FLOATING ROOF Presentation by

TANKS A.Mohan Raj

INTRODUCTION

Floating roof tank was developed shortly after World War I by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB & I). Evaporation of the
product in fixed roof caused a great lost of money; this led to
research to develop a roof that can float directly on the surface of
product, reducing the evaporation losses.
 
The floating roof of a floating roof tank is a floating roof floating on the surface of
stored liquid,  floating up or down with the level of stored liquid. There is a annular
space with seal gland between the floating roof and the tank wall, to separate air
when stored liquid float up or down on the roof, greatly reducing evaporation loss in
the storage process. Compared with fixed roof tank, using a floating roof tank to
store oil product can reduce evaporation loss to 80% approximately.
Totally, floating roof tank can be divided into internal floating roof tank and external
floating roof tank.
TYPES
FLOATING ROOF TANKS
 INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF TANK
  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. 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. It is a volatile liquid storage tank, also a
floating roof tank combined with the internal floating roof structure, which
has been widely used in gasoline, aviation kerosene, and volatile chemical
liquid.
INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF
TANK
INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF TANK
PARAMETER AS FOLLOWS:

Working pressure: atmospheric storage tank;

Working temperature: -30℃ ～ 150℃;
Liquid medium: various oil products, including naphtha, gasoline, diesel, kerosene,
crude oil, fuel oil, heavy oil, benzene, xylene, methanol, ethanol, etc;
Tank volume: ≤10,000 m³.
EXTERNAL FLOATING ROOF TANK

External floating roof storage tanks are large above

ground storage tanks or vessels that are built for storing
huge quantities of crude oil and petroleum products safely
without leakage or spill.
They feature an open-topped cylindrical steel shell
prepared with a roof that drifts on the surface of the stored
liquid.
EXTERNAL FLOATING ROOF
TANK