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  2. External floating roof tank - Wikipedia

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    External floating roof tank (double deck type) An external floating roof tank is a storage tank commonly used to store large quantities of petroleum products such as crude oil or condensate. It consists of an open- topped cylindrical steel shell equipped with a roof that floats on the surface of the stored liquid. The roof rises and falls with ...

  3. Storage tank - Wikipedia

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    Cylindrical fuel storage tank with fixed roof and internal floating roof. Capacity approx 2,000,000 litres. The word "tank" originally meant "artificial lake" and came from India, perhaps via Portuguese tanque. It may have some connection with: Some Indian language words similar to "tak" or "tank" and meaning "reservoir for water".

  4. Fixed roof tank - Wikipedia

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    A fixed roof tank is a type of storage tank, used to store liquids, consisting of a cone- or dome-shaped roof that is permanently affixed to a cylindrical shell. Newer storage tanks are typically fully welded and designed to be both liquid- and vapor-tight. Older tanks, however, are often riveted or bolted, and are not vapor tight.

  5. Oil terminal - Wikipedia

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    The storage tanks at an oil terminal may include fixed roof tanks, internal floating roof tanks [10] and external floating roof tanks. [1] Floating roof tanks are generally used for more volatile products to reduce evaporation loss. Fixed roof tanks have a vapor space above the product, which breathes in or out as the product is removed or the ...

  6. Offshore concrete structure - Wikipedia

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    Floating production, storage, and offloading systems (FPSOS) receive crude oil from deep-water wells and store it in their hull tanks until the crude is transferred into tank ships or transport barges. In addition to FPSO’s, there have been a number of ship-shaped Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) systems (vessels with no production ...

  7. Floating Homes: What It Costs to Live on the Water

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    Many people dream of living near the water, but a few people take it to the extreme: Living on top of the water-- in a floating home. "It's a beautiful lifestyle," said Robert Oshatz, the designer ...