Operators who work with it ...
Published by Kenneth Keil, P.E.
Operators who work with it should wear safety glasses. There should be a safety shower near the sulfuric acid tank or near the sulfuric acid feed pumps. If the storage area floor is concrete, a special coating should be applied to the floor. I put in a coating for a design I did, but I forget the name of it. Talk to paint and other coating manufacturers as there are some good protective coatings. If you are going through a design now, I suggest the storage tank be at least 4000 gal. Delivery trucks in the USA transport 4000 gal, so if your tank is larger than 4000 gal. you can take a full delivery load. If you are going through a design and plan on receiving 90 to 95% sulfuric acid concentration, the storage tank can be steel. It will not corrode. The steel tank with weaker sulfuric acid solutions will corrode. Also, if you are in a cold climate area, the sulfuric acid if stored outside will not freeze. However, I do not where you are located so check freezing temps for your area and the freezing point for sulfuric acid. If you do not want steel, I suggest cross link polyethylene tanks.