Evaporation loss

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Kadhirvelan

How to calculate loss due to evaporation in above ground petroleum product storage tanks?
 
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Where are the evaporation loss of petroleum product is sent out of tank. If it is vented out through pipe to flare or some thing like that you can put a flow meter -mass and find out the loss.. is this is good suggestion or any flaw in it ??? P. Suresh
 
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Aditya joshi

You need the following data Diffusivity coeff for process fluid in air Vent size Tank dimensions For the exact equation refer to Mass transfer Treybal Chapt 1 Molecular diffusion
 
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