Is there a difference between atmospheric pressure storage tanks and atmospheric pressure metal storage tanks?
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As the title suggests, is there a difference between atmospheric pressure storage tanks and atmospheric pressure metal storage tanks? If there is a difference, what is it? Are there any corresponding standards? Recently, when classifying the units, the two were separated, but there was no basis for it – it was a arbitrary decision. I seek answers from experts
Atmospheric pressure fiberglass storage tanks are not metal tanks; they are usually acid-resistant.
So are the metal storage tanks on the skirt base considered atmospheric pressure storage tanks?
It’s simply a metal tank that is installed on a pedestal and placed on site; it doesn’t have a foundation like large storage tanks, and it’s welded in place at the site
Storage tanks with a skirt usually don’t have very large capacities; 100 to 200 cubic meters would already be considered quite large.
I’m not sure; buckets, wine barrels, and things of that kind made of PVC material could be considered atmospheric pressure storage tanks as well, right?
This post was last edited by FORREST_GUMP on 2016-9-22 07:54. Atmospheric pressure storage tanks are related only to pressure, not to the material used. It can be either a metal or a non-metal. I guess your organization classifies them as atmospheric pressure metal storage tanks and atmospheric pressure non-metallic storage tanks.
Atmospheric pressure storage tanks include metal and non-metallic ones
Atmospheric pressure metal storage tanks refer to vertical cylindrical welded steel storage tanks that are constructed on a homogeneous foundation with sufficient bearing capacity, with their bottoms in close contact with the foundation; such tanks are used for storing liquid petroleum, petrochemical products, and other similar liquids at atmospheric pressure (with a design pressure of less than or equal to 6.9 kPa gauge pressure at the tank top). For reference.