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Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

(OP)
Anybody know a simple calc or online tool I can use to find the exact height from the bottom of a pressure vessel that a certain percentage of volume is contained?

ie. I need to find 80, 85 & 90% fill heights on 90 - 140 cm dia tanks.  I am designing some overfill protection devices and could use a good tool to determine these heights.

(heads are semi-circular, and length varies...values will be a function of diameter and fill percentage only)

Thanks in advance for any help, this is my first post!!!

-Steve

RE: Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

GPSA DATA BOOK Chapter 6.  

f(Zc) = (? ? sin (? ) x cos (? ))/Pi  

F(Zc) is the partial volume factor.  If you put the hieght at 5 Meters on a 10 meter tank you will gwt .5 as F(zc)


? = 2* Atan( H/(sqrt(2*H*D/2)-H^2))  H is partial hieght and D is total diameter.

This is just for the cylinder.

I also found an excel spreadsheet title calibtx.xls on a shareware site.

RE: Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

Try Vessels -> Volumes -> Vert. -> Hemisph. in the site below.

prex

http://www.xcalcs.com
Online tools for structural design

RE: Need Volume vs. Height Calc Method

(OP)
Prex, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for...AWESOME!!!

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