API Std 650 vertical welded storage tanks for non-refrigerated service

Any joints between the adjacent sections of API 620 oil storage tank stiffening rings, as shown in Figure Q-1, shall be made so that the required moment of inertia of the combined ring-shell section is provided. Weld joints between adjacent sections shall be made with full-thickness and full-penetration butt-welds. Stiffening-ring butt-welds may employ metal backing strips. Backing strips and the associated welding shall be made in a manner that provides a smooth contour in the rat hole and all other weld joint ends. All weld passes shall be started at the rat hole and other weld joint ends and shall be completed by moving away from these ends. Passes shall be overlapped away from edges to provide a smooth continuous weld.

API 650 "welded storage tanks" API Std 650 vertical welded storage tanks is a standard developed and issued by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which specifies the minimum requirements for the design, manufacture, installation and inspection of welded storage tanks.

The heat transfer oil fin tube heating device for large API Std 650 vertical welded storage tanks heats the circulating heat transfer oil in the shell and tube heat exchanger through high temperature and high pressure steam. The heat transfer oil exchanges heat with the medium to be heated in the storage tank through the heating coil, so as to heat the storage medium. High temperature heat transfer oil fin tube heating device has the following advantages:
1. High heat transfer efficiency
2. Reduce heating coil leakage
3. Easy to repair and maintain