National Tanks Conference 2006

Alternative Fuels and Material Compatibility

The "alternative" fuels of ethanol blended gasoline and bio-diesel are coming if not already being stored and dispensed in your state. The 2005 energy bill and President Bush's State of the Union Address both promoted the increased use of ethanol and bio-diesel fuels. The UST regulations require UST systems to be compatible with the substance stored. The rub for the UST regulator and tank owner is the compatibility to these new fuels with existing UST equipment originally designed for traditional petroleum fuels.

Below are the presentations on material compatibility, compatibility of equipment and enforcement of equipment compatibility presented at the National Tanks Conference.

Ed English of Fuel Quality Services Inc. presented an explanation of fuel and material compatibility problems entitled Brief Overview to Fuels and Materials Compatibility. This is an abbreviated version of the presentation he made at the Petroleum Equipment Institute Convention last fall.  If you have any questions, please contact Edward W. English II, Vice President & Technical Director, Fuel Quality Services Inc., P.O. Box 1308, Flowery Branch, GA 30542-0023 Phone: 800-827-9790 or 770-827-9790. Email: eenglish@fqsinc.com

Terry Cooper of Petroleum Equipment Services provided his knowledge of the UST equipment compatibility and his findings in Working With Today's Alternative to Fossil Fuels.  If you have any questions, please contact Terry D. Cooper, President, PES Inc., Corporate Centre 200, 200 35th St., Marion, IA 52323 Phone: 319-377-6357 Email: tdc@cc200.com

Tom Collins of Iowa Department of Natural Resources shared Iowa's enforcement of equipment compatibility with E-85 and how it came about in E85 Storage and Dispensing . If you have any questions, please contact Tom Collins, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wallace State Office Building, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. Phone: 515-281-8879.  Email: tom.collins@dnr.state.ia.us

If you have any questions concerning this National Tanks session presentation, please contact the session moderator Paul Nelson, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wallace State Office Building, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. Phone: 515-281-8879.  Email: paul.nelson@dnr.state.ia.us