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With gas pricing getting so high, this is well worth the read...I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline...but here in Californiawe are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more ofyour money's worth for every gallon. . .
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliverabout 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day isdiesel, the next day is jet fuel and gasoline, regular and premium grades.We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Here are the instructions:
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the groundtemperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have theirstorage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoonor in the evening...Your gallon is not exactly a true gallon. In the petroleumbusiness, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, 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. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, therebyminimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses atthe pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some ofthe 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 lessworth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALFFULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in yourtank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates fasterthan you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floatingroof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so thatevery gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storagetanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline isbeing stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up someof the dirt and WATER that normally settles on the bottom. NEVER ....this is a fact.
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliverabout 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day isdiesel, the next day is jet fuel and gasoline, regular and premium grades.We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.
Here are the instructions:
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the groundtemperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have theirstorage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoonor in the evening...Your gallon is not exactly a true gallon. In the petroleumbusiness, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, 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. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, therebyminimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses atthe pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some ofthe 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 lessworth for your money.
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALFFULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in yourtank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates fasterthan you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floatingroof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so thatevery gallon is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storagetanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline isbeing stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up someof the dirt and WATER that normally settles on the bottom. NEVER ....this is a fact.
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