PETROLEUM AND LIQUID PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - CALIBRATION OF HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL TANKS - PART 1: MANUAL METHODS
American Petroleum Institute
API Foreword
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Precautions
4.1 General
4.2 Internal method
4.3 External method
5 Equipment
5.1 Equipment as used in the ISO 7507 series
5.2 Telescopic rod
6 General requirements
7 Calibration procedures
8 External measurements
8.1 Introduction
8.2 General
8.3 Repetition of measurements
8.4 Tolerances
8.5 Other measurements on tank-shell plates
9 Internal measurements
9.1 General
9.2 Repetition of measurements
9.3 Tolerances
9.4 Other measurements on tank-shell plates
10 Additional measurements
10.1 Deadwood
10.2 Measurement of tilt
11 Other parameters
12 Recalibration
13 Descriptive data
14 Computation of tank capacity tables - General rules
15 Effects of tilt
16 Systematic calculations (summary)
16.1 General
16.2 Cylindrical volume
16.3 Volume of the knuckle-dish ends
16.4 Elliptical ends
16.5 Spherical head
16.6 Deadwood
Annex A (normative) - Tilt
Annex B (informative) - Corrections of volume of tank table
Bibliography
Describes manual methods for the calibration of nominally horizontal cylindrical tanks, installed at a fixed location. It is applicable to horizontal tanks up to 4 m in diameter and 30 m in length.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
