BundGuard®

Automatic oil spill protection for bunded storage

Every outdoor oil store in Ireland has the same quiet problem: rain. Bunds exist to catch oil if a tank or transformer fails, but left open to the weather, they steadily fill with rainwater, and every litre of water in the bund is a litre of containment you no longer have. Because oil floats, a part-full bund can let a spill straight over the wall.

Why bunds fail when you need them

• Regulations require above-ground oil storage to have secondary containment holding at least 110% of the tank’s contents
• Rainwater erodes that margin week by week
• Manual pump-outs are slow, expensive and risk discharging contaminated water
• When a tank does fail, a waterlogged bund offers little protection, and the clean-up, fines and reputational damage land on the site operator

How BundGuard works

• Developed by Andel in the UK and proven since 1992, with more than 50,000 units installed worldwide
• A robust stainless-steel sensor and submersible pump sit in a sump within the bund, continuously discriminating between oil and water
• Clean rainwater is pumped away automatically; the moment oil is detected, discharge stops and the alarm is raised
• Full containment capacity is maintained 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without tanker call-outs or routine site visits

Where it’s used

• Transformer bunds and substations
• Standby generator fuel tanks at data centres, hospitals and telecoms sites
• Heating oil and fuel storage across commercial and industrial premises
• Anywhere oil is stored outdoors, and your compliance record depends on the bund doing its job

Supplied and installed by Manotherm

• Site survey and specification of the right BundGuard configuration
• Installation and commissioning, including alarm connection to your BMS or monitoring
• Andel’s environmental pedigree, backed by Manotherm’s support across Ireland

Talk to us about your site. Call 01-452 2355, email info@manotherm.ie or request a quote online; our engineers will ask about your process and recommend the right system.