Rim Seal Protection System Floating Roof Tanks

Sometimes it becomes tough to detect a fire in rim seal system especially when the floating roof is at its lowest level.

Rim seal protection system floating roof tanks.

The tank has a cone roof but with the addition of an internal floating roof or pan that floats directly on the fuel surface. Hmt seals are well known as leading the industry in design quality craftsmanship durability and non. The above rim seal fire protection system is successfully operating in huge number of floating roof storage tanks of various sizes from 20 meter dia up to 79 meter dia at refineries oil terminals process plants etc. Hmt offers a full line of primary and secondary seals for both internal and external floating roof tanks.

The rim seal covers the space between the floating roof and the tank shell side wall. Automatic rim seal fire detection protection system floating roof tanks are one of the safest ways of storing very large quantities of hydrocarbons but because of location in isolated areas they are prone to lightning strikes also fires due to static electricity are likely. Naffco s rim seal linear heat detection and foam based fire protection system for floating roof tanks is specially designed for extremely fast detection and effective suppression of fires till such time the fixed foam pourer system is activated. Rim seal unit on a floating roof tank sa fire protection is an oem of rim seal fire detection suppression solutions for the protection of floating roof tanks.

Hmt seal systems are customized for each specific tank with a variety of configurations component sizes and material options available to handle any application and stored product. The solutions available are several and each one is designed to cope with a specific tank seal design fuel content and environmental condition. Internal floating roof covered floating roof storage tank is a combination of both the cone roof and the open top floating roof tank. Specially designed and manufactured for quick detection and extinguishing of any rim seal fires as per the national international safety standards.

The design needs to be wind resistance. Early detection is necessary to reduce loss. The extinguishing media is premix foam solution which has excellent film formation cooling properties to prevent re ignition after suppression. It consists of stainless steel circular piping with glass bulb detectors sprayers installed in the rim seal area on the floating roof pontoon of the storage tank.