszahl. Der Beitrag zeigt die Auswirkungen der Betriebsweise und der konstruktiven Details des Wärmespeichers, insbesondere der Be- und Entladevorrichtungen, auf, welche durch experimentelle und numerische Untersuchungen ermittelt wurden. / The spreading integration of renewable sources of energy into conventional heat supply systems places high demands on the designing, dimensioning and operation of hot water storage tanks. A pronounced thermal stratification is of positive influence for the efficiency of solar collectors, condensing boilers and the COP of heat pumps connected to the storage tank. The extent of the thermal mixing layer determines the volumetric efficiency of the tank and thus the economics of investment and operation. In this paper, a method is presented by which the losses of hot water storage tanks are correlated to the tank design and operating conditions.

Liquid Storage Tanks (LSTs) are essential infrastructure systems that are used in various municipal and industrial settings. They play a critical role in storing and transporting liquids such as drinking water, oil, and gas that are used in daily life. Failure of these structures due to their poor seismic performance can have devastating consequences including the release of the stored liquid and damage to the surrounding area with potentially irreversible environmental impacts. In addition, the damage caused to the tank structure can be extensive, resulting in significant financial losses. Furthermore, the disruption of services provided by the tank such as water supply, oil and gas storage can be considerable. It is therefore crucial to study the seismic behaviour of these structures and ensure their safety and reliability to minimize the potential damages. The aim of this study is to investigate the behavior of LSTs in terms of the contained liquid, the tank’s structure, and its supports when subjected to seismic excitations. To obtain accurate results, different numerical techniques are applied in different phases of the study, including the Finite Volume Method (FVM), Finite Elements Method (FEM), Volume of Fluids (VoF) method, and Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamic (SPH) method. These techniques allow for a detailed analysis of the behavior of the tank and its supports during seismic excitation, providing a comprehensive understanding of the performance of LSTs during earthquakes. In order to examine the reliability and accuracy of the numerical model, the first part of the study includes the validation of the developed numerical model through comparison of the model and experimental results. The validated numerical model is then used to obtain the hydrodynamic pressures at different locations on the roof of tanks subjected to base excitations. The effect of liquid impact and hydrodynamic pressures on the roof of LSTs can be significant, however, limited studies have been completed on this issue. In the second part of the study, Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques such as Genetic Programming are used to formulate these pressure values so that the maximum pressure can be obtained using the tank characteristics such as size and fill depth by the relationship obtained based on the AI approach. In the third part of the study, the supporting structures of LSTs subjected to base excitations are analyzed, and their shear forces are extracted and compared with the National Building Code of Canada (NBC 2020) in order to evaluate the reliability of the code and discuss possible improvements. The results of this study can be used to evaluate and make improvements in standards and guidelines for the seismic design of LSTs, which can help ensure the safety and reliability of these crucial infrastructures during seismic events.

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