Comparison of Welded Steel Tank Design Standards We are often asked about the diferences between the varying tank standards and when they are used. Below isa simple table which provid the several welded stee! storage tank slandards. The lists no altincusive, there are tanks which fll ouside these parameters. However, we have covered some ofthe more popular standards used. I you have questions in regards to this Ist or would tke futher information on welded steel storage tanks please vst four website wun advancetank.com or by phone at (970) 568-3444. ‘ick review of standard | Awwapioo~ | asresor | piezo | apiigrs | ap 120" Description Welded Welded | Designand | Specticaton | Specification Carbon Stee! Stesl | Construction | for Shop | for Field Tanksfor | Tanksfor | ofLarge, | Welded | Welded Water Storage | Ol Storage Low- Tanks for | Tanks for Pressure Storage of | Storage of Storage Production| Production Tanks Liquids Liquids Product Stored | Water | AnyLiguid | Any Liquid Any Liquid | Any Liuid Wastewater Configuration | Ground | Ground- Any Ground- | Ground ‘Supported | Supported | configuration Supported or | Supported Bottom Botiom | thathasa Skirted Bottom single Bottom Open or | Open or | centered, Closed Roof Closed Roof Closed | ertcal axig | Cased Root Root lovated Tonks of revolution ShopiFiekd | Field Erected | Shop Field Erecied | Shop Erected | Field Erected Erected (Appendix yor Field Erected Tank Sizes | Any Any aay Only sizes as | Only sizes as sted in 16 Table 1 of, Diameter to | API120 18.6 (186 Diameter) | Diameter to 55-0 Diameter) Temperature | Ambient -40 Dog. | -325Deg.F | Ambient | Ambient Range %0500 t0.250’Deg. F Deg. F Maximum | Atmospheric | 25 psig | 15 psig ‘As shown in| AS shown in Pressure (pounds Table 1(8— Table 1(9- per square 1B ozin®2) 8 ozlin’2) inch gage) basedon | basod on tanksze tank size Carbon | Carbon Steel | Carbon Stee! | Carbon St Steel Materials ‘Austenitic Austenitic | Stainless Stainless Stee! Stee! Nekel AloysDuplex (Low Temp Stainless | only) Stoo! ‘Aluminum Usesiindustries | Primarly for | OiGas, | API620 | 12F tanks | 12D tanks mmuicigal water | Chemical, tanks are are are storage or | Water, nd used for standardized standarcized wastewater Bio-Fuel product that shop tanks tanks bul in process bul | storage, eds high | builtin accordance alsofound | APLESO internal accordance | with API 120, industialy | tanks are | pressure with API 12F, including when water | someaf | suchas LNG | Including dimensions storages | the most | tanks or | dimensions | and intemal necessary | common | Cryogenic | and internal and external wolded tanks, and external | pressures, steel tanks pressures. | Primary use used in Primary use| is for the industy, Isforthe storage of Most tanks Storage of | production oil in production oll | & produced Refineries, ‘produced | water Terminals, water Pipelines, and other process facies use these tanks *AP| American Petroloum Institute ‘AWWA. American Water Works Association