API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks volume

API 650 external floating roof storage tanks are generally called external floating roof API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks tanks, which means that the storage tanks are externally open tanks without a dome design, and are equipped with vertical floating roofs. API 650 external floating roof storage tanks are usually used for large More than 20,000 cubic meters of open steel API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks storage tanks for storing volatile petroleum products such as crude oil, gasoline, kerosene, etc.

Shell Stiffening Rings for Tanks That Contain Liquid
Internal or external shell stiffening rings may be required to maintain roundness when the tank is subjected to wind, vacuum, or other specified loads. When API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks stiffening rings are required, the stiffener-to-shell weld details shall be in accordance with Figure Q-1 and Q.3.5.2 through Q.3.5.5.
Three-plate laps or butt-weld junctions in tank bottoms shall be not closer than 12 in. from each other or from the butt-welds of the annular plates.
Bottom plates, other than annular bottom plates for a 9% or 5% nickel steel or stainless steel tank that contains liquid, may have a minimum thickness of 3/16 in. exclusive of any specified corrosion allowance.

Tank cracks are common API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks defects, mainly including tank wall cracks, internal cracks, weld zone cracks. The reason for these defects may be that the defects not exceeding the standard existed in the early stage of API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks construction, which become obvious after the later use. Or in the process of using the API Std 650 welded steel storage tanks, the tank body material generated new defects due to corrosion, pressure, wear and other reasons, and tank cracks.

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