API standard 650 mechanically-anchored tanks pipe and tube

The vent pipe mouth should be 4m or more above the ground. The nominal diameter of the API standard 650 mechanically-anchored tanks API 650 petroleum storage tank vent pipe should be no less than 50mm and a flame arrestor should be installed.

The API standard 650 mechanically-anchored tanks stiffener ring and backing strip (if used) are primary components, and they shall comply with the requirements of API 620 storage steel tank Q.2.1. The stiffener rings may be fabricated from plate using an intermittent weld on alternating sides between the web and the flange.
Except for aluminum or stainless steel tanks, all fillet welds shall consist of a minimum of two passes. The ends of the fillet welds shall be 2 in. from the rat hole (see Figure Q-1), and these welds shall be deposited by starting 2 in. from the rat hole and welding away from the rat hole. An acceptable alternative to the detail that includes stopping fillet welds 2 in. short of the rat hole would be to weld continuously through the rat hole from one side of the stiffener to the opposite side. All craters in fillet welds shall be repaired by back welding.

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