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Technical Bulletin
March 1, 2004 TB-001

Subject:

Air Receiver Volume Calculations For Short Term Demands

The following equation enables one to calculate the air receiver volume in terms of gallons necessary to power an air caster system for a specified length of time, given an undersized compressor:

V = T(C-S)P0 (P 1-P2)

Where:

V T C S P0 P1 P2

is the receiver capacity in cubic feet is time in minutes is the air requirement of the air casters (scfm) is the air being delivered to the receiver from a compressor (scfm) is the atmospheric pressure, psia (refer to table 1 below) is the initial receiver pressure, psig is the final receiver pressure, psig

Table 1
Altitude above sea level, ft 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 6,500 7,000 Atmospheric pressure psia 14.69 14.42 14.16 13.91 13.66 13.41 13.16 12.92 12.68 12.45 12.22 11.99 11.77 11.55 11.33 Altitude above sea level, ft 7,500 8,000 8,500 9,000 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 11,500 12,000 12,500 13,000 13,500 14,000 14,500 Atmospheric pressure psia 11.12 10.91 10.70 10.50 10.30 10.10 9.90 9.71 9.52 9.34 9.15 8.97 8.80 8.62 8.45

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