EEMUA 159 Above ground flat bottomed storage tanks: A guide to inspection maintenance and repair

READING CHECKLISTS

 1 Introduction and scope  6.2 Soil settlement

 1.1 Introduction  6.3 Effects of soil settlement
 1.2 Scope  6.4 Leakage
 1.3 Codes and history  6.5 Maximum tolerances and limits for
 1.4 Definitions and Abbreviations settlement and out-of-verticality of
 2 Tanks and their components: Terminology tank shell
and materials of construction  6.6 Re-levelling of tank foundations
 2.1 Tank components  6.7 Tank lifting operations
 2.2 Glossary of terms  6.8 Repair/modification methods - some
 2.3 Types of storage tanks typical examples
 2.4 Materials  7 Tank bottoms (with or without annular
 3 Degradation mechanisms and failure modes plates)
 3.1 General corrosion  7.1 General
 3.2 Tank settlement and consequential  7.2 Introduction
problems  7.3 Determination of floor thickness and
 3.3 Structural failure and/or failure of tank condition
components/appendages  7.4 Rejection limits
 3.4 Low Cycle Fatigue failure mechanism  7.5 Bulges and depressions in tank bottom
 3.5 Combination of degradation plates
mechanisms and other influences  7.6 Cathodic protection
 3.6 Microbial Induced Corrosion (MIC)  7.7 Repair/modification methods - some
 4 Corrosion of tanks typical examples
 4.1 General  8 Tank shells
 4.2 Types of corrosion  8.1 General
 4.3 Corrosion rates  8.2 Determination of effective shell plate
 4.4 Bottom plates thickness and condition
 4.6 Roof plates  8.3 Rejection limits for shell plates
 4.7 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)  8.4 Minimum thickness calculations for
 4.8 Corrosion of stubs and appendages riveted tank shells
 5 General inspection techniques and  8.5 Top wind girder and intermediate wind
interpretation of inspection data stiffeners
 5.1 References  8.6 Buckling problems of tank shells and
 5.2 Inspection top wind girders
 5.3 Ultrasonic thickness measurements  8.7 Manholes, nozzles and connecting
 5.4 Evaluation of shell inspection data piping
 8.8 Clean-out doors and openings
 6 Tank foundations  8.9 Earthing
 6.1 General

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  8.10 Repair/modification methods - some  15.2 Hydrostatic testing after repair, re-
typical examples siting and modification
 9 Tank roofs - general  15.3 Requirements for hydrotesting
 9.1 Introduction  15.4 Settlement monitoring
 9.2 Determination of roof plate thickness  16 Re-siting of vertical tanks
and condition  16.1 General
 10 Fixed roofs (cone roofs and dome roofs)  16.2 Moving using a crane with spreader
 10.1 General beam
 10.2 Roof manholes and nozzles  16.3 Moving on rail tracks
 10.3 Roof vents (ventilation of tanks) and  16.4 Moving by air-cushion method
emergency relief vents  16.5 Moving by floating
 10.4 Column supported roofs  16.6 Moving by self-propelled trailers
 10.5 Membrane (self-supporting) roof  16.7 Testing requirements
 10.6 Degradation limits for fixed roofs  17 Probabilistic Preventive Maintenance
 10.7 Fitness for service assessment (PPM) for tanks
 10.8 Internal Floating Covers (IFCs)  17.1 Introduction
 10.9 Repair/modification methods  17.2 Inspection and Maintenance based on
 11 Floating roofs risk
 11.1 Types  17.3 Introduction to PPM
 11.2 Degradation limits  17.4 Risk Based Inspection (RBI
 11.4 Guidelines for the operation of  17.5 Reliability Centred Maintenance
floating roofs (RCM)
 11.5 Possible problems with EFR buoyancy  17.6 PPM process
 11.6 Repair/modification methods  17.7 PPM implementation
 11.7 Snow load on EFR  18 Mothballing
 11.8 Aluminium dome roofs  18.1 Introduction
 12 Tank appendages  18.3 Reducing the Risk of Internal
 12.1 Shell and roof nozzles Degradation
 12.2 Floating suction lines  18.4 Reducing the Risk of External
 12.4 Side entry mixers Corrosion
 12.5 Tank instrumentation  Appendix A Tank assessment, records and
 13 Tank coatings reports
 13.1 Introduction  A.1 Tank records
 13.2 External coating systems  A.2 Minimum allowable thickness and
 13.3 Internal coating systems shell-to-edge projection of annular
 13.4 Repair/modification methods - some plates
typical examples  Appendix B Inspection checklists and
 14 Tank insulation frequencies
 15 Hydrotesting  B.1 Inspection frequencies
 15.1 General  B.2 Tank inspection checklist
 B.3 Example NDT inspection sheets

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 Appendix C Typical repair solutions
 C.1 Tank jacking
 C.2 Typical repair solutions for tank
foundations
 C.3 Typical repair solutions for tank
bottoms
 C.4 Typical repair solutions for tank shells
 C.5 Tank coating and lining
 Appendix D Sample calculations
 D.1 Stability of corroded tank
 D.2 Venting
 D.3 Floating roof seal design
 D.4 Remaining life of a storage tank
 D.5 Sample calculation of a corroded
landing leg
 D.6 Sample calculation for planar tilt
 Appendix E Probabilistic Preventive
Maintenance (PPM)
 E.1 Asset records
 E.2 Tank components and their typical
failure modes
 E.3 RBI calculation of the interval between
inspections
 E.4 Model calculations for determining
interval before next required
inspection
 E.5 Methodology Reliability Centred
Maintenance
 E.6 The RCM steps
 E.7 Model calculation for assessing
consequence factor
 E.8 PPM appraisal checklist
 E.9 Determining the required maintenance
tasks belonging to dominant failure
mechanisms of tank components
 Appendix F Reduction in Young’s Modulus
and Applicable Allowable Stresses in Steel
components at elevated temperatures
 Appendix G Self-supporting aluminium roofs
 G.1 Introduction
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 G.2 Risks Associated with Self Supported
Aluminium domes
 G.3 Typical failure modes for aluminium
domes
 G.4 Design Considerations
 G.5 Dome construction
 G.6 Aluminium dome inspection and
maintenance requirements
 Appendix H (Informative) FEA Requirements
regarding Fit-for-Service assessments
 H.1 General
 H.2 The FEA Report
 Appendix I (Informative) Supplementary
method for assessing floating roofs and
fixed roofs
 I.1 Introduction
 I.2 Allowable and appearing stresses under
operational conditions
 I.3 Allowable stresses to be used for a Fit-
for-Purpose analysis of floating roofs
and fixed roofs according to this
Publication
 I.4 Verification of floating roofs
 I.5 Verification of fixed roofs
 Appendix J (Informative) Tank turnaround
procedure
 J.1 Introduction
 J.2 Tank turnaround organisation
 J.3 Workflow
 J.4 In service scope vs out of service scope
 J.5 Summary