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PDVSA F-201 - 2000 - Engineering Specification, Atmospheric Storage Tanks
PDVSA F-201 - 2000 - Engineering Specification, Atmospheric Storage Tanks
ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION
PDVSA N° TITLE
APPD.BY Alexis Arévalo DATE DEC.00 APPD.BY Enrique Carmona DATE DEC.00
Index
SECTION 1 – SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Referenced Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 (Addition) Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.5 (Addition) Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2 – MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION 3 – DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4 Bottom Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.5 Shell Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.6 Shell Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.10 Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.12 (Addition) Floating Roof Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.13 (Addition) Floating Roof Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.14 (Additions) Floating Roof Supports and Drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.15 (Addition) Design Additional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 5 – ERECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.2 Detail of Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.3 Inspection, Testing and Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 6 – METHODS OF INSPECTING JOINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 7 – WELDING PROCEDURE AND WELDER
QUALIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.4 Qualification of Welders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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FOREWORD
This specification covers minimum requirements for materials, design,
fabrication, erection and testing of welded steel storage tanks for above ground
atmospheric liquid hydrocarbons and chemical storage. This specification does
not cover tanks for water storage.
This specification is intended to supplement API Standard 650, Tenth Edition,
November 1998. Paragraph numbers, figures and tables of this specification
correspond to those in API 650. Paragraph numbers not found in API 650 are new
paragraphs.
Paragraphs shall be highlighted as shown below to indicate the type of change
from the API Standard:
(Addition) New paragraph or supplemental requirements/clarifications to an
existing paragraph.
(Deleted) Paragraph deleted.
(Decision) A decision has been made as required.
(Substitution) Paragraph supersedes API in its entirety.
SECTION 1 – SCOPE
1.1.3 (Substitution) The SI measuring system shall be used in drawings. Dimensions
of piping, flanges, nozzles and bolts shall be in English units.
1.1.9 (Substitution) The seismic design of tanks shall meet the requirements of PDVSA
FJ–251, “Seismic Design of Metallic Tanks”.
1.3.2 (Addition) Tanks designed according to this specification must comply the
requirements of PDVSA–FJ–251 “Seismic Design of Metallic Tanks”, and of
PDVSA–FJ–221, “Diseño Antisísmico de Instalaciones Industriales”.
The production test coupons shall be taken from the bottom, middle and top
course longitudinal and circumferential weld seams. A test coupon shall be taken
from each heat number used in the tank construction. The test coupon shall be
welded as an extension to the end of the production weld. If it is not practical to
do it, the test plate will be made under the same production conditions as the
actual tank welds, using the same welding procedure, joint details, number of
passes, position, and consumables required for the actual tank joint. Inspector
refers to the PDVSA representative.
SECTION 2– MATERIALS
2.1.4 (Addition) Material specifications for annular plates shall be the same of the
corresponding first course.
2.1.5 (Addition) Cast fittings shall not be permitted.
2.1.6 (Addition) No welded piping (API 5L or equivalent) is permitted for nozzle an
nozzle necks for tanks constructed with steels having a specified minimum Yield
strength greater than 43,000 psi and a specified maximum tensile strength equal
to or lower than 100,000 psi.
SECTION 3 – DESIGN
3.3.2 Corrosion Allowances
(Addition) Corrosion allowance shall be considered as specified in the PDVSA
data sheet, but never be less than 1.5 mm.
3.6.1.9 (Addition) The tank shell course thickness shall be designed according to the “1–
foot method of API 650”. Calculation of the thickness by the “variable design point
method” requires PDVSA approval.
3.6.1.10 (Addition) All vertical and horizontal shell joints shall be designed and specified
using complete penetration and fusion welding procedures.
3.7.1.9 (Addition) The minimum number of shell and roof manholes shall be as follows:
3.7.5.1 (Substitution) Shell manholes shall conform to Figures3–4A and 3–4B and Tables
3–3 through 3–5, except that the minimum size shall be equal or greater than 24
in. Other shapes are permitted by 3.7.1.8. Manhole reinforcing plates or each
segment of the plates if they are not made in once piece shall be provided with
a 6–mm (1/4–in.) diameter telltale hole (for detection of leakage through the
interior welds). Each hole shall be located on the horizontal position centerline and
shall be open to the atmosphere. All tanks shall have at least one manhole of 30
in.
