Storage Tanks

A Storage Tank is a tank designed for storing liquid substances. Although it is mainly used in the petroleum industry (petrol tanks) , it can also be used in other industries, for example, it is used in the food industry (oil storage tanks) and the fertilizer industry. A storage container is a container that holds liquids, compressed gases or liquids used for short or long term hot or cold storage. The design and construction of storage tanks are carried out according to international standards. Stored products usually consist of petroleum derivatives or chemicals used in the industry. The most preferred standards for storage tank fabricators are API 650 and API 620 standards published by the American Petroleum Institute.

A chemical storage tank is a container designed to safely store and hold various chemicals, liquids, or gases. These tanks are used in a wide range of industries, including chemical manufacturing, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, agriculture, and more. The primary purpose of chemical storage tanks is to provide a secure and controlled environment for storing chemicals while preventing leaks, spills, and environmental contamination.

The tank of a particular liquid is selected according to the flash point of that substance. Usually, there are tanks with fixed ceilings and tanks with floating ceilings in refineries and especially for liquid fuels. Fixed-roofed tanks have a very high flash point. There are shapes such as cone roofs, dome roofs and umbrella roofs. It is insulated to prevent the clogging of some materials that receive heat from the steam coils in the tank. Dome-roofed tanks are used for tanks with a storage pressure slightly higher than that of the atmosphere, for example, used in slop oils.

Floating roof tanks are generally external floating roof tanks and are divided into internal surface roofed types. Floating roof tanks are used for gasoline with low flash point liquids such as ethanol. These tanks are nothing more than cone-roofed tanks with a floating roof that moves up and down with the level of liquid in them. This floating roof traps steam from low-flashpoint fuels. Floating roofs are supported by legs or cables on which they sit. One of the best types found in mining areas are open-roofed type tanks, usually for storing ore slurries. These are the simplest and shortest-lasting storage tanks to produce. As for fuels, because their flash points are very low, LPG, hydrogen, hexane, nitrogen, oxygen, etc. tanks for storage are usually spherical.