Fuel dispensing and containment assembly

A modular fuel dispensing and containment assembly for storing fuel in at least one fuel tank and pumping the fuel to a plurality of fuel dispensers at locations remote from the at least one fuel tank, said assembly comprising:

• a reinforced concrete vault located underground, said reinforced concrete vault having a floor, end walls, side walls, a lid, and an interior, said vault being fluid tight and said floor, end walls side walls and lid having exposed inner surfaces;
• a fuel tank held within said reinforced concrete vault, said fuel tank being separated from said exposed inner surfaces, said fuel tank having a fuel filling line and a fuel outlet line, said fuel tank being separated from at least one of said end walls and side walls a sufficient distance to permit a person to enter an interior of said reinforced concrete vault for inspection purposes;
• a plurality of piping corridors each having an interior area connected to said interior of said reinforced concrete vault, said piping corridor having a floor, side walls, a supply end, an exit end and being both underground and fluid tight and said interior area being sufficiently large for service personnel to enter, said piping corridor having an opening at said supply end and at said exit end;
• a dispensing module sealingly affixed onto said exit end of one of said piping corridors, said dispensing module having a floor, side walls, end walls and a cover, said dispensing module being fluid tight and said side walls of said dispensing module being underground and said dispensing module having an interior volume sufficiently large to permit the entry of service personnel, the interior of said reinforced concrete vault, said piping corridors and said dispensing module forming a single interconnected air volume;
• means for passing air through said single interconnected air volume;
• and
• a fuel dispenser mounted above said dispensing module.

A module fuel dispensing and containment assembly for conveying fuel from at least one fuel tank confined in an underground vault having a lid and transporting the fuel to a plurality of fuel dispensers at locations remote from the at least one fuel tank, said assembly comprising:

• a turbine corridor positioned with a bottom contacting lid of said vault, said turbine corridor also being positioned underground and having a bottom floor with a tank access opening sealingly connected to the lid of said underground vault in a fluid tight manner and at least one of said side and end walls of said turbine corridor being open at a connection passageway for connection to a piping corridor and said turbine corridor being sufficiently large for service personnel to enter an interior of said turbine corridor;
• a plurality of piping corridors one of which being sealingly affixed onto said connection passageway of said turbine corridor, said piping corridor having a floor, side walls, a supply end sealed to said connection passageway of said turbine corridor, an exit end and being both underground and fluid tight and having an interior area sufficiently large for service personnel to enter, said piping corridor having an opening at said supply end and at said exit end;
• a dispensing module sealingly affixed onto said exit end of one of said piping corridors, said dispensing module having a floor, side walls, end walls and a cover, said dispensing module being fluid tight and said side walls of said dispensing module being underground and said dispensing module being sufficiently large to permit the entry of service personnel, the interior of said reinforced concrete vault, said turbine corridor, said piping corridors and said dispensing module forming a single interconnected air volume;
• means for passing air through said single interconnected air volume;
• a fuel dispenser mounted above said dispensing module;;
• and
• piping connecting said fuel dispenser to said at least one fuel tank.