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Figure 1 Vapor recovery units are used to minimize the loss of hydrocarbon vapor
formed during storage.

8.1.2 Types of Storage Tank
The main features of some of the common types of storage tank used by
the petroleum industry in general are presented in Table 1. The
atmospheric tank, or standard storage tank, is one that is designed to
be used within plus or minus a few pounds per square inch of atmospheric
pressure. It may be open to the atmosphere (vented) or enclosed.
As will be explained next, an effective method of preventing vent loss
in a storage tank is to use one of the many types of variable-volume tank

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