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Evaporation Loss
Evaporation Loss
November 2004
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= 36 m
= 118 ft
= 15.875 m
= 52 ft
3. Tank content
= 85 F = 29.3 C
= 20 F = 11.1 C
= 26 ft
KT
= 36
FP
= 1.3
=1
7. Average outage
(Assume average outage = tank height)
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3 1.392 101277
3PV
F =
36
KT =
10000
10000
= 1523 bbl per year
= 1523 bbl * 42 gal / bbl = 63966 gallon / year
Then equivalent loss of gasoline is given by as follows:Lg = Ly + F = 25536 + 63966 = 89502 gal / year
Referring to the (Ref. no.1 equation (4) of page no.7), the loss of ISO-OCTANE can be
calculated as following: 0.08M
L=
Lg
W
Where, M/W = 19.713 (Gal per lb-Mole) (Ref.no.1 page no.7)
Then,
Then,
REFERENCES:
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