TEMPERATURE CORRECTION IN SOUNDING TABLE

 Volume and Weight relation

Volume change with temperature but the weight remains the same.

 With increase in temperature

Weight=Volume × Density
 With decrease in temperature

Weight=Volume × Density

1. Basics of cargo calculations

 First measure ullage (or sounding) of the tanks.
 Also measure the temperature of the cargo preferably at three levels.
 Now we get the volumes for each of these tanks for the corrected ullage and this will the
volume at the observed temperature (Remember volume changes with temperature).
 As the volume changes with the temperature, this cannot be the measure of how much
cargo we have loaded or discharged.

2. Density at a particular temperature and correction factor

 Density correction factor: 0.0006 per Deg C
 This means that at every degree rise in temperature, the density would decrease by 0.0006.

Example:
Density Table
The previous two methods are useful and applicable for cargoes the density for which changes
proportionally with temperature.

3. Density at 15 Deg C and ASTM table to use

 These methods are mostly used for calculation of chemical cargoes.
 ASTM tables give the Volume correction factors (VCF) to find the volumes at temperature
for which the density is given.
 Let us say cargo surveyor provided the density at 15 deg C as 0.816 and ASTM table 54B to
be used.
 But for petroleum products and crude oils, ASTM tables are used for calculating cargo
weights.
 So first we need to find the VCF from ASTM table 54 for temperature 34 Deg C.

 So, as we can see for temperature 34 Deg C, the volume correction factor is 0.9830.

 Similarly, we need to find the VCF for cargo temperatures of other tanks.
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