Abstract: A spade flange tool comprises a spade portion and a handle portion, wherein the spade portion includes a well for collecting fluids and wherein the handle portion includes a drain, in fluid communication with the well, for draining fluids collected in the well. The spade flange tool described herein is particularly useful for safely and effectively draining waste fluid effluent from cleaning operations used in onsite cleaning of equipment in industrial plants, such as vessels, tanks, conduits, etc., having a flanged connection. The spade flange tool may also be used to introduce a pressurizing fluid into equipment having a flanged connection.

Abstract: In one aspect, a fluid storage apparatus includes a fluid storage tank having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus also includes a channel disposed on an outer surface of the fluid storage tank, the channel configured to receive an anchor strap used to secure the fluid storage tank to a ground surface of an underground installation site.

Abstract: A packaging system comprising a panel and a storage device, wherein the panel comprises an insulator and a primary pouch enclosing the insulator. The primary pouch may have a ventilation hole. The storage device is configured to contain the panel in a compressed state. The storage device may be a secondary impermeable pouch, a set of rigid or semi-rigid platforms, or a set of restraint devices. The packaging system may be compressed using a press.

Abstract: A containment enclosure system at least a portion of which is double-walled. An exemplary system of the invention provides enhanced leak protection by monitoring the space within the double-walled portion of the containment enclosure system. The system is capable of providing continuous monitoring of the enclosure, collar, penetrations, and/or joints for potential leaks. Containment enclosures of the invention may be used as, used with, or attached to tanks, piping, dispensers, or any other type of storage container including vessels, boxes, spheres or containers of any shape. These containment enclosures may be underground, partially underground, or aboveground. In addition, these containment enclosures may be completely enclosed or enclosed on the bottom and sides with an open or covered top.

Abstract: A fiberglass manhole adjustment ring comprising a fiberglass pipe and a self-centering lip attached to the edge of the pipe, and a method for installing the fiberglass manhole adjustment ring in an existing fiberglass manhole. The self-centering lip can either be attached to the interior edge of the pipe to form a sleeve or to the exterior edge of the pipe to form a collar. An interior self-centering lip, or sleeve, slides into an adjoining fiberglass manhole section while an exterior self-centering lip, or collar, slides over an adjoining manhole section. The manhole adjustment ring is inserted between the cone section and barrel section of an existing fiberglass manhole to accommodate changes in elevation of the surrounding grade level. The self-centering lip may also be used on manhole sections to enable field assembly of a manhole.

Abstract: A container end is provided with a suitable stock thickness for necessary strength and pressure resistance over its selected areas of its central portion while employing a substantially thinner peripheral wall. A method of forming thins the peripheral wall by drawing and ironing in a single workstation using compound die that also shears the blank from sheet stock. Optionally, multi-layers or laminates form the central portion of a lid, with a reduced number of layers forming the peripheral wall. Alternatively, the peripheral wall is thinned by ironing, spinning, or roll forming after the blank is formed into a shell. A forming apparatus clamps a planar peripheral wall of a blank with a clamping element that includes a thining tool. The apparatus oppositely offsets the center of the blank from the peripheral wall to draw the peripheral wall over the thinning tool on the clamping element.

Abstract: A secondary containment and drainage system for an above-ground storage tank is described, in which small quantities of leaked or overflowing liquid are temporarily stored in a housing above the internal storage tank. This fluid can be easily removed from the housing for re-use or at least removed without the time consuming process of emptying and cleaning the overfill dike that surrounds the tank. When greater quantities of liquid leak from the input port of the storage tank, the overflowing liquid is drained into the dike through a drainage pipe that extends from the housing, through the internal storage tank, and into the dike. The dike is enclosed by a roofing structure that forms a seal to prevent contamination when liquid is drained into the dike.