Temperature Compensation
If you are currently suffering losses it is partially due to temperature variations, which unless you are buying and selling your fuel temperature compensated, you will have losses. Installing Automatic temperature compensation (ATC) will eliminate the losses that are due to temperature.
Any remaining losses will be down to other variables such as:
- Calibration of the fuel dispensers,
- Leakage from storage tanks or suction lines
- Theft
- Evaporation of fuel (Petrol only)
It is important to note that the average ground temperature in Ireland is between 9-11°c.
All fuel should be purchased temperature compensated ,commonly known as (V15) not ambient.
Why Do We Need Temperature Compensation ?
Liquids sold by volume are affected by variations in temperature. When they are sold at a temperature, that is different to the temperature that they were purchased at, there will either be a loss or gain to the retailer. If the selling temperature is lower than the purchase temperature, there will be a loss to the retailer, and conversely if the selling temperature is higher than the purchase temperature , there will be a gain to the retailer.
ATC allows the retailer to iron out these losses or gains, at least back to 15°C, by recalculating the dispensing volume back to the accepted standard temperature, for volume measurement of liquids of 15°, commonly known as V15. If the retailer were to purchase their fuel at V15 (temperature compensated), and sell the fuel at V15 then all temperature losses would be eliminated.
