Material calculation for methanol storage tanks
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Dear experts and colleagues, My factory is a newly commissioned methanol plant. It currently has 4 metering tanks for pure methanol, 1 storage tank for crude methanol, 1 storage tank for fusel oils, 1 intermediate tank for fusel oils, and 2 large tanks for the finished product. It is necessary to calculate the methanol production volume in tons, based on the liquid level in these storage tanks. In other words, I need to know how many tons of methanol correspond to a liquid level of 1 meter in the storage tank. The following parameters are design values. I hope some expert can teach me the calculation method. Tank name and storage capacity: Pure methanol tank/Pure methanol: 9000 m3, volume height: 100000 m3, 19.775 m; Rough methanol tank/Rough methanol: 1500 m3, volume height: 1745 m3, 10.445 m; Mixed alcohols tank/Mixed alcohols: 425 m3, volume height: 500 m3, 9.250 m; Pure methanol metering tank/Pure methanol: 248.2 m3, volume height: 292 m3, 1.018 m; Mixed alcohols intermediate tank/Mixed alcohols: 85 m3, volume height: 95 m3, 6.11 m
What is the shape of the methanol tank? You can refer to the calculations for tank volume in the chemical process design manual
Thank you to the original poster and everyone for sharing; I’ve learned something from it.
Reply to 2# hhwang: The storage tank I’m referring to is vertical and cylindrical. I’d like to know the actual values; there is a difference between the theoretical values and the actual ones