fuel storage
Where gas waits
Fuel storage is the containment of combustible materials—gasoline, diesel, propane, heating oil—in tanks or other vessels for later use.
The term covers everything from underground tanks at gas stations to residential heating oil tanks to strategic petroleum reserves: The facility's fuel storage capacity exceeds two million gallons.
Fuel storage is heavily regulated due to fire hazards and environmental risks from leaks.
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
- keroseneFlammable petroleum distillate
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- tank farmsGrouped fuel reservoirs
- containerThing for storing items
fire hazard · safety inspection · pumps · propane · environmental monitoring · oil depot · valves · gauges · backup generators · hydrogen · corrosion resistance · refinery · tank · reservoir · silo · canister · filling · pipeline
- polar operationsice roads, ice station, research station, icebreakers, research base
- Nuclear Plantsreactor, reactor core, control rods, cooling tower, control room
- Military Airfieldsairfield, runway, runways, hangar, hangars
- Nuclear SitesHiroshima, Chernobyl, Nagasaki, Fukushima, Three Mile Island
- Preppingbug out bag, bug-out bag, go bag, stockpile, stockpiling
- Stockpilingstockpiling, reserves, hoarding, stocking up, amassing
fuel storagefuel consumption
Rate of burning energy
fuel use · energy expenditure · combustion · power generation · energy output