API standard 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks level gauge

API standard 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage, Thirteenth Edition, has been published to ensure the safety, sustainability, and environmental performance of API standard 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks oil storage tanks. The updated standard will help continue operational excellence and trust between operators and manufacturers.

Strictly control the welding groove forming of API standard 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks: in order to ensure the geometric dimension of assembly and good welding of welding seam, before hoisting and laying, the edge of all metal vertical storage tank plate shall be polished by grinder, and the flatness of plate shall be ensured according to the design requirements. Strictly control the size of API standard 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks weld assembly: measures must be taken to strictly control the assembly size of metal vertical tank bottom plate during assembly.

Hydrostatic Test
The API standard 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks product shall be vented to the atmosphere when it is filled with or emptied of water. During water filling, the elevations of at least four equidistant points at the bottom of the tank shell and on top of the ringwall or slab shall be checked. Differential settlement, or uniform settlement of substantial magnitude, requires an immediate stop to water filling. Any further filling with water will depend on an evaluation of the measured settlement.

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