As there is almost no gas space between floating roof deck and oil level the evaporation loss of stored oil can be greatly reduced.
Floating roof bin.
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The external floating roof tank has a floating roof deck which is covered on the surface of oil and floats up and down with the oil level.
Refiners derived significant advantage through the floating roofs which are used to store very large volumes from super tanker shipments and meet the escalating demand for hydrocarbons in industry.
The roof rises and falls with the liquid level in the tank.
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.
Specifically it is an environment friendly and economical storage tank or oil tank installed a floating roof under the vault of the tank usually made of aluminum stainless steel or other material to prevent the liquid from volatilize.
Internal floating roof tank is known as internal floating roof storage tank floating roof oil tank internal floating plate storage tank and internal floating plate oil tank etc.