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Storage tank

Meaning in chemical engineering, with examples

nounCore term

In chemical engineering, storage tank means: A large container, usually at or near atmospheric pressure, used to hold raw materials, intermediates or products before they are used or shipped.

In Turkish: depolama tankı, stok tankı

How it is used

Found in tank farms at every plant and terminal. Engineers talk about fixed-roof and floating-roof tanks, tank level, working capacity, bunds (dikes) around tanks and nitrogen blanketing. Atmospheric tanks are often designed to API 650.

Example sentences

  1. The storage tank is at 85% level, so we need a truck by tomorrow morning.

  2. Volatile solvents are kept in a floating-roof storage tank to reduce emissions.

Common collocations

  • tank farm
  • floating-roof tank
  • tank level
  • nitrogen blanketing
  • fill a tank
  • pressure vesselA closed container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure well above or below atmospheric, such as a reactor, separator, drum or column.
  • vapor pressureThe pressure of the vapor above a liquid when the two are in balance at a given temperature. It rises with temperature, and the liquid boils when it equals the surrounding pressure.
  • flash pointThe lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapor to catch fire briefly when a flame or spark is brought near it.
  • material of constructionThe material that a piece of equipment, pipe or part is made from, chosen for strength, temperature, corrosion resistance and cost.

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