Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
Grondtank
English translation:
Underground Storage Tank (UST)
Added to glossary by
Mark Straver
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Oct 11, 2012 08:28
11 yrs ago
Dutch term
Grondtank
Dutch to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering: Industrial
Storage tanks (Chemical)
I'm looking for the specific term of a mostly-underground storage tank that is designated in Dutch only with "grondtank".
The tank is vertical, with the largest portion underground.
The tank is NOT fully underground like an underground storage silo or UST
The tank is, in context, used for the storage of chemical solvents (tanks for liquid storage)
Unfortunately, several web and context searches have note yielded any usable results. Your help is appreciated!
Note: Please US English for the translation!
The tank is vertical, with the largest portion underground.
The tank is NOT fully underground like an underground storage silo or UST
The tank is, in context, used for the storage of chemical solvents (tanks for liquid storage)
Unfortunately, several web and context searches have note yielded any usable results. Your help is appreciated!
Note: Please US English for the translation!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | partially embedded storage tank |
Textpertise
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3 | partially-underground tank; ground-based tank |
Jack den Haan
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Change log
Oct 11, 2012 10:50: Mark Straver Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
13 mins
partially-underground tank; ground-based tank
Not quite sure, but this might be a solution here.
23 mins
partially embedded storage tank
See, for example section C.19.2.4. in this document
http://www.schweinfurt.army.mil/directorates/dpw/documents/1...
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Note added at 27 mins (2012-10-11 08:55:41 GMT)
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This document calls them partly embedded (page 7). Much of a muchness, I would say but choose whichever sounds more American to you:
http://www.epa.ie/downloads/advice/general/materials storage...
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Note added at 39 mins (2012-10-11 09:07:53 GMT)
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See also the following document
http://www.wiesbaden.army.mil/sites/directorates/environment...
where you should click on the heading "Underground Storage Tanks" in the right hand column at the top to reveal the following definition:
•An underground storage tank is any tank wholly or partially embedded in the ground, including underground piping, used to contain POL products or hazardous substances. Criteria to control and abate pollution resulting from POLs and hazardous substances are described in various regulations.
•In order to ensure that USTs are not leaking and components of them are working as specified, monitoring system have been installed on most USTs.
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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:23:48 GMT)
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The above answer assumes that, as per your question above, you need to differentiate the type of underground storage tank in this translation form underground storage tanks in general as being of the partially embedded variety.
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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:24:14 GMT)
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Typo form should be from.
http://www.schweinfurt.army.mil/directorates/dpw/documents/1...
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Note added at 27 mins (2012-10-11 08:55:41 GMT)
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This document calls them partly embedded (page 7). Much of a muchness, I would say but choose whichever sounds more American to you:
http://www.epa.ie/downloads/advice/general/materials storage...
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Note added at 39 mins (2012-10-11 09:07:53 GMT)
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See also the following document
http://www.wiesbaden.army.mil/sites/directorates/environment...
where you should click on the heading "Underground Storage Tanks" in the right hand column at the top to reveal the following definition:
•An underground storage tank is any tank wholly or partially embedded in the ground, including underground piping, used to contain POL products or hazardous substances. Criteria to control and abate pollution resulting from POLs and hazardous substances are described in various regulations.
•In order to ensure that USTs are not leaking and components of them are working as specified, monitoring system have been installed on most USTs.
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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:23:48 GMT)
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The above answer assumes that, as per your question above, you need to differentiate the type of underground storage tank in this translation form underground storage tanks in general as being of the partially embedded variety.
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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:24:14 GMT)
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Typo form should be from.
Note from asker:
No distinction needs to be made specifically in the context - a description is provided for the term in Dutch (hence my question if there was a different term). It was my assumption that UTS would only apply to completely below-ground installations; I was mistaken there. |
Discussion
See the site:
http://www.tercenter.org/pages/usts.cfm