Tubing calculation

[Ultimatetreehugger]

What is the formula to calculate the gallons of sap in X size of tubing by the foot? Thanks

[bmbmkr]

https://www.calculator.net/volume-calculator.html

Volume of a cylinder. Radius is half the diameter.

5/16 radius is 5/32 = 0.15625

3/16 radius is 3/32 = 0.09375

Just remember that sap in tubing has gas bubbles in between it. Sap in your mainline should never be full if it's on a good grade.

I used the above calculations for my 700' and 800' pumplines though and its accurate. 18 gallons of sap weighs around 150 lbs!

Hope this helps,

Ben

[maple flats]

If your tubing is full (only possible with a wet/dry system) you need larger tubing.

[Ultimatetreehugger]

Thanks, I was trying to calculate what size tank I'd need in my pump house to gather back flow.

[ecolbeck]

Not sure if this is helpful at this point but this is the formula I came up with:

# of gallons = [pi*(d/24)2*x]/0.134

d is tubing diameter in inches
x is length of tubing in feet
.134 is conversion factor between cubic feet and gallons