API 653 repair scope to an asphalt storage tank includes a bottom replacement and some nozzle relocation (the shell surrounding the nozzles were cut so that the nozzles would be installed as inserts maintaining the same centerline elevations with respect to the new bottom). As there was heater...
Column 1 of Table 5.7b of API 650 contains a list of thicknesses of Shell and Reinforcing Plates (t and T). Is this intended to mean the sum, minimum, or maximum of the two thicknesses?
For example;
A tank shell is constructed with a thickness of 1/2" and contains a reinforced shell opening for...
Hello All,
I am stepping into a project nearing completion and have I have a concern regarding the material tracking that has been done to this point. This is a ASME Section VIII-I vessel (to this point I have mostly dealt with API tanks, so this is a new to me).
This is a horizontal vessel...
