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8.3.2 Hybrid Tank Measurement Systems
A Hybrid Tank Management System (HTMS) is a combination of conventional level gauging,
enhanced with one or two pressure transmitters for continuous measurement of the actual
observed density in a bulk liquid storage tank. Or otherwise stated, it is a combination of
level and hydrostatic pressure measurement. Pressure measurement, combined with level,
provides true average density measurement over the entire product level height. Normally,
the vapor (top) pressure is identified as P
3
and the hydrostatic (bottom) pressure is identified
as P
1
.
Advantage of HTMS
• Accurate level measurement
• Continuous density measurement
• Excellent mass and volume measurements
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P
1
L
Z
D
obs
=
P
1
- P
3
L - Z