Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations IDS on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

tank calculator 2

Status
Not open for further replies.

VikingUK

Petroleum
Jul 23, 2009
44
Anyone have, or can give me link for, an online calculator for determining volumes in a horizontal cylindrical tank based on vwertical units (ie as in a sight glass)
I can find loads with imperial units but need one with SI units (litres/m3)
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

thanks ash9144 just what I was looking for.
orenda 1168 thanks but I needed a metric calculator
katmar.. wow !! thanks very much.. that is some tool..!!
 
Just as a side question. Has anyone determined an analytical solution for volume versus liquid height. I remember this being difficult to solve. Anyone?

Mike F.
 
The problem has been solved. Some years back, I offered a full Excel workbook on calibration and calculation of horizontal and vertical process tanks with a variety of different heads. I (and approximately several hundred engineers who have written to me to send them the workbook) have used this workbook for a variety of applications - at the design stage and in the plant operations.

If you use the SEARCH feature on the Forums, you will find the original thread where I gave my offer and my email. If you are resourceful, you will find it and obtain exactly what you need.
 
Montemayor,

Thank you. I usually use a table It is amazing how such a seemingly simple problem can not be simply solved. For example, describing the motion of three objects trajectory bound by their gravitation attraction. Makes me think there might be breathing room for something creative.

Mike F.
 
Montemayor, that sheet you mention would be a great help to me but I can't locate it on the forums (tried everything)
 
Thanks very much, when I started out in chem eng there were not even calculators invented, I used a slide rule.
Can you,nowadays,imagine working without even excel, let alone something like HYSIS ?
And I guess you have heard this before but I wish you Americans would go metric, however it's about as likely as us Brits driving on the correct side of the road.
Once again thanks for your help.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor