External floating roof tank
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external-floating-roof-tank-169-6189356
title:
External floating roof tank
text:
An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It consists of an open- topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank. As opposed to a fixed roof tank there is no vapor space (ullage) in the floating roof tank. In principle, this eliminates tank breathing loss and greatly reduces the evapo
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encyclopedia
description:
Storage facility
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_floating_roof_tank
date created:
2008-12-10T12:09:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T10:36:50Z
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