External Floating Roof Tank Pontoon

Double deck type floating roof 10 figure 1 6.

External floating roof tank pontoon.

It consists of an open topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. Storage tank capacities and levels 15. Types of floating roofs in storage tanks.

Floating roof is the core component of floating roof storage tank which is divided into two types. Pontoon type floating roofs are the most economical type of floating roofs in the market. Ergil storagetech internal floating roofs which minimize the evaporation losses of stored products such as jet fuels gasoline diesel and crude oil can be supplied as aluminium or stainless steel. The floating roofs can be either external i e with open top tanks or internal i e inside fixed roof tanks.

The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank. Single deck floating roof tank 12 figure 1 7. Types of fixed roof tanks 8 figure 1 4. Storagetech storage tank internal floating roofs storagetech has been proudly innovating designing manufactiring and installing external and internal pon.

Double deck floating roof tank 13 figure 1 8. These are categorized as external floating roofs which are designed to meet requirements of api standards 650 appendix c. The principal types of floating roof designs which are installed in tanks which store crude and middle distillate products are summarized below. External floating roof and internal floating roof.

Main two types of floating roof tanks single deck floating roof in single deck roof which is also called pontoon roof the buoyancy is derived by the pontoons according to api 650 3. Single deck pontoon type floating roof 9 figure 1 5.