API 2551 : 1965
Withdrawn
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MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF HORIZONTAL TANKS
Hardcopy , PDF
23-10-2018
English
01-01-1965
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Scope
Outline of procedures
Tank-measuring equipment and its calibration
Measuring tapes
Accessory equipment
General practices
Part I. Measurement procedures
Conditions of measurements
Classification of tank services
Tolerance in measuring
Recalibration
Shell plate thickness
Horizontal tank measurement
Circumferential measurements
Expansion and contraction of steel shells due to liquid
pressure and/or working pressure
Expansion and contraction of steel shells due to
temperature changes
Head measurements
Expansion of heads due to liquid pressure or working
pressure
Effects of tank off-level
Deadwood
Interruption of measurements
Descriptive data
Part II. Tank capacity calculation procedure
General
Engineering and mathematical principles
Capacity units on gage tables
Conversion of outside to inside circumference
Significant figures
Interpolations
Extrapolations
Weighted averages
Tolerances
Adjustments for variables
Deadwood deductions
Incremental height capacity basis
Deductions for circumference tape rises
Deductions for projections
Computed tape-rise deductions
Expansion and contraction of steel shells
Expansion and contraction due to liquid pressure and/
or working pressure
Expansion of flat heads due to liquid pressure
Effects of internal temperature on tank volume
Effects of tank off-level
For operating control gage tables
For critical measurements
Calculations
Examples
Distribution of elliptical heads
Derivation of formula for volume of knuckle section
Formula for volume of spherical segment
Appendix I - Areas of circular segments
Appendix II - Coefficients for partial volumes of
spheres and hemispherical or semi-
ellipsoidal heads
Appendix III - Volumes of bumped heads
Appendix IV - Procedure for computing the volume
correction for thermal expansion or
contraction of cylindrical horizontal
tanks
Gives external measurement procedures for calibrating horizontal aboveground stationary tanks larger than a barrel or drum.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
46
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| API MPM CH20.1 : 1993 : R2011 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 20 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT - SECTION 1 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT |
| API MPM CH2.2A : 1995 : R2012 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARD - CHAPTER 2 - TANK CALIBRATION - SECTION 2A - MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL TANKS BY THE MANUAL TANK STRAPPING METHOD |
| API MPM CH20.1 : 1993 : R2006 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 20 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT - SECTION 1 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT |
| API MPM CH2.2A:1995 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARD - CHAPTER 2 - TANK CALIBRATION - SECTION 2A - MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL TANKS BY THE MANUAL TANK STRAPPING METHOD |
| API MPM CH2.2A : 1995 : R2007 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARD - CHAPTER 2 - TANK CALIBRATION - SECTION 2A - MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL TANKS BY THE MANUAL TANK STRAPPING METHOD |
| API MPM CH20.1 : 1993 : INC : ADD 1 : 2013 : R201100 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 20 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT - SECTION 1 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT |
| API 2550 : 1965 | MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL TANKS |
| API MPM CH20.1 : 1993 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 20 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT - SECTION 1 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT |
| API MPM CH2.2A : 1995(R2017) | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARD - CHAPTER 2 - TANK CALIBRATION - SECTION 2A - MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL TANKS BY THE MANUAL TANK STRAPPING METHOD |
| API MPM CH20.1 : 1993( R2016) | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 20 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT - SECTION 1 - ALLOCATION MEASUREMENT |
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