Air Receiver Sizing

[slickstyles5]

Hi,

I would like to size an air receiver for my application. I am going to use this receiver to produce a pressure to push fuel that is stored in a backup tank to the engine during a turbine test. The backup fuel tank is 10 gallons and I need to push the fuel at 5 psig for 5 minutes.

How can I size the air receiver?

Thanks

Gabriel

 

[dcasto]

the fuel tank is how big in Cubic Feet? 1.5 CF or so. If you need to fill that tank with 5 psig or call it 20 psia, you'll need to equalize a tank od air 1.5 CF tank at 40 psia or do the math on whatever pressure you want. Time is only important in sizing the air line from the air tank to the fuel.

BUT, as a word of caution, why not use a bottled N2 tank, the cost is minimal and the overall risk would be worth the few nickles.