Drilling EngineeringWell ControlCalculation record

Accumulator Bottles Required for BOP Function Volume Calculator

N_{bottles}=\left\lceil\frac{V_{required}}{V_{usable,bottle}}\right\rceil

Enter the declared drilling engineering inputs below to solve N_bottles. Variable definitions, units, the default calculation, and the available source trail are included on this page.

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What is available in this record

This record provides the functioning calculator, formula, declared variables and units, a reproducible default result, and the available citation metadata. A separately written engineering interpretation has not yet been published for this calculation.

Formula reference

Formula, variables, and default calculation

N_{bottles}=\left\lceil\frac{V_{required}}{V_{usable,bottle}}\right\rceil

Reproducible default result

With the default values shown below, the calculation returns N_bottles = 11 count. Defaults demonstrate the implementation; they are not recommended field values.

V_requiredgal

V_usable_bottlegal/bottle

Input definitions

V_required

gal

Required Usable Fluid Volume for BOP Functions

V_usable_bottle

gal/bottle

Usable Fluid Volume per Accumulator Bottle

Output definitions

N_bottles

count

Accumulator Bottles Required

Source and record status

Source metadata identifies the relationship implemented by the calculator. Check the cited edition, unit basis, and scope against the engineering case before operational use.

reviewed

Drilling Manual BOP accumulator unit rig operations requirements; DrillingFormulas.com accumulator usable-volume calculation.

Open source reference