API 653: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction

By: Igor Martic
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API 653: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction

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About the course

The API 653 standard states the requirements for maintaining the integrity of steel storage tanks after they have been placed in service, and addresses inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction. The API 653 specification is applicable for steel storage tanks built according to API 650 or its predecessor API 12C.

During a 3 day instructor led virtual course the API 653 requirements will be explained from a managerial and business prospective. Thereby giving the participants a working understanding of the API 653 requirements. Detailed explanations of all the information and techniques covered in the API 653 'Body of Knowledge' are given, including the ASME welding requirements for storage tanks built to ASME section IX and API 650.

The course consists of 6 online live instructor led sessions spread across three days. All training content is provided through your EngineeringTrainer account.

In-Company
18hr Content
18 PDH Credit
English
INCO1303

Meet your instructor

Instructor

Igor Martic

Inspection, Pressure Vessels, Auditing, Welding

Learning Outcomes

After this course, you...
• understand the information covered in the API 653 'Body of Knowledge' including ASME welding requirements for storage tanks sections IX and API 650. This includes ASME non• destructive testing principles and application of ASME section V.
• have seen how to conduct a review of a steel storage tank designed to API 650 including weld sizes, tank nozzle reinforcement, brittle fracture, weld efficiency factors and post weld heat treatment.
• have a sound overview of how the API 653 is applied for inspection, repair, alteration and reconstruction of tanks.
• will be familiar with the inspection intervals, inspection requirements and their relationships to ASME codes.
• can determine corrosion and minimum thickness and calculate the remaining life of a component
• will understand inspection and degradation mechanisms of API 575, cathodic protection and internal coatings for storage tanks.

Who should attend this course

Those working for organizations that are working & using the API 635 Specification, such as:
• Tank inspection engineers
• Plant operations engineers
• Plant Managers
• Inspection personnel
• Quality System Auditors

Prerequisites

General piping design background

Program & Details

Suitability for Service Live

1. Tank Roof Evaluation
2. Tank Shell Evaluation
3. Tank Bottom Evaluation
4. Tank Foundation Evaluation
Britte Fracture Consideration Live

1. Considerations
2. Assessment Procedure
Inspection Live

1. Inspections from Outside the Tank
2. Internal Inspection
3. Alternatives to Internal Inspection
4. Checklists, Records and Reports
5. Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE)
Materials Live

1. New Materials
2. Original Materials for Reconstructed Tanks
3. Welding Consumables
Design Considerations for Reconstructed Tanks Live

1. New Weld Joints
2. Existing Weld Joints
3. Shell Design
4. Shell Penetrations
5. Windgirders and Stability
6. Roofs
7. Seismic Design
Tank Repair and Alteration Live

1. Removal and Replacement of Shell Plate Material
2. Shell Repairs using Lap-welded Patch Plates
3. Repairs using Nonmetallic Materials
4. Repair of Defects in Shell Plate Material
5. Alteration of Tank Shells to Change Height
6. Repair of Defective Welds and Penetrations
7. Addition or Replacement of Shell Penetrations
8. Alteration of Existing Shell Penetrations
9. Repair of Tank Bottoms
10. Repair of Fixed Roofs
11. Repair of Floating Roofs
12. Hot Taps
Dismantling and Reconstruction Live

1. Cleaning and Gas Freeing
2. Dismantling Methods
3. Reconstruction
Welding Live

1. Welding Qualifications
2. Identification and Records
3. Alternatives to PWHT
4. Safety
Examination and Testing Live

1. NDE
2. Radiographs
3. Hydrostatic Testing
4. Leak Tests
5. Settlement Survey
Marking and Record keeping Live

1. Nameplates and Recordkeeping
2. Certification