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  1. cwood3

    Knockdown Tank Design

    Google "ModuTank"
  2. cwood3

    API 650/653 Fillet Weld Base Metal Thickness w/Impact Testing

    You are inded correct. I also found the fine print in Section IX, Table QW-451.4........very bottom line: GENERAL NOTE: Supplementary essential variables apply when toughness is required by other Sections. Thank you for your response. CW
  3. cwood3

    API 650/653 Fillet Weld Base Metal Thickness w/Impact Testing

    I need a tank expert. In welding the annular floor plates to the shell plates, where floor plate thickness is 3/8" (P-No. 1, Group 1) and the shell plate is 1-1/4" (P-No. 1, Group 3) and impact testing at -25F is required................. If the PQR/WPS is generated via a V-Groove test weld...
  4. cwood3

    B31.3 Minimum Fillet Weld Size (special case)

    Here's one for you guys..................... Here is the scenario. The applicable code is ASME B31.3. A53, Gr. B pipe. 26” Std, hence, 0.375” wall thickness. Welding a split “Tee” fitting on for a hot tap operation. The split “Tee” fitting material is A516, Gr. 70 and is 1” thick (for the...
  5. cwood3

    API 1104 (20th Ed.) Branch Test Destructive Testing Specimens

    I have that PRCI doc and find it very helpful (for 20th ed.). I hope they follow suit and do the same for 21st ed. Seems a lot of places are hesitant to get onboard with the new edition.
  6. cwood3

    API 1104 (20th Ed.) Branch Test Destructive Testing Specimens

    I overhear a lot of stuff in my office. I'm always interested in the "correct" answers to most of these arguments. I did a search here already but am still a bit perplexed. Say a welder is taking a 12" "butt" and 12"-on-12" "branch" test (for procedure qualification and/or welder qualification)...
  7. cwood3

    Molten Sulfur Pipeline Integrity Assessment

    I ran across a situation yesterday that I haven't encountered before. A facility has a 2000' long 12" Std, Class 150 molten sulfur transfer pipeline. It operates at ~300F, less than 100 psig. The concern is that 3-4 years ago, it was noticed that the line had obviously undergone some thermal...
  8. cwood3

    3R Bend/Ell in CADWorx

    OK, I'm a little rusty with my AutoCAD/CADWorx Plant design, but I need to add an 8" 3R Ell/Bend to my piping spec. I'm desperate......please help.
  9. cwood3

    Pumping Crude From a LACT Unitto a Pipeline

    I was orignally just trying to generalize, to my fault. I have a LACT Unit....FMC. The discharge of the LACT goes directly to a pipeline injection pump, toget the oil into the pipeline. he LACT Unit is Class 150 equipment, operating at relatively low pressures, say between 40-60 psig at the...
  10. cwood3

    Pumping Crude From a LACT Unitto a Pipeline

    "Lease Automatic Custody Transfer" Used when selling product from a producer to a customer.
  11. cwood3

    Pumping Crude From a LACT Unitto a Pipeline

    So there is a crude oil storage/stock tank. It feeds oil through a LACT Unit via the LACT Unit charge pump. A backpressure valve at the LACT Unit discharge holds approximately 35 psig backpressure on the LACT Unit. The crude discharge from the LACT Unit goes to a "PD" pump where it is then...
  12. cwood3

    Monitor PLC Remotely

    I have a compressor station that is equipped with a "Station PLC" that runs everything. There is also a remote field office that monitors several of the station parameters via SCADA. In other words, an operator can be at the field office and look at a screen that displays the current...
  13. cwood3

    Fin Fan Process Cooler

    I have used auto louvers on gas coolers in amine plant/glycol dehy installations with general success.....same region. Simple......cheap
  14. cwood3

    Fin Fan Process Cooler

    I'm sitting on the sidelines at work listening to two views on how to control gas temperature when using a "Fin Fan" type cooler. The concern is that in the winter the gas needs to stay at 85F. The new cooler is a dual fan model using two (2) 50 HP electric motors. (this in the South Texas...
  15. cwood3

    Reuse of Stud Bolts/Used Stud Bolts

    Thanks guys. I relayed the info and had a discussion with my client. He's got a better feel for how to deal with it.
  16. cwood3

    Reuse of Stud Bolts/Used Stud Bolts

    Beyond good engineering practices and quality issues in general (also PCC-1, Appendix N), are there any specific codes, regulations, guideline, recommended practices for reusing stud bolts for flanged connections on either pressure vessels and/or pressure piping? I do not want to use...
  17. cwood3

    Instrument Air Linetype

    Hey! You are the man..................works just fine. Better yet, I now "get it". Thanks, you're an educator.
  18. cwood3

    Instrument Air Linetype

    Anybody have a ".lin" file for an instrument air line that looks similar to: ---//---//---// .................???? jcwoodall@att.net thanks

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