Table 2-8. Storage Tank Costs

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Design: Solar Heating of Buildings and Domestic Hot Water

MIL-HDBK-1003/13A

Table 2-8. Storage Tank Costs.[a]

Cost Per Gallon for Tank Size (gal) -

Type of Installations

80 120 300 500 1000 2000 4000

Steel, unlined, nonpressurized[b]

2.25 1.75 1.40 1.10 1.00

Steel, unlined, 120 psi[b]

4.00 3.50 2.50 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.00

Steel, glass lined,[b] 125 psi

6.00 5.50 5.50 -- -- -- --

.03-inch EPDM liner for

1.10 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.40

unlined tank

Steel, stone lined, 125 psi

8.00 7.00 --

Fiberglass tank, or polyethylene, 2.75 2.50 2.00 1.80 1.60 1.50 1.20

nonpressurized

Concrete

3.00 2.80 2.40 2.20 2.00 1.60 1.40

6-inch insulation and sheath

2.00 1.60 1.20 1.00

Normal installation above ground 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.40 1.30 1.00 0.75

including pad

[a]

All prices, $/gal, Oct 1983, Los Angeles area.

[b]

Includes supports and fittings; add $0.15/gal for phenolic lining of

unlined tanks.