UL142 Steel Aboveground Fuel Tanks

UL142 Steel Aboveground Tanks For Flammable And Combustible Liquids Fuel Tank

Codes recognize the use of UL 142 listed tanks

The NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code requires atmospheric tanks to be designed and constructed

in accordance with one of several recognized engineering standards, one of which is the UL 142, Standard for Safety

for Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids. The International Fire Code in turn requires tanks

to be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with NFPA 30.

Types of tanks covered by UL 142

UL 142 includes requirements that cover steel primary, secondary and diked type atmospheric storage tanks intended for

noncorrosive, stable flammable and combustible liquids that have a specific gravity not exceeding 1.0 in aboveground applications.

UL 142 includes requirements for tanks fabricated in a combination of various shapes (cylindrical, rectangular or round) and

orientations (horizontal, vertical) with or without multiple compartments.UL 142 covers shop fabricated tanks only, and does not

cover portable tanks intended for transporting flammable or combustible liquids (such as shipping containers), or mobile use applications

(such as mounted on a trailer).

UL 142 requirements

UL 142 includes requirements that manufacturers use to design and fabricate aboveground steel tanks, and that certification organizations

such as UL use to investigate and List (certify) these tanks. The standard includes a comprehensive set of requirements in the following areas:

• Construction requirements – These include specification for the tank materials, joints, connections, fittings, manholes (if
  provided), fill, drain and gauge openings, and painting. They also include specific construction requirements for the primary and secondary containment means, supports, etc.

• Performance tests – These requirements include tank leakage, hydrostatic strength, top loading, buoyancy, hydrostatic load, tank support load, and lift lug tests that are designed to verify that the tank design does not exhibit signs of leakage and/or structural damage as a result of these tests.

• Markings and production line test – UL 142 requires tanks to include specific markings discussed below. In addition, 100% of production of each Listed primary and secondary containment tank must be tested for leakage by the manufacturer.

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Wuhan Spico Machinery & Electronics Co., Ltd.（Hereinafter referred to as SPICO） is the Wuhan

office of CNP NM Fire-fighting System Co.,Ltd (Hereinafter referred to as NM Fire). SPICO mainly resp-

onsible for product promotion，export declaration and foreign exchange collection of overseas orders.NM

Fire is the subsidiary of Nanfang Zhongjin Environment Co.,Ltd, which islocated in Hunan Changsha

Economic and Technological Development Zone, mainly produceand sell Diesel engine &Motor fire pump

groups ,controllers and fire pumps which are in accordance with domestic & international standards and have

gotten related certifications .

With the help of multi-national engineers with more than 20 years of professional experience, the NMFIRE

technical team fully understands the technical requirements of fire fighting systems. They have overcome

difficulties, conquered technical aspects, created China's first in this industry and opened up a new market

for China's fire fighting research andtechnology.

The company’s mission is to protect the community fire safety, in line with the spirits of “integrity,

win-win”,glad to provide high cost-effective products and high-quality service for our customers.

Fire fighting is the last protection for life and property. These include strict technical, quality and testing requirements

for fire fighting equipment that are specified in the UL/FM product standard.

Under the premise of fully learning and understanding these standards, our company has invested huge sums of money

and energy in research and development of new products. Many innovative technologies have been developed through

product R&D. The pumps and diesel engines have reached the level of first class in the world. The research and

development of these two critical products has put an end to the long history in the domestic marketplace of taking

non-certified ordinary water pumps and diesel engines and using them in life safety applications. This has also completely

changed the domestic technology level of this industry and has allowed NM FIRE to lead the market

Start by meeting the customer obvious needs, follow by continuously deepening and exploring potential customer demand,

meanwhile, plant the philosophy into our soul.