AS 4250.

4—1995

Australian Standard
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Liquid hydrocarbons—Dynamic
measurement—Proving systems
for volumetric meters

Part 4: Temperature corrections

in volumetric calibration by water
transfer method
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/49, Oil and Gas
Measurement. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
30 November 1994 and published on 5 April 1995.

The following interests are represented on Committee ME/49:

Australian Customs Service
Australian Gas Association
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Australian Institute of Petroleum

Australian Institute of Physics
Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association
Australian Petroleum Exploration Association
CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics
Department of Primary Industries and Energy
Institute of Instrumentation and Control, Australia
Institution of Engineers, Australia
National Association of Testing Authorities
National Standards Commission
The Pipeline Authority

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 AS 4250.4—1995

Australian Standard
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Liquid hydrocarbons—Dynamic
measurement—Proving systems
for volumetric meters

Part 4: Temperature corrections

in volumetric calibration by water
transfer method

First publi shed as AS 4250.4—1995.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 9540 X
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Oil and Gas
Measurement. It is Part 4 of a series of Standards dealing with petroleum liquid measurement
systems.
Other Standards or proposed Standards in this series are as follows:

Part 1: General principles

Part 2: Pipe provers
Part 3: Pulse interpolation
Part 5: Dynamic measurement
The objective of this Standard is to provide those involved in determining the volume of a
vessel used for measuring petroleum liquid with a method of calculating the volume
corrections for temperature required for calibration by the water transfer method.
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CONTENTS
Page

1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. ... ........ ... 4

2 APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... .. ... ... .. ..... ... 4
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..... ..... ..... ... .. .. . 4
4 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... ... ... 4
5 NOTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... .. .. .. .. ... ..... ... 5
6 TEMPERATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... ... .. .. .. .. ... ... 5
7 CUBIC EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS . . . . . .. .. .. ... ............. ... 6
8 CALCULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .... .. .. .. .. .... ... 6
9 ROUNDING OF NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ............. ... .. .. .. . 8
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APPENDICES
A FLOW CHART FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE CORRECTION BY
ON-SITE COLLECTION OF DATA FOR LATER CALCULATION . . . . . . . 9
B FLOW CHART FOR DETERMINING VOLUME CORRECTION
BY SIMULTANEOUS CALCULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C EXAMPLES OF CALCULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Liquid hydrocarbons—Dynamic measurement—
Proving systems for volumetric meters

Part 4: Temperature corrections in volumetric calibration

by water transfer method

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies the corrections necessary to allow for changes in
volume due to differences in temperature between the water in a reference measure and that
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in the vessel, and to allow for the differences between these temperatures and the reference
temperatures, when determining or checking the volume of a vessel.
This Standard does not set out a calibration procedure nor consider the uncertainties in
temperature measurement, for which reference should be made to other relevant Standards.

2 APPLICATION This Standard is applicable to any industry in which the determination

of the volume of a vessel, or the calibration of a tank or other container, is carried out by
transfer of water from or to a reference measure.
In particular, this Standard is intended for use in the calibration of a meter proving tank when
a reference measure is used to transfer water to, or from, a vessel.
Unless otherwise specified in the calibration procedure, the corrections apply for water
temperatures in the range 5°C to 40°C, but with a difference of not more than 5°C between
the water temperatures in the measure and in the vessel being calibrated.
The calculation procedure is accurate for water temperatures within the range 5°C to 40°C,
but the maximum difference of 5°C is specified between the temperatures in the measure and
in the tank in order to avoid other errors that could arise if the difference were greater, e.g.
water temperature gradients within the vessel being calibrated could lead to errors in the
determination of temperature.

3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
2649 Petroleum liquids and gases —Measurement — Standard reference conditions
2706 Numerical values —Rounding and interpretation of limiting values
2849 Density of water —Numerical value

4 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions below apply.
4.1 Measure — a reference volume standard traceable to Australian National Standards.
4.2 Shall — indicates that a statement is mandatory.
4.3 Should — indicates a recommendation.
4.4 Tank (or prover) —a volumetric vessel to be calibrated.
4.5 Volumetric correction — the true volume of a vessel minus the indicated
volume (see Clause 8.6).

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