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Lubricating Oil Rig Tank Size

Lubricating Oil Rig Tank Size

Lubricating Oil Rig Tank Size

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Hi All,

We are currently putting together a design for a Lubricating Oil Rig and are trying to determine the optimum tank size for storing the Lubricating Oil. The flow rate this system will give is quite high at 3600 litres per minute, and a tank size of 36000 litres would usually be used to allow adequate cooling. However in this instance the cooling of the oil is taken care of elsewhere in the process so we are hoping to reduce the tank size significantly if we can to around 9000 litres. Are there any other parameters we would need to take into account before reducing the tank size (oil quality, settling etc..). The system we are feeding is on a closed loop and will take around 500 litres of oil. Are there any calculations that can be used to determine the required tank size?

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