API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks equipped with a fixed roof

Facilities for API 620 storage tanks InspectorThe manufacturer shall afford the inspector all reasonable facilities for testing and inspection and shall provide mutually agreeable advance notification to permit the examiner to witness all tests of the equipment and materials during fabrication, including all laboratory tests of the material to be used and all hydrostatic and pneumatic tests at the site of erection.The API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks inspector shall be permitted free access to all parts of the plant concerned with the manufacture of the tank during fabrication and to all parts of the plants of material suppliers who are concerned with the manufacture of materials to be used in the tank.

The Standard has gained international recognition and is the standard of choice of most builders of large liquid above ground API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks storage tanks. One reason for this is that the API 650 Standard was created and is revised by API committees comprised of the world s best tank structural engineers who also rely on the experience of tank owners and tank construction companies.

The main advantages of the external floating roof API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks are large storage capacity, suitable for storing more than 10000 cubic meters of crude oil. Compared with the internal floating roof API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks, the production of external floating roof API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks is simple and the steel consumption is less. However, the central drainage system of external floating roof API Std 650 stainless steel storage tanks should be installed on the outer floating roof to ensure that the accumulated water can be discharged smoothly in rainy and snowy days, and avoid sinking accident.