API MPMS 7.3
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 7 - Temperature Determination Section 3 - Static Temperature Determination Using Portable Electronic Thermometers
| Organization: | API |
| Publication Date: | 1 July 1985 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 10 |
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7.3.1 Scope and Field of Application
This chapter describes equipment and procedures for determining temperatures of liquid hydrocarbons under static conditions in storage tanks, field gathering tanks, ships, barges, and tank cars, using portable electronic thermometers. The procedures described are suitable for custody transfer of liquid hydrocarbons.
This chapter also covers blanketed tanks and tanks that have been made inert and are under pressures of less than 3 pounds per square inch gage (21 kilopascals). It does not cover hydrocarbons under pressures in excess of 3 pounds per square inch gage or cryogenic temperature measurement.
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