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‘Table 3A—Emergency Venting Required for Fire Exposure Versus Wetted Surface Area®
‘A English Units
‘Weed Area Venting Requirement Weed Ares ‘Venting Requirement
(gure fee) (SCH (square fed) GcEH
2 2100 350 7255000
30 31/600 ‘00 312.000
40 42,100 500 354000
50 52700 oo 332.000
@ 63.200 700 428.000
7» 73700 800 462.000
% 84200 500) 493,000
0 94800 00 524,000
100 105,00, 200 557.000
120 126,000 1400 587.000
40 187000 1600 ‘1.000
10 168,000 1800 39,000
130 190.000 2.000 62,000
200 211,000 2400 “rox.000
250 239,000 2300 12.000
300, 265,000 22800" =
Table 38—Emergency Venting Required for Fire Exposure Versus Welted Surface Area
B Metric Units
Wend Are ‘Veting Regiremeat Weed Aree Vesting Reguzemeat
(quare meters) (See) (aquare meters) (Nm)
z oe % cog
3 313 0 sn
4 1207 6 9322
5 152 50 9895
6 xs o ogi
7 210 0 usm
8 Dasa 80 at
8 278 90 B01
3347 110 15461
B 30955 BO 15781
15 4365 150 16532
v sim 1s 17416
B 5780 200 13220,
2 6217 20 193102
B 6st 260, 19910
30 Tait 2250 eS
‘The weed area ofa tank or sorage vesel shal be calculated as follows
Sphere and Spheroids—The wetted are sequal o 55 percent of the ttl surface area or the surface area toa eight of 30 fet (9.14 meters)
above sade, Whicheveris greater.
“orion Tanks-—The weed area sequal 1075 percent of he total surface are othe surface ara toa height of 30 fet (9.14 meters) above
rade, whichever is geste
‘etic Tonks —The wetted area is equal othe total surface ares of the vertical shel height of 30 fect (9.14 meters) above grade. Fora ver
tial tank seting onthe groan, the area ofthe ground plates snot o be included as weted area. For a vertical tank supported above grade, a
partion ofthe area ofthe botiom i tobe included as ational weted surface. The portion ofthe bsiom area exposed to fe depends on the
iameter ad elevation of the tank above grate: Engineering judgment is tobe used in evaluating the portion ofthe area exposed to fe
or wetted surfaces larger than 2800 square feet (260 square meters), sce Sections 43322 and 43.323,
Note
“Table 3 andthe constants 1107 and 208.2 in Equations 2A and 2B respectively were derived from Equation | and Figure Bs by wsing the latent
‘eat of vaporization of bexane (144 BTU per pound or 334900 kg) at atmospheric pressure and te molecular weight of hexane (85.17) and
sssuming a vapor temperature of 60°F (156°C) This method will provide results within an acceptable degre of accuracy for many us ba
ing similar peopetes (See Appendix B).