[SEL] Coolant tank volume

[Jerry Evans]

At 07:00 PM 06/02/2007, you wrote:
>Message: 25
>From: "Paul Maples" <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Re: [SEL] Coolant tank and Maytag Lamp on E-bay
>
>Tommy unless I am wrong, and I probably am, this tank will hold about 50
>gallons of water.
>
>Volume Of A Round Tank
>   Please Enter Tank Radius And Tank Water Depth
>       Tank Radius In Feet
>       Tank Water Depth In Feet
>The diameter of this tank is 20" or 1.6' which would make the radius = .8' X
>Depth which is 42" or 3.5'.
>Am I calculating this wrong? I know it will hold a lot more than 15 gallons.
>Paul


>Hi Paul and All

I get the digest version of the SEL so this question has already been 
answered by others but here is the formula for volume. (This is for a 
cylinder - a rectangular tank is easier)

Volume= Area x height (or depth)

Area (of a circle) = pi  x radius squared. (Sorry this is not how it's 
usually written but I dunno how to put that little superscript "2" up there 
with this keyboard :-))

So you just work out the area of the cylinder base and multiply it by the 
height (or depth) and the result will be the volume (in whatever units you 
are using).

         O.K. - I know most of you already know this but the reason for 
this post is just to re-introduce you to a small free programme that I use 
(and posted to the list a year or so back). It is called "Convert.exe" and 
is very useful to convert almost any unit of measurement to almost any 
other unit of measurement. (Like 57 USGallons to 47.46241 English Gallons 
to 215.7685 Litres).

         The writers blurb states "Convert is an easy to use unit 
conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, 
temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy 
and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions! "

         It will not calculate the volume for you but makes it easier for 
people like me to figure out that 57 USGallons is about 215 litres - that 
way I know what you're talking about.

         It's a really great little programme and does not even need to be 
"installed" in windows. You just click on the .exe file and away it goes.

It is available as a free download here:
<http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/>

I hope you find it useful.


Best regards
Jerry Evans.
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