API 2554 : 1966 : R2012
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MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION OF TANK CARS
Hardcopy , PDF
English
01-10-1966
10-02-2024
Scope
PART I - PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATING NONPRESSURE TANK CARS
General
Water Gage Plant Procedure
Design and Construction of Gage Plants
Calibration of Water Gage Plants
Primary Measures
Intermediate Measures
Procedure for Calibrating Gage Tanks
Procedure for Calibrating Finishing Tanks
Check Gage Plant
Procedure for Calibrating Single-Compartment Tank Car Tanks
Entire Outage Table
General
Procedure for Obtaining Outage Table
Water-Weighing Procedure
General
Definitions
Procedure
Calibrating Single-Compartment Tank Car Tanks by External
Strapping Procedure
Equipment
Measuring Procedure
Recording of Data
Computation of Tank Volume
Dome Capacity
Tank Capacity
Preparation of Volume Table
PART II - PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATING PRESSURE TANK CARS
General
Installation of Gage Tube (Slip Tube)
Water Gage Plant Procedure
Procedure for Calibrating Pressure-Type Tank Car Tanks
Calibrating Pressure-Type Tank Cars for Incremental Capacity
Tables
Preparation for Calibrating
Calibrating Car Tanks for Incremental Capacity Tables
Preparation of Gage Tables by Calculations
Water-Weighing Procedure
Definitions
Procedure
APPENDIX - Tables for Determination of Incremental Volumes and
Water Density Coefficients
Defines the procedures for calibrating tank cars. It is presented in two parts: Part I (Sections 2 to 21) outlines procedures for nonpressure-type tank cars; Part II (Sections 22 to 31) outlines procedures for pressure-type tank cars.
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42
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Reconfirmed 2012 This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
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American Petroleum Institute
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Superseded
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