gallons of fuel oil vs depth in tank

[Passerby]

Consider asking your supplier about a 'tank chart' and gauge stick.

Some online calculators [most also create charts] -------------------------------------------------

=46or the (idealized) mathematics of a horizontal cylindrical tank (flat ends) see, for example:

esp. (26) [picture toward bottom of page]

and the related page esp. (18) =20

[Terry]

Here is the whole chart.

start: CLS 'INPUT "h="; h FOR n = 1 TO 47 h = n h = h / 12 hh = h r = 2 IF h > r THEN h = r * 2 - h pi = 3.1415926536# d = r - h c = 2 * SQR(h * (2 * r - h)) height = 6 totalvol = pi * (r ^ 2) * height * 7.48051945# a = (2 / 3) * c * h + (h ^ 3 / (2 * c))

v = a * 6 * 7.48051945# IF hh > r THEN v = totalvol - v

PRINT n, v

NEXT n

inches gallons

1 2.860469 2 8.037283 3 14.66704 4 22.42931 5 31.1326 6 40.64345 7 50.86079 8 61.70386 9 73.10578 10 85.00963 11 97.36603 12 110.1314 13 123.2671 14 136.7381 15 150.5129 16 164.563 17 178.8624 18 193.3876 19 208.1174 20 223.0329 21 238.1176 22 253.3575 23 268.7409 24 284.2597 25 295.2769 26 310.6605 27 325.9003 28 340.985 29 355.9005 30 370.6303 31 385.1555 32 399.4549 33 413.5049 34 427.2798 35 440.7508 36 453.8864 37 466.6519 38 479.0082 39 490.9121 40 502.314 41 513.1571 42 523.3745 43 532.8853 44 541.5886 45 549.3508 46 555.9806 47 561.1574

[Bill Rider]

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Sure it does. After you put in the tank dimensions, you actually have to click to get the proper chart for that tank. Is your mouse broken?

[Harry K]

He 'says' it is cylindrical but...

I have never seen one like that, They are all horizontal, 1/2 round on the bottom, vertical sides then 1/2 round on the top. That type would vary gallonage by depth except for the middle portion.

Harry K

[trader4]

You're thinking of the 275 gallon type. He has a 550 and those are indeed cylindrical and usually burined on their side. I've seen and used a chart that showed gallons vs inchs. There must be one online somewhere. Or an oil supply company would have one.

[S. Barker]

well the hell it doesn't. You enter your tank size, then hit the dipstick button and it give a chart. Done deal. All he wanted to know is how much oil at a certain inch level.

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[S. Barker]

Are you on crack or what?

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[S. Barker]

Thank you Bill. I was beginning to think i was seeing things.

s

[Floyd L. Davidson]

And I have no reason to doubt him.

I've been pumping fuel out of tanks for decades, and do no recall *ever* seeing a tank like you describe.

Which makes no difference at all, because what he described was *very* clearly a horizontal cylindrical tank, 4 feet high (round) and 6 feet long. It's a fairly standard tank.

[trader4]

He's talking about the 275 gallon type that are commonly used inside basements or standing outside next to the house.

[Floyd L. Davidson]

Also, for those who want to know what the tanks look like, on Greer Tanks homepage,

There is a (not really very good) picture of a stack of them, probably at their fabrication yard in Fairbanks, Alaska.

They also have a location in Washington state, so perhaps the name is known in the Pacific Northwest too, but in Alaska there name "Greer Tank" is seen

*everywhere*.

[Floyd L. Davidson]

Exactly. (Those are commonly used for "day tanks".)

They don't make 500+ gallon tanks, which is what this discusssion is about, with that construction.

Floyd L. Davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [e-mail]

[Stormin Mormon]

You need to find a twelve year old girl, and ask her. Someone with math skills.

[Stormin Mormon]

You're a 12 year old girl?

[Harry K]

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My tank is as I have described. My mother's the same (she had two). In my case I just took delivery of 252 gal of oil. The gauge showed that the tank was about 1/2 empty when I ordered. Thus, my tank must be around 500 gal.

Harry K

[mhtankco]

Fuel Oil Tank Measurement Gauging Chart Residential

275H H = Horizontal or Tank Laying on Side 275V V = Vertical or Tank Standing Up on legs 330H 330V 500 Cylindrical 550 Cylindrical 1000 Cylindrical

Width and Height or Diameter 27X44" 44X27" 44X27" 27X44" 48" 48" 48" Tank Length 60" 60" 72" 72" 65" 72" 130"

Stick Measurement Gallons

1" 6 2 8 2 2 3 5 2" 14 5 17 6 7 8 14 3" 23 9 28 11 13 14 26 4" 32 14 38 16 20 22 40 5" 42 19 50 23 28 30 55 6" 52 25 64 30 36 40 72 7" 63 31 76 37 46 50 90 8" 74 38 90 44 55 60 110 9" 85 44 103 52 66 71 130 10" 96 51 116 60 76 83 150 11" 108 58 131 68 88 95 173 12" 120 65 144 77 99 107 196 13" 132 72 158 85 111 120 219 14" 144 79 172 94 123 133 243 15" 156 86 186 102 135 146 267 16" 168 94 199 110 148 160 292 17" 179 101 214 119 161 174 317 18" 190 108 227 127 174 188 342 19" 201 115 240 136 187 202 368 20" 212 122 254 144 200 216 394 21" 223 129 266 152 214 230 420 22" 233 136 280 161 227 245 446 23" 243 143 292 169 241 260 473 24" 252 151 302 178 254 275 500 25" 261 158 313 186 268 290 527 26" 269 165 322 195 281 305 554 27" 275 172 330 203 295 320 580 28" 179 211 308 334 606 29" 186 220 321 348 632 30" 193 228 334 362 658 31" 200 237 347 376 683 32" 207 245 360 390 708 33" 214 253 373 404 733 34" 221 262 385 417 757 35" 228 270 397 430 781 36" 235 277 408 443 804 37" 242 285 421 455 827 38" 248 292 432 467 850 39" 254 299 443 479 870 40" 259 305 453 490 890 41" 264 311 463 500 910 42" 268 316 472 510 928 43" 272 320 481 520 945 44" 275 322 488 528 960 45" 495 536 974 46" 501 544 986 47" 506 547 995 48" 509 550 1000