Conceptual design of an unloading system for the T60 medium

This paper is devoted to conceptualising a new system for the rapid and safe unloading of the hazardous medium T60. The most important legal acts, related to the transportation and unloading of hazardous substances include: the European Agreement concerning international carriage - Road Transport of Dangerous Goods (ADR), the Act on Transport of Dangerous Goods - ADR standard, and the regulation of the Minister of Transport dated 20 September 2006. In the first stage of this work, we find a description of a tanker vehicle in which the T60 is transported. Then there is a description of the medium T60, a hazardous substance from which electrodes are produced. The description of the tanker and the substance was prepared on the basis of the company’s internal documentation. The last stage was to describe a conceptual design for an unloading system for T60, using the latest technology, which will reduce the unloading time and increase the efficiency of the current unloading system. In order to best design the unloading system in question, a unique in-house program was used. Based on the calculated parameters, the individual components of the unloading system are selected, i.e. pump, motor, pipes, wedge gate valve, the main safety switch, and ground continuity control system. Then a technical drawing was prepared of the pump unloading system, showing the technical connection of the motor to the pump and a diagram of the unloading system connection to the tanker.