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Pontoon Leaks
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Pontoon Leaks

Pontoon Leaks

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Can somebody provide advises on what be the best mitigation process if a tank in service with an external floating roof and has a leak on the double deck pontoon? The leak has penetrated the inner or annular pontoon. How reliable are pontoon liners? Would it be able to float a 82,000 lb. floating roof?

RE: Pontoon Leaks

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Fill the pontoons with foam. Depending on the product in the tank that would be a way to go. Unicoat makes a foam for pontoons.  

RE: Pontoon Leaks

foam is great, but the problem with foam is the removal of it when you're ready to make a permanent repair.

what i've switched to is the "McDonalds balls". they're the plastic hollow balls that you fill the pontoon with to displace the product with air. They're a quick, cheap solution that is easily removed and reusable when the tank comes out of service and a permanent repair is made.

I'll have to look around to find our supplier of these balls.

either solution will be just as effective. the seller to me with the plastic balls was the fact that i can reuse them as many times as i want.

RE: Pontoon Leaks

Joe,
We have successfully installed a closed cell urethane foam in one complete flooded ring in a double deck roof.  The issue with double decks of a CBI design is that when a part floods the whole thing. Team has successfully done this in service without taking the tank out of service.  Also I use this for fixing leaks on a single deck efr.  Crude, sour water, heptane, hexane,slop.
dennis mccarty api 2000
Nace 806
CIP instructor

RE: Pontoon Leaks

Joe
Regarding pontoon liners.  I know of one double deck roof that they used bag liners on with pressure.  Roof sunk again
dennis

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