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simple tank question

simple tank question

simple tank question

(OP)
API 650 doesn't cover horizontal tanks or tanks with cone bottoms as i understand.

question 1: what code does?
question 2: any special reason why it doesn't go ahead and cover these other tank designs

RE: simple tank question

A1.  AWWA D100 or API-620 or ASME VIII
A2.  Have you even bothered to read the scope of API-650?  There is no need for API-650 to address these tanks.  They are covered elsewhere.

Joe Tank

RE: simple tank question

Horizontal tanks for petroleum storage are usually built to UL specifications.  Cone bottom oil tanks are just not that common.  People use API-650 for everything from molasses to molten sulfur, but it's intended for the petroleum industry, and the scope is set accordingly.

RE: simple tank question

What's going to be stored in the tank?
How big is the tank?
Why do you need a cone bottom?
Does it have to be Cone or can it just slope?

RE: simple tank question

darth...

Are these real questions for a real project you have or do you just have some time on your hands...?

-mjc
 

   

RE: simple tank question

(OP)
no tanks, yet.... i just got started studying for the march API 653 test.  my background is in welding and UT for structural steel. i figured 650 would be more comprehensive. i just bought all the recommended references for the test and was disappointed that none of them covered horizontal tanks or cone-bottomed tanks. Large tank farms for big oil might be mostly 650 tanks, but for many industrial plants a wide variety of tank configurations are present on-site. i would have thought 653 would require someone to have all the tools to look at these other tank configurations.  

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