This vapor was ignited at a boiler house some distance away.
Fixed roof tank vs floating roof tank.
The primary consideration in selecting the type of roof is to prevent the vapour loss where by emission to atmosphere is eliminated.
When the tank was refilled with warm crude oil at 37 c 100 f vapor was pushed out into the space above the floating roof and then out into the atmosphere through vents on the fixed roof tank figure 5 16.
Internal floating roof tank can be used to store gasoline jet fuel and other volatile oil and liquid chemicals like aldehydes alcohols methanol ethanol ketones acetone benzene benzene toluene xylene styrene.
Of currently used tank designs the fixed roof tank is the least expensive to construct and is generally considered the minimum acceptable equipment for storing liquids.
Closed floating roof tank this has an internal floating roof but eliminates natural ventilation of the tank vapor space.
Instead the cfrt is equipped with a pressure vacuum pv vent and may even include a gas blanketing system such as that used with fixed roof tanks these tanks are designed as in appendix c of the api standard 650.
An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate.
A typical fixed roof tank consists of a cylindrical steel shell with a cone or dome shaped roof that is permanently affixed to the tank shell.
From a product contamination standpoint is nitrogen blanketing a fixed roof tank preferable to using a floating roof tank.
Floating roof also reduces the static electricity hazard.
Perfect designed internal floating roof storage tank is the best method to control the evaporation loss of the fixed roof tank.
As per the oil indystry practice in india floating roof tank is used for storing hsd.
Floating roof tank can be divided into two types internal floating roof and external floating roof.
If product purity is a concern you have to use floating cum cone roof.
The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank.