Flexible Fuel Bladder (Pillow Tank)
Designed for short or long-term fuel storage and transport, these tanks are simple to use—just unfold, fill, and go!
Versatile and Durable
Perfect for diesel, petrol, jet fuels, crude oil, and biofuels, the tanks are lightweight, flexible, and made from heavy-duty materials.
Compact and Safe
Collapsible design saves space—e.g., a 10m³ tank packs into just 0.25m³. Each tank is air pressure tested for safety and reliability.
Flixble Bladder Tanks(Pillow Tanks) use as various liquid storage containment: water storage, including the potable drinking water; because we have other types of materials for different usages: chemical storage, like wastewater treatment; fuel storage, military standard. Then pillow tanks widely use in Residential, Industrial, Agriculture for Liquid Storage.
When we say flexible fuel bladder is a good choice for fuel storage, and we really mean it.
Strong: The material of the portable fuel tank is heavy duty multi-layer sheet, the corners and edges are reinforced for longer and durable performance of the fuel cell bladder.
Safe: Durable material used to the diesel tank, gasoline tank; and professional machines and workships keep the level-1 fuel bladders. Meets GJB4219A, 2013.
Easy Use: Unfold, Fill, Done, just minutes to set up fuel bladders.
Small Package: Can you image 10m3 loading capacity fuel tank, the packing volume is only 0.25m3? the small package can help you to save a lot on shipment.
So pillow tank is a type of fuel tank, but more flexible, more advanced.
Size ranges from 50gal(150L) to 260,000gal(1,000,000L), besides standard sizes. The flexible fuel tank can be customized.
| CAPACITY | APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS | THICKNESS OF MATERIAL | NOM.WT | NOM.CUBE | |||||
| GAL. | LITERS | FEET | METERS | INCH | MM | LBS. | KGS. | FT3 | M3 |
| 250 | 1000 | 9.1*4.4 | 2.8*1.35 | 0.027 | 0.7 | 22 | 10 | 2.1 | 0.06 |
| 500 | 2000 | 9.1*6 | 2.8*1.85 | 0.027 | 0.7 | 30.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 0.08 |
| 750 | 3000 | 10.8*7.7 | 3.3*2.35 | 0.027 | 0.7 | 41.8 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| 1250 | 5000 | 14.7*9.3 | 4.5*2.85 | 0.027 | 0.7 | 61.7 | 28 | 6.3 | 0.18 |
| 2,500 | 10,000 | 16.4*12.6 | 5*3.85 | 0.035 | 0.7 | 110.2 | 50 | 8.8 | 0.25 |
| 5,000 | 20,000 | 19.6*15.9 | 6*4.85 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 165.3 | 75 | 10.5 | 0.3 |
| 7,500 | 30,000 | 26.2*19.1 | 8*5.85 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 297.6 | 135 | 21.1 | 0.6 |
| 10,000 | 40,000 | 29.5*22.4 | 9*6.85 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 370.3 | 168 | 22.2 | 0.63 |
| 12,500 | 50,000 | 32.8*25.7 | 10*7.85 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 462.9 | 210 | 24.7 | 0.7 |
| 15,000 | 60,000 | 34.3*28.8 | 10.5*8.8 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 529.1 | 240 | 28.2 | 0.8 |
| 25,000 | 100,000 | 37.7*32.3 | 11.5*9.85 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 639.3 | 290 | 52.9 | 1.5 |
| 50,000 | 200,000 | 54.1*41.6 | 16.5*12.7 | 0.035 | 0.9 | 1587.3 | 720 | 70.6 | 2 |
Bladder Tanks use in various places, for different purpose, the fabric materials will be different. For most usage, the non-drinking water storage, the regualr material PVC is a good choice; but for drinking water, the mateial should be food-grade, we use the TPU which meets the FDA to provide safe sources.
Please check the common usage of materials below:
| FABRIC MATERIAL |
THICKNESS | COMMON USAGE |
| UNIT: MM | ||
| PVC | 0.7-0.9-1.0-1.2-1.5-2.0 | Non-Drinking Water Storage, Chemical Liquid Storage |
| POLYESTER TPU | 0.7-0.9-1.0-1.2-1.5-2.0 | Fuel, Gasoline, Petrol, Jet Fuel, Lube Oil Storage, Transportation |
| POLYETHER TPU | 0.7-0.9-1.0-1.2-1.5-2.0 | Potable Water Storage Supply |
| 6P FREE PVC | 0.7-0.9-1.0-1.2-1.5-2.0 | Aquaculture Tanks, Fish Breeding Tanks, Shrimp Farming Ponds |
The common specification of our fabric mateials, including PVC and TPU.
Flixtank provides tanks for water(including drinking), fuel, chemical storage in residential, industrial, agricultural sites.
For most applications, the standard fittings are enough: M flange, Camlock, Ball Valve, A/F Fitting, Spare Kits.
In order to connect to the pipe directly, we also recommend the add a C Fitting(extra pay).
And other accessries(pay extra): Ground Sheet; Sun-shed Cover; Spill Berm(Liner)
Common sizes: 3/4inch, 1/2inch, 1inch, 1-1/2inch, 2inch, 3inch, 4inch, 6inch.
other sizes can be customized.
For most water storage tanks, we use the fittings of UPVC(for water), Stainless Steel(for fuel), Aluminum(for fuel), brass(for fuel).
Type, Sizes, Materials can be customized according to the requirements.
In different applications, some accessories may need, we can supply some accessories for usages below, more requirements, please discuss with us.
Aquaculture may also need: water pump, oxygen pump, filtering system, UV light.
Water supply may also need: water pump, hose.
Rainwater may also need: filter net, water pump, leaf eater.