ShipCalculators.com

Tank Cleaning - Water Budget

Total wash-water volume for a tank-cleaning programme - machine flow × number of machines × programme duration, used for slop-tank / shore-reception planning.

Tank cleaningSlopsMARPOL
Loading calculator…

Formula, assumptions, and limits

V=V˙mnmtntanksV = \dot V_m \cdot n_m \cdot t \cdot n_{tanks}
SymbolMeaningUnit
V˙m\dot V_mMachine flowm³/h
nmn_mMachines per tank
ttDurationh

Source: OCIMF ISGOTT Ch. 11

In short

Total wash-water volume for a tank-cleaning programme - machine flow \u00d7 number of machines \u00d7 programme duration, used for slop-tank / shore-reception planning.

Learn the theory Marine Tank Cleaning and Crude Oil Washing