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Chilled Water Storage Tanks
Their Requirement was for a tank to store chilled water
The Situation…
The client required a tank to store chilled water for their concrete batch plant at Dampier Port for the new port upgrade project. Chilled water (3-4˚C) is required for batching concrete to maintain a predetermined temperature at delivery to the site. Concrete supplied at more than .5˚C over the pre-determined temperature is rejected, therefore the possibility for substantial losses is high.
The SteelFab Solution…
In discussion with one of our Associate Companies, Control and Thermal Engineering, the option of externally cladding the tanks was suggested. This would be a costly exercise and time consuming. Given the short life expectancy of the plant—for the construction period of the project—the option of externally cladding the tanks with “Aeroflex Rubber” was chosen. The panel design of the Steelfab range of tanks made the fitting of the “Aeroflex Rubber” a simple process-—providing a perfect solution to the project requirement.
This flexibility of thinking and design allowed for a product that could be dismantled and re-assembled at another plant if required. Steelfab were able to offer this re-location service if required.
The Result…
The result was the purchase, manufacture and installation of the tank for the project and the on-site application of the Aeroflex rubber to the external surface of the tanks.
The final product provided adequate insulation to allow for the water to be chilled and held at 3-4˚C for the batching process.
Steelfab have since supplied two other projects of a similar nature with the same successful outcomes.