11/3/2017 Storage tank - Wikipedia

Other classifications which can be made for storage tanks are based upon their location in a refinery:

COT- crude oil tankages

PIT- product and intermediate storage tankages
DISPATCH- dispatch area tankages
UTILITIES- tanks made in the power plant area, for storage water etc.
OSBL tanks- the first 3 types come under out side battery limit tankages
ISBL tanks- these are usually mini tanks which are found in the production units of a refinery (as neutralisation tanks,
water tanks etc.)
As flash-points of fuels go very low the tanks are usually spherical (known as spheres), tom store LPG, hydrogen, hexane,
nitrogen, oxygen etc.

Other types of tank

Atmospheric
An atmospheric tank is a container for holding a liquid at atmospheric pressure. The major design code for welded
atmospheric tanks are API 650 and API 620. API 653 is used for analysis of in-service storage tanks. In Europe the design
code is Eurocode 3 (EN 1993), part 4-2.

High pressure
In the case of a liquefied gas such as hydrogen or chlorine, or a compressed gas
such as compressed natural gas or MAPP, the storage tank must be made to
withstand the sometimes immense pressures exerted by the contents. These
tanks may be called cylinders and, being pressure vessels, are sometimes
excluded from the class of "tanks".

Thermal storage tanks Horizontal, cylindrical shell, elliptical

heads carbon steel pressure vessel
One form of seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) is the use of large surface
water tanks that are insulated and then covered with earth berms to enable the
year-round of solar-thermal heat that is collected primarily in the summer for all-year heating.[3] A related technology has
become widespread in Danish district heating systems. The thermal storage medium is gravel and water in large, shallow,
lined pits that are covered with insulation, soil and grass.[4]

Ice and slush tanks are used for short-term of cold for use in air conditioning, allowing refrigeration equipment to be run
at night when electric power is less expensive, yet provide cooling during hot daytime hours.

Milk tank
In dairy farming a bulk milk cooling tank is a large storage tank for cooling and holding milk at a cold temperature until it
can be picked up by a milk hauler. The bulk milk cooling tank is an important milk farm equipment. It is usually made of
stainless steel and used every day to store the raw milk on the farm in good condition. It must be cleaned after each milk
collection. The milk cooling tank can be the property of the farmer or being rented to the farmer by the dairy plant.

Septic tank
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