As part of the Propane Education & Research Council’s equipment comparison testing program, an important study tested the performance of the outer coatings of underground propane tanks. The study team produced a final report more than 200 pages in length that provided highly detailed, very technical results of the testing. The Council needed to distill these vital results into a clear format that propane industry members could easily understand.

Energetics developed a one-page, graphical summary of testing results for each of the seven tank coatings that were studied. Each summary uses a simple visual key to rate the coating’s mechanical durability and performance in response to environmental exposure for tank side, weld seam, and leg attachment samples. Each summary also provides an overall performance score for each coating. An executive summary that precedes the seven one-page summaries introduces the study and highlights overall study results.

The one-page summaries allow marketers to quickly compare results from the various coatings tested and choose the best tank and coating for a given customer or application.

Award of Merit
2009-2010 Technical Publications Competition of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication