API 650 & 653 Storage Tank Design, Maintenance & Evaluation
This three (3) day / four (4) day optional, course will provide an intensive and combined
review of the API 650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage and API 653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction
Standard.
As separate courses, each standard is a three-day course; as a combined course, the focus is to concentrate on the critical
aspects of tank construction and maintenance and application, via case study, to owner's equipment. The case study segment has resulted in clients identifying
solution opportunities in both scheduling of shutdowns and repair / replacement cost savings well in excess of $ 1M to $20M per study.
Course Highlights
API 650 covers material, design, fabrication, erection, and
testing requirements for aboveground, vertical, cylindrical, closed- and open-top, welded steel atmospheric
storage tanks (AST) in various sizes and capacities. API 650 applies to tanks with
internal pressures approximating atmospheric pressure, but higher pressure is permitted
when addtional requirements are met. Some key annexes are reviewed.
API 653 provides a standard for in-service and out-of-service inspection,
repair, alteration, evaluation and reconstruction of tankage. The standard provides guidance and
opportunity to apply advanced techniques for assessing brittle fracture with the presence of crack-like flaws,
evaluation of shell distortions, general and local metal loss, bottoms and edge settlements and more.
Detailed Course Description
Day 1 Part I - API-650
· Storage Tank Types & Features
- Tank Type & Functions
- Primary Components
- Appurtenances
- Design Specifications
· Material Selection
- Material Property Considerations
- Acceptable Material Specifications
· Mechanical Design Requirements
- Mechanical Design parameters
- Shell Thickness Determination
- Wind Girder Requirements
- Nozzle Design Details
- Roof Requirements
- Bottom Requirements
· Fabrication Details
- Types of Welded Joints
- Welding Methodology
- Weld Detail Requirements
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Day 2
· Inspection & Testing Requirements
- Types of Weld Defects
- Inspection Methods
- Inspection Requirements
- Dimensional Tolerances
- Testing
· Vents And Fire Protection Systems
- Vents for Fixed-Roof Tanks
- Vents for Floating Roof tanks
- Fire Protection Systems
Part II - API-653
· Introduction
- Scope of API-653
- Definitions
- References
· Suitability for Service
- Foundation
- Shell, Bottom, Roof
- Settlement Impacts
- Analysis Techniques & Alternatives
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Day 3
· Tank Inspection
- Objectives
- In-service Inspection
- & Out-of-service
- Inspection Checklists
· Tank Repair & Alteration
- General Considerations
- Material Considerations
- Repair, Replace & Alteration of
· Shell Plate Material
· Shell Penetrations
· Repair of Tank Bottom
· Tank Roof
· Dismantling And Reconstruction
- Dismantling Methods
- Reconstruction
- Dimensional Tolerances
· Examination And Testing
- NDE Methods
- Welding Inspection
- Hydrostatic Testing
- Pneumatic Testing
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Day 4 (Optional)
· API 650 / 653 Exam & Exam Takeup
- Optional
· Fitness for Service
- FFS Primer for Tank Application
· Case Study, (client supplied)
- client provides problem
to be worked by class
· Case Studies (alternate)
- various case study examples
· nozzle mods
· tank floor replacement
· floor / edge settlement
· shell distortions
· shell ring buckling
· remaining cyclic life
· high temperature re-rate
· brittle fracture /cracking
· Atmospheric Storage Tank Calculator
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The examination takes approximately four hours
to complete. There are 75 multiple-choice questions for this examination.
For more information on examination content please see the Body of Knowledge.
You may not bring any reference materials, codebooks, or any other printed
or written material to the examination. Check the API wwebsite for the
latest updated information.
API certification programs are computer based; contact API or visit their
website for more exam information
For more information from API , please refer to:
www.api.org
Course content and registration information for
classes can be obtained from
John Aumuller P. Eng., Ph. D., as needed.
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