Method for repairing and improving structural integrity of storage tanks
AssigneeForge Tech, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lee Miller, Daniel J. Rybicki, Mathew A. Rybicki, Lawrence J. Povse, Kenneth R. Vejr, Andre S. Todd, John M. Griffin
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Abstract
In some implementations a defect perimeter sealing system includes a plurality of perimeter base components that are arranged around a defect of a tank, where all of a top of the perimeter base components are encompassed or spanned by compression panels, in which the plurality of perimeter base components and the compression panels define a fill zone between the plurality of perimeter base components and the compression panels and that also includes an injected material in the fill zone.
Claims17
A method of ignition-free tank leak repair comprising:
- attaching fasteners to a tank, the tank having a wall, the wall having two parallel surfaces, the fasteners penetrating only one of the parallel surfaces, wherein the tank resides within a vicinity of a hazardous material;
- securing a compression panel to the tank using the fasteners, forming a fill zone between the compression panel and the surface of the tank that is penetrated by the fasteners;
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- sealing a leak without removing the hazardous material.
An apparatus within a vicinity of a hazardous material comprising:
- fasteners attached to a tank, the tank having a wall, the wall having two parallel surfaces, the fasteners penetrating within the vicinity of the hazardous material only one of the parallel surfaces;
- a compression panel secured to the tank using the fasteners, forming a fill zone between the compression panel and the surface of the tank that is penetrated by the fasteners;
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- a seal between the compression panel and the surface of the tank that is penetrated by the fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.