Vex Aruoserer 10 LOWPRESSLRE STORAGE TAS ° ‘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).