STORAGE TANK PIPING STRESS ANALYSIS AS PER API 650 USING CAESAR IT Intraduction: Tanks are one ofthe most important equipment for storing large amount of fluids which might be highly toxic, lammable or injurious to environment and failure at any point could result into highly hazardous of fatal accident, So proper analysis of tank connected piping systein is required for accurate Sunctioning and safety. In this article Iwill give emphasis on modeling of tank, load cases for tank piping analysis in Caesar TL tank nozzle load checkin as per API- 650 Documents required for Stress Analysis: © Tank G.A. drawing indicating nozzle elevation, nozzle pro © Allowable load for tank nozzle as per vendor manufacturer, (© Piping isometric, Line list, PAID ete © Sol settlement data of that region as por civil department.‘Modelling Procedure in Caesar U: > Model the nozzle flange (10-20) as per tank flange pressure rating. > Model the projection as pipe clement (20-30) with same pipe diameter & schedule given in the drawing for the nozzlc up to pipe and tank intersection. > For tanks having diameter less than 36 meter mode! 40-S0 and 50-60 in the same way as followed for normal pressure vessels. provide anchor at node 60 with cnode at 61. Add the settlement displacement if any at node 61 TANK RADIUS — TANK NODE NOZZLE NODE, /— NOZZLE FLANGE 20 10 +— NOZZLE ELEVATION ANG 604616 NODE BOTTOM OF TANK > Following steps to be taken when doing the stress analysis forthe lines connected to tank having, diameter more than 36 meter: > Engineering/Process data sheet to be obtained from Process team to evaluate parameter (Radial Growth, unrestrained rotation, allowable forces and moments) as per API 680 as shown inthe following figure:Te Ownces ene osm No Node 010 Tarktlse pins 1076 Net te Dice 2280] Norte Wel Thieknese!Es12———«| “Tank Ovte Direte azOn | Terk Wat Theses 21000 Felocing on She) Nace 2 Nec Hogi 250m | Psd eige T5000 | sues On Tak Coed of Thema Broan, 107% Toopertze Charge: 101000 | ork Mehr of lich 200879000Here, Tank Coefficient of thermal expunsion and modulus of elasticity can be obtained from API 650 (2007 Edition) Appendix P, ANSIB 31.3, o altematively from any engineering handbooks. > Temperature change shal be based on the temperature at which nozzle to be checked. [required both ‘cam be entered in successive single run to obtain nozzle movement.) > “Start run" option to he executed to get the API 680 flexibility calculation and parameter as shown in the following f edie! Fores #473 tinue ar re fers Radial Growth, uncesrained longitudinal rotation (as calculated ftom APT 650 spreadsheet) tobe inserted inthe displacement vector as shown below with comect orientation and direction, (See the ‘sample attacked here with).Node 1: [124i Vector 1 | Vector 2 Dx_|_0an00 by | 0.0000 oz_| 4 5300 px | -05100 Ry_| 0.0000 Z| 0on0 s +m , Node 2 Vector 1 | Vector 2 Ee ~)R)2|2/8|> In addition to normal load cases, following cases, in general, shall be included for tank piping analysis,L1- W+PI+TI+DL4D3, OPE 12 WiPLHT2«D2+D3, OPE L3 WAP LecesceesseneseeenSUS. L4 LI-L3, EXP LS L213) EXP Where, D1 & D2 represent displacement vector as per API 650 for operating and design condition respectively and D3 represents tank settlement, ifany. Nozzle Loading Checking © Tobe checked as per “APPENDIX P" OF API 650 (as shown in Caesar API 650 spreadsheet) for ‘Tanks having diameter larger than 36 M(120 fb) © For Tanks smaller than 36.m (120 R) in diameter . ‘Vendor has to provide allowable load for the connected nozzles . ‘To be checked with Nozzle-Pro / WRC 107/ FEA/ WRC 297/ for Tanks