Storage Tanks for Engineers
Storage Tanks for the Engineer
2-Day Course
Learn the Basics of Storage Tank Design & Analysis
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Course Description
Learn the Basics of Storage Tank Design & Analysis
The design and analysis of welded storage tanks can involve the application of a number of interrelated requirements in API 650. Application of these requirements may not always be intuitive to the storage tank engineer.
This course provides the storage tank engineer a practical understanding of the basics of tank design and analysis. Tank component design, material considerations, fabrication and examination and testing will be covered, with a focus on API 650. This course covers design loads for tanks, including special requirements for wind and seismic loads and external pressure, temperature considerations related to brittle fracture (LODMT) and elevated temperature tanks, and design requirements for some basic tank designs (stainless and aluminum tanks, fixed roof and floating roof tanks, tanks with double bottoms, etc.). The course also gives the student a basic understanding of the evaluation of existing storage tanks in accordance with API 653, including the determination of tank minimum thickness, inspection intervals, repairs, hydrotest requirements and settlement evaluation. The focus of this course is design and analysis requirements, but also includes practical information that comes from instructors who have worked for Owner-Users as well as in a consulting capacity.
Course Methodology
The course consists of lectures interspersed with example problems that introduce concepts covered in the lectures. The problems are worked by the students, with solutions reviewed by the class.
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- A. General Requirements for Storage Tanks
- B. Fracture Touhgness and Material Considerations
- C. Basics Tank Component Design per API 650
- Shells
- Roofs
- Wind Girders
- Attachments - D. Design for Wind and Seismic Loads
- E. Elevated Temperature Tanks
- F. Design for External Pressure
- G. Stainless Steel and Aluminum Tanks
- H. Fabrication, Examination and Testing
- I. Other Tank Design Standards
- J. Evaluation of Existing Storage Tanks per API 653
- K. Tank Fitness-for-Service
- L. Inspection Intervals
- M. Repairs and Hydrotest Requirements
- N. Tank Settlement
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers, serving in a project, maintenance or reliability role, whose responsibilities include the evaluation of refinery or terminal storage tanks.
back to topGeneral Information
Registrants receive a workbook containing all slides and presentation handouts.
Attendees are encouraged to bring plant problems and questions specific to the subject matter of this course for discussion.
Questions about the Course, Registration, or Special Needs? Contact Equity Engineering at training@equityeng.com.
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Mr. Andreani has over 25 years engineering experience in the refining and petrochemical industry as an owner-user, and as a consultant. He is an aboveground storage tank specialist and has provided design, maintenance, and capital project support to refineries, petrochemical facilities and terminals in the USA and worldwide. Mr. Andreani has written a number of design and repair specifications for storage tanks and has co-authored two papers that are the basis for the edge settlement and shell settlement assessment procedures in API 653. He has also consulted on a number of aboveground storage tank RBI assessments. Mr. Andreani is a member of the Design Subgroup of the API Subcommittee on Aboveground Storage Tanks (SCAST).
Mr. Sowinski has 19 years of experience in the refining and petrochemical industry as an owner-user and as a consultant providing engineering support. He is an experienced pressure vessel engineer and has performed design/analysis of pressure containing equipment to evaluate mechanical integrity and improve reliability. Mr. Sowinski has performed Fitness-For-Service assessments including evaluation of brittle fracture, general and local metal loss, and crack-like flaws using the methodologies of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1.
