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Timed tank volume ledger — interval duration scenarios.

How does changing interval duration affect timed tank volume ledger when the other inputs stay fixed?

What this decision changes

The entered time marker, interval or horizon belongs to the stated schedule. It can affect eligibility, repeated events, billed periods or completion time independently of the physical task quantity. Method basis: Track tank volume through entered intervals with measured inflow and outflow, separating overflow and unmet draw volume. Geometric ledger only. Enter compatible net rates, not a pump or drainage design.

The focus is interval duration in the first repeated measured entry. Other repeated entries keep their own supplied values.

Next volume = stored + (entered inflow − entered outflow) × interval hours; clamp to zero/capacity and record boundary losses.Timed Tank Volume Ledger Calculator

Evaluate your supplied alternatives

Start with your measured plan and selected product data. The initial values and range are illustrative. Each scenario changes only interval duration in the first repeated entry; the other entered values stay fixed.

Display units

9 evaluated scenarios

Baseline: Contained volume at the end — 0 m³. Rejected combinations remain visible below.

Quantity to plot

Each bar is one actual calculated overflow volume. Horizontal values: interval duration in hours. Only the first repeated entry varies.

Interval duration	Overflow volume	Change from baseline	Use this scenario
1.2 hours	0 m³	-3 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 0 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2.2 m³ Total entered interval time 4.2 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
1.45 hours	0.8 m³	-2.2 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 0.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 4.45 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
1.7 hours	1.8 m³	-1.2 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 1.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 4.7 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
1.95 hours	2.8 m³	-0.2 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 2.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 4.95 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
2.2 hours	3.8 m³	0.8 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 3.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 5.2 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
2.45 hours	4.8 m³	1.8 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 4.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 5.45 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
2.7 hours	5.8 m³	2.8 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 5.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 5.7 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
2.95 hours	6.8 m³	3.8 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 6.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 5.95 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.
3.2 hours	7.8 m³	4.8 m³	Open in calculator Exact quantity breakdown Overflow volume 7.8 m³ Unmet net draw volume 2 m³ Total entered interval time 6.2 hours Rates are constant within each interval and use the displayed volume unit per hour. No pump performance, pressure, water quality or operating limit is assessed.

Read the evaluated results

Check the timing and quantity or cost lines together. Events outside the entered window and stock outside the entered eligibility date remain governed by the selected method's explicit rules.

Replace every illustrative baseline measurement and selected product value with the inputs for your actual task.
Enter a comparison range on the focused input's stated unit and quantity basis.
Review rejected combinations and use the exact detail lines to distinguish measured demand from whole purchases.
Open an evaluated scenario in the full calculator to save its original inputs and quantity breakdown to a browser material project.

Keep the comparison within scope

All dates, productive time, eligibility, service intervals and billing terms come from your supplied plan or quote. They are not recommendations or predictions of service life.

Geometric ledger only. Enter compatible net rates, not a pump or drainage design.

Dimensions, allowances, prices, properties and specifications are supplied by you. The tool computes their arithmetic consequences; it does not choose construction specifications or certify suitability.

Only the listed samples are evaluated. Intermediate values, alternate constraints and global cutting optimality are not inferred from the graph.

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Do not carry tank overflow into later draw intervals

Quantity method and illustrative scenarios checked 6 October 2026. Methods and scope.