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http://dx.doi.org/10.5293/kfma.2015.18.3.020

Flow Characteristics of Floating Roof Tank with Varying the Number of Operation and Angle  

Kim, Noh-Hyeong (GS Caltex Corporation)
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The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery / v.18, no.3, 2015 , pp. 20-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, there are 6 mixers that are installed in a 600,000 barrel tank. We identified internal flow characteristics of floating roof tank with varying the number of operation from 4 to 6 because mixer is a variable that influence flow characteristics of the tank. And while varying an angle from Right $60^{\circ}$, Right $30^{\circ}$, Left $30^{\circ}$ to Left $60^{\circ}$, we identified internal flow characteristics of the tank. As a result, maximum velocity of flow was 0.02m/s stationarily when we changed the number of operation from 4 to 6. Maximum velocity of flow by change of an angle was from 0.42m/s to 0.47m/s. Therefore, we identified that these factors don't have a great influence on internal flow characteristics of a tank by investigating results with varying the number of operation and an angle.
Keywords
Floating Roof Tank; Mixer; Angle;
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