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API 650 - Frangibility Vs Anchorage 1
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An anchored tank can have a frangible roof or nonfrangible roof.
A frangible-roof tank can be anchored or unanchored.
The rules vary, but either combination can be used.
If the roof is not frangible, it would generally have an emergency vent.
A frangible-roof tank can be anchored or unanchored.
The rules vary, but either combination can be used.
If the roof is not frangible, it would generally have an emergency vent.
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Ok.. Thank you JStephen
I'll try to explain easier, i had a tank no-anchored with emergency vent on the roof to make the frangibility available, calculated with API 650 and API 620.
Now, my tank is anchored with 1'' but my nozzles to guarantee frangibility of roof aren't correct, i have some comments " the roof have to be frangible withotu these nozzles "...
Im looking for a solution..
I'll try to explain easier, i had a tank no-anchored with emergency vent on the roof to make the frangibility available, calculated with API 650 and API 620.
Now, my tank is anchored with 1'' but my nozzles to guarantee frangibility of roof aren't correct, i have some comments " the roof have to be frangible withotu these nozzles "...
Im looking for a solution..
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These issues are two separate concerns.
The tank must not be exposed to internal pressure that exceeds its design capacity. One of the pressures is what may happen during an emergency. A frangible roof-to-shell junction can serve as emergency venting, or vents can do this.
Anchors are required to maintain stability in high wind or earthquake conditions and also if the internal pressure could exceed the weight of the tank and result in net uplift. If uplift occurs for any reason, the corner weld will experience stresses and strains that may cause a failure.
The tank must not be exposed to internal pressure that exceeds its design capacity. One of the pressures is what may happen during an emergency. A frangible roof-to-shell junction can serve as emergency venting, or vents can do this.
Anchors are required to maintain stability in high wind or earthquake conditions and also if the internal pressure could exceed the weight of the tank and result in net uplift. If uplift occurs for any reason, the corner weld will experience stresses and strains that may cause a failure.
These two items are [almost] inextricably intertwined when you discuss "Frangible Roof". Without an anchorage system, the strength of a roof with even a large slope may exceed the rupture strength of the "corner joint" of the shell to the floor. To certify a tank as having a Frangible Roof, you have to protect that corner joint somehow. Without anchors, extensive bracing of the floor is required. And that bracing gives problems with being able to drain and clean out that tank. Thus the use of anchorage top protect the corner joint.
FYI, look at the cost of putting something like a ProtectoSeal 53300-series Emergency Vent hatch cover in the roof manway. Pretty cheap compared to the structural requirements, like anchors, to protect the corner joint enough to declare the roof "Frangible".
FYI, look at the cost of putting something like a ProtectoSeal 53300-series Emergency Vent hatch cover in the roof manway. Pretty cheap compared to the structural requirements, like anchors, to protect the corner joint enough to declare the roof "Frangible".
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