Behavior of API 650 storage tank

The API 650 specification provides guidelines for the API 650 storage tank design, manufacturing, materials, installation and inspection of welded vertical and cylindrical tanks. Such containers must be on the ground and have a closed or open top.

Aftershock Level Earthquake (ALE)
This design case shall be applicable only when regulations or project documents specifically require the tank system to be designed or evaluated for aftershocks.
If the outer tank is not designed as a secondary containment (i.e. it serves as vapor barrier and pressure boundary only and is not constructed of API 620 material suitable for the inner tank API 650 storage tank), then no design or evaluation for ALE is required by these provisions for the inner or outer tank.

In the process of API 650 storage tank steel transportation, enterprises often use railway transportation, highway transportation, water transportation and other ways to transport. According to the cargo owner's requirements on the timeliness of the goods and the different transportation routes, our company will choose API 650 storage tank different modes of transportation. According to the specific needs of customers, or specify the mode of transportation.