TIPS ON PUMPING PETROL
My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some
tricks
to get more of your money's worth for every Litre:
Here at the Shell Pipeline where I work in Melbourne, we deliver
about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day
is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and Petrol, regular and premium
grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of
16,800,000 Litres.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when
the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the Petrol, when it gets warmer Petrol expands, so
buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your litre is not exactly
a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the
temperature of the Petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.
But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the
pumps.
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle
to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode,
thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping.
All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the
fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor.
Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage
tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your Petrol
tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more Petrol you have in
your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Petrololine evaporates
faster than you can imagine. Petrol storage tanks have an internal
floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the Petrol and
the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service
stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature
compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a Petrol truck pumping into
the storage tanks when you stop to buy Petrol, DO NOT fill up; most
likely the Petrol is being stirred up as the Petrol is being
delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles
on the bottom.
My line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some
tricks
to get more of your money's worth for every Litre:
Here at the Shell Pipeline where I work in Melbourne, we deliver
about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day
is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and Petrol, regular and premium
grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of
16,800,000 Litres.
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when
the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations
have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the
more dense the Petrol, when it gets warmer Petrol expands, so
buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your litre is not exactly
a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the
temperature of the Petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other
petroleum products plays an important role.
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business.
But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the
pumps.
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle
to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)
stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode,
thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping.
All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the
fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor.
Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage
tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your Petrol
tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more Petrol you have in
your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Petrololine evaporates
faster than you can imagine. Petrol storage tanks have an internal
floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the Petrol and
the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service
stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature
compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a Petrol truck pumping into
the storage tanks when you stop to buy Petrol, DO NOT fill up; most
likely the Petrol is being stirred up as the Petrol is being
delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles
on the bottom.
