Safety of Railway Transportation of Sulfuric Acid in Tank Containers
With the increasing demand for multimodal transport,tank containers for dangerous liquid goods such as sulfuric acid are widely used.To the safety of railway transportation of sulfuric acid in tank containers,this paper analyzed the current situation and risks of railway transportation of sulfuric acid.The main hazardous characteristic of sulfuric acid is its corrosiveness.Therefore,the paper carried out corrosion tests on typical materials for tank trucks and tank containers for transporting sulfuric acid and obtained the corrosion rate test results of typical materials.By comparing the test results with the measured corrosion rate of tank trucks,the corrosion allowance that could ensure the transportation safety of sulfuric acid in tank containers was calculated.Based on the corrosion test results of commonly used metals and alloys and the typical material test results of tank trucks and tank containers for transporting sulfuric acid,the suggestions for safe transportation were put forward from three aspects:material,service life,and maintenance methods of tank containers for transporting sulfuric acid.