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  1. rikywere

    Lay-up method for newly constructed storage tanks before entering into operation.

    Dears, I would appreciate your advice on following matter… We are constructing some API 650 storage tanks close to seaside. These tanks are designed to store hydrocarbons once in operation so are not internally coated and are made of CS. There are 11 of them in different sizes from 11m diameter...
  2. rikywere

    API620 IFR

    Dear Sirs, Has anybody seen a low pressure tank (API620, DP=0.6barg) with internal floating roof? Does it make any sense? If yes, please explain the sense of this configuration. How do you keep the pressure balanced between above and below floating roof? Thanks in advance
  3. rikywere

    Do I have to R-stamp if I modify platform clips?

    I have a U-stamped pressure vessel on field with wrong platform clips. There is also a repad inbetween vessel and clip. The thing is that clips and platform mismatch and I can solve the problem cutting the top of the clips and doing minor modifications on the platform to acomodate it to current...
  4. rikywere

    Weld of lifting appurtenances after hydrostatic test.

    Hello everybody, I am facing a unexpected problem and do not know how to solve it in a quick and economical way. I work for an EPC company and one of our tanks vendors has designed and fabricated a 4.3m diameter and 8m high SS shop fabricated tank. The problem comes because they assumed that...
  5. rikywere

    What do I do when NFPA68 venting is not practicable and roof cannot not be designed as frangible?

    Hello, I have a 6500 mm ID and 7500 mm height atmospheric tank. The tank stores water but there is a choice of having propylene into it (if something is broken somewere else). So that it has to be designed to withstand propylene deflagration. The problem comes when I go through NFPA 68 and the...

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