Is there a difference between oil tanks and hydrocarbons?
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Some **fire protection codes specify particular fire-fighting requirements for oil tanks in certain provisions, but often also include requirements related to hydrocarbons. These two different qualifications or common names often lead to different requirements. May I ask what the specific differences are, and can we use the term \"hydrocarbons\" to define them uniformly? Nor are any definitions for oil tanks provided in the relevant fire protection codes. Looking forward to the insights from the experts,” High-Level Discussions”. Haha
Oil tanks usually refer only to large atmospheric storage tanks. The lightest component stored in oil tanks is the gasoline fraction, including chemical light oils; those that are heavier than the gasoline fraction are generally referred to as “oil,” and are not conventionally called “hydrocarbons.” Above that are liquefied gas and dry gas; within liquefied gas, the term \"civilian hydrocarbons\" is used, and spherical tanks are employed for its storage ； Dry gas is a gas.
In my understanding, hydrocarbons cover a wide range of substances; generally, national standards and such are involved. Personally, I am used to referring to hydrocarbons in the context of pressure vessels. Oil tanks specifically refer to petrochemical products and are at atmospheric pressure; this term is often used in the petrochemical industry.
I think one is a common term; gasoline, benzene, esters, and so on are all oily liquids, which is why they are called oil tanks； And from a chemical perspective, they are mainly various hydrocarbons and their derivatives
Terms such as “oil tank” are sometimes mentioned in regulations like those for the petrochemical industry, but often without any explanation. The establishment of certain provisions is often based on the characteristics of \"oil tanks,\" which results in overly strict requirements for ordinary chemicals and leads to a waste of resources. Should coding experts be more stringent with their word choice in the future?