What is the formula to calculate the gallons of sap in X size of tubing by the foot? Thanks
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What is the formula to calculate the gallons of sap in X size of tubing by the foot? Thanks
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
If your tubing is full (only possible with a wet/dry system) you need larger tubing.
Thanks, I was trying to calculate what size tank I'd need in my pump house to gather back flow.
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