MAXIMUM LEAKAGE TIMES THROUGH PUNCTURE HOLES FOR PROCESS VESSELS FO VARIOUS SHAPES

In this work, equations are developed for the drainage of vessels of d ifferent geometrical shapes through a side leak. From these equations, the maxima in the leakage times, divided by the time required to drai n the full vessel from its bottom as a function of the side leak eleva tion, are determined. Five different geometric shapes are considered h ere - spheres, cylinders, cones, paraboloids and ellipsoids. The equat ions and maxima for the latter three configurations have not previousl y appeared in the literature.