Tank farm
Tank farms are facilities in which combustibles and / or fuels can be stored. They consist of a number of tanks in which products such as motor gasoline , heating oil , diesel fuel , heavy oil , naphtha , liquefied natural gas , vegetable oil and alcohol are stored.
Tank farms are z. B. for the intermediate storage of oil in oil production, in oil ports, in oil refineries , in the chemical industry and in the sales markets for oil and chemical products. They are loaded and unloaded by ships, trains ( tank cars ), trucks or pipelines . Tank farms make a contribution to the strategic oil reserve .
Types of tank farms
Tank farms can be designed above or below ground or as floating units ( FSU, FSO, FPSO ). The largest underground tank farm in the world with a capacity of over 300,000 cubic meters is the Farge tank farm in Bremen.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburg tank farm ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tank farm Rotterdam ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 142 kB)
- ↑ St. Valentin tank farm
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Edgar S. Hasse: A heavy Nazi legacy - the largest underground tank farm in the world is a contaminated site for Bremen. In: Die Welt from February 18, 2013, (online version)
