دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: one circumferential ring of plates in a tank. See also storage tank.

n: a structure erected to contain petroleum or a petroleum-fed fire in case a storage vessel ruptures or collapses. Usually a dike is built around the petroleum storage tank and a steel or stone wall is put up between the prime movers and the oil pumps in a pipeline pumping station. Also called fire wall.

n: a group of large tanks maintained by a pipeline and used to store oil after it has been transferred from the production tanks and before it is transported to the refinery.

a group of supply or storage tanks.

n: an open or closed vessel of known capacity designed for the accurate determination of the volume of liquid delivered into or out of it during a meterproving operation.

n: see tanker.

n: settlings that collect at the bottom of storage tanks containing crude oils, residues, and other petroleum products. Such sludge usually contains water.

n: the person who measures a tank at various levels to see how much it will hold.

n: the obtaining of several measurements, such as ring circumference, gauge height, and tank height, to determine how much a tank will hold.

n: a table giving the number of barrels of fluid contained in a storage tank that correspond to the linear measurement on a gauge line. Tank tables are prepared from tank strapping measurements. See strap. Also called calibration table, tank capacity table.