Edible oil storage tank

Edible oil storage tank is a container used to store crude oil or refined oil. It is mainly used to store crude oil for temporary or store refined oil after the production is finished.

Two types of edible oil storage tanks used in a edible oil plant

Two types of edible oil storage tank

Horizontal edible oil storage tanks and vertical edible oil storage tanks. Horizontal edible oil storage tanks are often used for storage of small and medium-capacity edible oils, such as 30 tons/day, 50 tons/day, and 100 tons/day. While vertical edible oil storage tanks are often used for large-capacity edible oil storage, such as 200 tons/day, 500 tons/day, 800 tons/day, 1000 tons/day, etc.

The material and structure of edible oil storage tanks

Edible oil storage tanks for edible oil plant are usually made of carbon steel, but we can also provide stainless steel edible oil storage tanks if customer needs. Edible oil storage tanks usually include tank body, heating coils, level gauges, winding staircase for climbing on the tank, guardrail on the tank top platform, ball valves, pipeline filters, pipeline flanges, etc.

The edible oil storage tank of Kenya's palm oil refinery project

Maintenance considerations

In order to better store edible oil and avoid rancidity of edible oil, the edible oil storage tank needs to be cleaned regularly. Generally speaking, before new edible oil storage tanks are filled with oil, before refilling with different types of refined oil, the edible oil storage tanks need to be welded or the paint is removed, the oil is filled for a long time, or when the tank is dirty, the edible oil storage tanks are all need to be cleaned. If the reasons for cleaning edible oil storage tanks are different, the specific requirements will be different, too. For example, before changing different types of refined oil, the edible oil storage tank should be cleaned. And when preparing to weld the edible oil storage tank, the oil vapor needs to be removed out.

Edible oil storage tank is necessary for each edible oil plant. We are professional edible oil processing machine manufacturer in China, owning R&D team, factory and sales department and more than 9 years' exporter experience. If you plan to set up an edible oil plant and need edible oil storage tanks, welcome you contact Doing Company.