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Floating Roof Tank (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by MisterFrog@lemmy.world to c/engineeringmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

sorry, I'm a normie so please bear with me.

What would a floating roof tank be for?

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It's to eliminate the vapour-space of the tank (by having the roof rise and fall as the liquid level changes), commonly used for oil storage.

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Cheers! I was just looking at people discussing these. It's a crazy idea

(but I click Next for a job, so...)

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