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Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:23 pm
We have a cylindrical tank. When me measure the remaining fluid inside the tank by inches, how do we know how many gallons remain? What is formula?
Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:33 pm
You need to measure the diameter of the tank as well.
The formula to calulate the volume of the remaining fluid inside the cylindrical tank is:
π(d/2)²h, where π = 3.14, d - diameter of the cylindrical tank, and h - the height of the "remaining fluid inside the tank".
The following calculator allows you to enter the measurement in inches and calculate the volume of a cylinder in various units, including US gallons:
http://www.aqua-calc.com/calc_volcyl.php
Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:39 pm
That formula works for a vertical cyclinder.
A lot of home tanks are horizontal cylinders, and the formula is much messier. It was in a prior thread here however,
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