Question for Steve Braune
Question for Steve Braune
(OP)
Hi Steve - In one of your pld posts, you referred to the "Steel Plate Fabricators Handbook". I have searched up, down and sideways and have not been able to find this. I looked on the STI-SPFA site in their Publications page and didn't see it there.
Any idea where I can find one?
Thanks Steve!
Pete
Any idea where I can find one?
Thanks Steve!
Pete
Thanks!
Pete





RE: Question for Steve Braune
Steve Braune
Tank Industry Consultants
www.tankindustry.com
RE: Question for Steve Braune
The post in which you originally made reference to this particular book was in a response to a question about vacuum design for API 650 tanks.
Thanks!
Pete
RE: Question for Steve Braune
I think you're referring to "Steel Plate Engineering Data - Volume 1: Steel Tanks for Liquid Storage and Volume 2: Useful Information on the Design of Plate Structures." This is available from the AISI at www.steel.org or, more specifically, http://
jt
RE: Question for Steve Braune
Steve Braune
Tank Industry Consultants
www.tankindustry.com
RE: Question for Steve Braune
Now that API-650 has given us an approved Appendix for the vacuum design of flat bottomed tanks, can you tell us:
1) Should all 620/650 tanks be designed with some type of "minimum vacuum" rating, if, for no other reason, to ensure that a vacuum protection system can be installed ?
2) If the answer to the first question is yes,...... what should that minimum vacuum be ? (I suggest a minimum of -5 IWC, but I am interested in the reasoning of others)
-MJC
RE: Question for Steve Braune
I do not normally apply a vacuum rating to a tank unless so specified by the owner. However I do verify vent sizes for specified flow rates (and thermal venting, if applicable). Any future change of service, such as addition of a vacuum breaker, would be addressed at the appropriate time.
Steve Braune
Tank Industry Consultants
www.tankindustry.com