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Tank Volume CalculatorClick on the image for a better view.
Ref: "Buffalo Handbook - Design Data and General Information on Welded Tank and Plate Fabrication", Buffalo Tank Corporation, 6th Printing, (1951): Note: Those were the days that you could actually get tables of data! I'd like to thank Bill Hutchings for allowing us to use his book. Its not easy finding this kind of information these days. The window above gives the total volume for the given tank. Some of the drop down menus are shown below. They show the choices that are given for each parameter. A subsequent window allows you to state the liquid level or liquid volume in the tank. The level can be chosen from the tank bottom, a distance from a reference point in the tank, a distance below a structure above the tank, as a percent of the total height, as the absolute volume, or as a percent of the total volume. Similar to TK-Solver, you can input any of these and the others are all calculated. Key BenefitsThe main benefit of this program over others is its versatility and choices of standard tank configuration. This program is not just restricted to standard flat, ASME or elliptical tanks. When you see the choices in the Buffalo Handbook, you have to come to the conclusion that no tank is a standard.
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Four
different basic tank shapes can be chosen.
The
program calculates both vertical and horizontal tank orientations.
Both
bottom and top head shapes can be independently chosen. If you chose Other,
Conical, or Angular another submenu will pop-up asking for
specifics, such as depths and angles. If you pick Other, you
have the choice of picking various dished bottom tank standards, such as Standard
and Shallow Flanged and Dished Head Types and the German
Klöpperboden heads or you can choose the dish and knuckle radii.
There
is a large selection of length dimensions to choose from. If your favorite
dimension is not given, let us know so we can include it in a future update.
There
are more units to choose from in determining the default volume units.
Not shown in this picture are: mL, cubic ft, Barrels Oil and cubic
yards.
The
angular units can be either degrees or radians.
Once
the above defaults are chosen, they are inserted in the central area of the
window. But of course, even the defaults can be changed! Each
drop down menu gives you the above choices again. When you change a unit, it
automatically converts the previous value to a new value corresponding to
the new unit.