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Horizontal Cylindrical Tank Volume Calculator
The calculations on this page are a purely theoretical exercise!
The outcomes pertain to:
a perfectly cylindrical horizontal tank,
with completely flat front and rear ends,
which is not tilted in any way,
which can be filled to the hilt.
In practice, many tanks are more oval than cylindrical, have rounded or coned ends, are tilted towards the outlet, en can not be filled to the hilt, because of manholes, agitators or other outlets at the top of the tank.
Therefore the outcomes of the calculations on this page can only be used for indicative purposes. It might help you to estimate the content of a tank.
Do not use the outcomes to ascertain the commercial value of the contents of a tank. For trustworthy measuring of the liquid volume inside a particular tank, the tank must be calibrated by professionals of the local official calibration authorities.
Some Theory
Using the theory
Use this calculator for computing the volume of partially-filled
horizontal cylinders.
With horizontal cylinders, volume changes are not linear and in fact are rather complex as the theory above shows.
Fortunately you have this calculator to do the work for you.
Tank Level Calculator
All dimensions are in meters or feet, volume is in litres or gallons. The depth of the liquid in the tank, as read on the dipstick, should be filled in at the Liquid Level box.
(use a dot ( . ) as a decimal point to convert non-integer values)
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