SHORTCUT TO LOW CARBON AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY

The experts at Owen’s Corning explain how heated tank bases can deliver a fast route to cost savings, higher efficiency and reduced emissions. Storage tanks can hold a variety of organic liquids or gases including raw materials, intermediates, final products and usable byproducts. Although mainly used in the oil and gas industry, others, such as the food and fertiliser sectors, often rely on upright storage tanks to temporarily store liquids. Tanks can vary in design, so the properties of the products being stored determine the storage temperature – and whether additional heating is necessary to maintain it. In the case of heated storage tanks, this often has to do with preserving the quality of the stored product and preventing solidification of the hot liquid. WHY DOES ENERGY EFFICIENCY MATTER? The growing worldwide demand for chemical products and proper storage and handling makes energy efficiency of storage tanks a key requirement. This, combined with the all-time high energy prices, forces terminals and processing facilities to rationalise their energy consumption and improve the efficient use of energy sources. Each year, large amounts of energy are wasted due to a...