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Brochure ExhiReg2678436 BrochureIntegratedTankServices
Brochure ExhiReg2678436 BrochureIntegratedTankServices
Storage tanks
COMPLETE PACKAGE
Whether the storage capacity of your tank
has reduced due to accumulated sludge
or you require an accurate estimate of
your remaining tank bottom lifetime,
A.Hak Industrial Services has the solution
to seamlessly match your needs. From
profiling and desludging to cleaning and
inspections, our Tank Services offer you
a full range of worry-free services. Our
state-of-the-art methods, techniques and
experienced specialists mean we provide
one of the best and most cost-effective
solutions for your tanks challenges.
SAFETY FIRST The ARCC System enables rapid and precise cleaning
Profiling A.Hak Industrial Services offers you the safest solutions thanks to the use of HD cameras. This allows us to look
for your storage tanks. All our services are non-man entry directly into the tank and guide the cleaning process, which
to ensure safe operations, and we minimize the number saves time. Combining our services is even more time-
of people required on the tank roof. We use closed- efficient and cost-effective.
Desludging loop systems, environmentally friendly products and HD
cameras and conduct permanent gas monitoring. Our
equipment is either ATEX and/or I.S. certified or we are
developing new solutions to maximize the safety level of
our services.
Cleaning
COST-EFFECTIVE
Sludge and debris reduce your storage capacity.
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determine the best strategy to desludge and inspect your BENEFITS OF PROFILING: E6 E5
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tank while it stays online. Accurate tank profiling allows you to - It quantifies sludge volume prior to cleaning.
decide whether or not to invest further in desludging, cleaning, - It creates an accurate 3D sludge map to ensure safe roof
inspection or maintenance activities. landing and manhole removal.
- It reduces unforeseen delays during maintenance.
ATEX - It offers verification of the desludging operations success.
A.Hak Industrial Services profiler is ATEX-certified which makes - It allows for better asset management over the plants lifetime.
it suitable for all types of product. The profiler is inserted into the - It enables accurate sludge accumulation monitoring.
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product through the roof support entry-point or manhole entry
without the need for the tank to be emptied. Only a small team In addition we can offer you information about the composition
of our experts is required, minimizing the number of people on of the sludge using our sludge sampler.
the tank roof. By using our advanced software the survey usually
takes only just a day, which makes it fast and cost-efficient.
The profiling
equipment is fully
Atex certified Acoustic Sensor, submerged Data Analyses/Final Reporting 3
hydrocarbons, water and sediments such as scale and sand. The drained separated water can be syphoned off for further
Desludging breaks up the sedimentation and separates out processing or pumped directly into a wastewater system. The
the hydrocarbons, water and solids. This enables hydrocarbon valuable hydrocarbons, which are unaffected by the demulsifier,
recovery and increases your storage capacity. By using A.Hak can be collected and re-used. After desludging only a small
Industrial Services online desludging system you can recover amount of sediment consisting of sands and scale will remain in
During circulation a biodegradable
up to 95% of the hydrocarbons trapped in the sludge while your the tank, which can be removed when a complete tank cleaning demulsifier can be injected to
installation remains in service, so you dont lose any valuable operation is next performed. separate hydrocarbons from water
and sediment
operation time.
ENVIRONMENT
SAFE The A.Hak Industrial Services system delivers the best possible
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Conventional sludge removal involves health and safety risks for results and is environmental friendly, thanks to the closed
the crew performing the cleaning operations. loop system and the use of fully biodegradable products. This
A.Hak Industrial Services online desludging process is a non- protects the operators and reduces contaminated waste.
man entry operation that doesnt require activities on the roof.
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During the process the tank remains filled with the product, with Benefits of desludging:
the floating roof in a high position. - It can recover up to 95% of valuable hydrocarbons.
- It ensures safe roof landing even with a large sludge build-up.
EFFICIENT - It allows tanks to stay online. * the amount of entry points depend on the tank diameter
The data retrieved from A.Hak Industrial Services online tank - It prevents loss of valuable operational time.
sludge profiler tells us the amount and topography of the sludge - It offers all the benefits of non-man entry.
in your tank. With this information we can make the desludging - Its environmental friendly.
process more targeted, increasing efficiency as much as - Its efficient and cost-effective.
possible. Jet canons can swivel to circulate The water can be pumped into
By mounting a manifold on the tank side manholes and using a the tank content another process or to a wastewater
system. The recovered oil, which is
cold tap, we create an opening in the blind flange of the existing unchanged by the demulsifier, is
manhole. We then introduce a steerable jet cannon, which ready for use!
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A.Hak Industrial Services was asked to undertake a tank
cleaning job at a refinery in Spain using the ARCC System. The
tank in question was a floating roof tank with a diameter of
22 meters, used for the storage of benzene.
SCOPE OF WORK
A.Hak Industrial Services role was to clean the benzene tank
and lower the benzene level to 0.5 PPM and the LEL value to
0.0%. The tank had not been opened for over 20 years and
inspection and general maintenance was scheduled to be
executed afterwards. Before the cleaning process the tank was
emptied and purged with nitrogen.
EXECUTION
After the insertion of the two cannons via the side manholes of
the tank, a preliminary video inspection was performed. Some
rubber flaps were noticed on the tank bottom, which had broken
off of the roof seal, and a layer of sludge and scaling covered the
tank floor. Although we estimated we would require two cleaning
batches of A.Hak SafeGuard to remove the hydrocarbons from
the tank, we only required one in the end, which meant we could
pass on savings to the client. After that two batches of clean
water were used to flush the tank and remove the final debris.
The whole process took just three days, including two night
shifts (without rig-up/rig-down). In total, 95m3 of water and 330
liters of A.Hak SafeGuard were used.