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Static Head [1]

A physics term used in petroleum marketing operations to describe the pressure, in a hose, pipe, or aboveground tank [2], created by the weight of the contained liquid.

Static head is proportional to the height of the liquid. For example, in a gasoline storage tank every 3 feet of liquid added to the tank increases the static head by approximately 1 psi.

 
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[1] https://testing.pei.org/wiki/static-head
[2] https://testing.pei.org/node/247