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API MPM CH2.2E : 2004

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PETROLEUM AND LIQUID PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - CALIBRATION OF HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL TANKS - PART 1: MANUAL METHODS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2004

Superseded date

07-08-2019

£80.73
Excluding VAT

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.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
30
PublisherName
American Petroleum Institute
Status
Superseded
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