3.7.8.12 (Addition) Flush type shell connections shall be provided with a flow guide box.
3.8.4. (Addition) Manual Gauging and Sampling for Fixed Roof Tanks. A gauging hatch
shall be installed on a roof manhole cover, with a minimum diameter of 200 mm.
The gauging hatch shall have a heavy stay–back cover and a seal with a corrosion
resistant seat, suitable for a pressure of 2 oz/sq. in, or the design pressure of the
tank, whichever is greater.
S For tanks over 6 m in diameter a water sump is required. The end of the
draw–off pipe shall be 100 mm from the bottom of the sump.
3.9.4 Stiffening Rings As Walkways
(Substitution) A stiffening ring or any portion of it that is specified as a walkway
shall have a width not less than 760 mm clear of the projecting curb angle on the
top of the tank shell. It shall be located 1050 mm below the top of the curb angle
and shall be provided with a standard railing on the unprotected side and at the
ends of the sections used as a walkway.
3.9.6 Top wind girder
3.9.6.4 When a curb angle is required at the top of the shell of floating roof tanks, the
horizontal leg shall extend outward (Figure 3–20, detail b, API 650).
3.10 Roofs
3.10.1 Definitions
3.10.1.b (Decision) Self–Supporting roofs are permitted only with PDVSA approval.
3.10.2.3 (Substitution) Roof plates of supported cone roof shall not be attached to the
supporting members. For tanks to be operated at high temperatures, the rafter to
shell connection shall be designed to allow differential thermal expansion
between the shell and the roof rafters.
3.10.2.5.3 (Addition) A frangible joint at the roof to shell junction shall be provided for
supported cone and self–supporting cone roof designs.
3.10.2.9 (Addition) The horizontal leg of the roof–supporting angle shall be turned inward.
If the shell top angle is butt–welded to the shell (API 650, Fig. F–2 (d) or (i), a
double side weld is required.
3.12.2 Tank roof design for tanks larger than 18 m in diameter shall be as follows
a. Roofs shall be of the low deck (minimum vapor space) type.
b. Center decks greater than 45 m in diameter shall have channel stiffeners on
the under side of the deck. Stiffeners shall be 6in, 8.2 lbs/ft, or 160 mm, 13.3
kg/m minimum and shall be installed as concentric rings with a maximum
radial spacing of 6m. In addition, the underside deck plates shall have
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3.14.2 The clearance between the support and the roof support sleeve shall be 3 mm
nominally at all points.
3.14.4 Bearing plates shall be centered under each support, welded to the shell bottom
by a 5–mm continuous fillet weld. Plate dimension shall be 24 in square by 3/8 in
thick.
3.14.5 The length of the leg support sleeves shall be such that any opening will be above
the liquid level when the deck is deflected by the 250–mm rainfall or by a
punctured center deck loading condition. The height of the support sleeves for a
single deck pontoon roof shall never be less than the tank diameter divided by 60.
3.14.6 Emergency drains shall not be provided when the pontoon area is less than 50%
of the roof area. Only for double deck type roofs may credit is taken in the roof
design when emergency drains are furnished.
walkways and platforms posts will be installed on the base plates on all sides
except at the access.
3.15.9.4 Dome roof tanks shall require walkways from the edge to the center of the roof
for maintenance of accessories. These walkways will have handrails on both
sides and around working platforms. A swinging door shall be installed at access.
SECTION 5 –ERECTION
5.2 Detail of Welding
5.2.5 Roofs
(Addition) Cone and dome roofs shall not have depressions that will allow
accumulation of water.
h. (Addition) The PDVSA inspector shall take note of water levels in the tanks.
The hydrotest shall be maintained for at least 24 hours.
Línea diametral
Punto de
medición
en placa
anular
≤ 3m
Placa del fondo
≤3m
Placa anular
Punto de medición
en placa anular
Punto de
medición
en la pared