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Crude Oil in Dome Roof Tank

Crude Oil in Dome Roof Tank

Crude Oil in Dome Roof Tank

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Merry Christmas Tank Builders,

Have you ever built Crude Oil Tank in Dome Roof Tank without internal floating roof ?

In my past experiences I always build the External or Internal Floating roof for Crude Oil Tank.

External or internal floating roof is required due to loss of evaporation issue.

Syah

RE: Crude Oil in Dome Roof Tank

It is common in some areas to build tanks for hydrocarbon storage without a floating roof. Often, a nitrogen blanket or other positive pressure setup is used to control evaporation of the product. There are some products with a high vapor pressure where local regulations prevent the use of a floating roof for emissions control. It is still permitted to use a floating roof for these products, but no credit is given to the emissions control benefit of the floating roof.

RE: Crude Oil in Dome Roof Tank

In the US, environmental regulations require the use of floating roofs in many cases. Exceptions are tanks below a certain size, or tanks with inert blanketing/vapor recovery systems.

In an area without any regulations, it might still be prudent to use floating roofs for product loss prevention (which I think was the original motivation for them), for fire resistance, for safety, for environmental reasons, etc.

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