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Something awesome.
It's been three long years since I took the PE and used my brain in an engineering manner. Now that I am allowed the freedom to solve problems, I find myself in a bit of a pickle... I seem to have forgotten much of my gray matter's ability.
So, a storage tank has the liquid inside being pumped into a rail car or tanker truck. We want to know exactly how much liquid pumps from one to the other and the flow meter is in question because there may be two-phase flow. Some of the liquid in the storage tank, while pumping, turns into vapor, so if the tank drops in level by 1000 gallons, it could actually be 990 gallons liquid transferred and 10 gallons that vaporized in storage tank (just random numbers).
Fluids isn't my cup of tea, but could anyone help me determine how to calculate exactly how much liquid has been transferred from the storage tank during any given transfer operation given the scenario above? Thanks
So, a storage tank has the liquid inside being pumped into a rail car or tanker truck. We want to know exactly how much liquid pumps from one to the other and the flow meter is in question because there may be two-phase flow. Some of the liquid in the storage tank, while pumping, turns into vapor, so if the tank drops in level by 1000 gallons, it could actually be 990 gallons liquid transferred and 10 gallons that vaporized in storage tank (just random numbers).
Fluids isn't my cup of tea, but could anyone help me determine how to calculate exactly how much liquid has been transferred from the storage tank during any given transfer operation given the scenario above? Thanks