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Tank Inspection and Certification Guidelines

This document outlines various annexes related to standards and guidelines for tank inspection and repair. It includes annexes on checklists for tank inspections, certification of inspectors, non-destructive examination requirements, qualification of inspection procedures and personnel, similar service assessments, and standards for different materials used in tank construction such as various stainless steels. It also includes figures illustrating measurement techniques, repair methods, and other tank inspection and assessment topics.

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Tank Inspection and Certification Guidelines

This document outlines various annexes related to standards and guidelines for tank inspection and repair. It includes annexes on checklists for tank inspections, certification of inspectors, non-destructive examination requirements, qualification of inspection procedures and personnel, similar service assessments, and standards for different materials used in tank construction such as various stainless steels. It also includes figures illustrating measurement techniques, repair methods, and other tank inspection and assessment topics.

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Annex C (informative) Checklists for Tank Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1


Annex D (normative) Authorized Inspector Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Annex E (Intentionally Left Blank) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Annex F (normative) NDE Requirements Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Annex G (informative) Qualification of Tank Bottom Examination Procedures and Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
Annex H (informative) Similar Service Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1
Annex I (informative) Inquiries and Suggestions for Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
Annex S (normative) Austenitic Stainless Steel Storage Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-1
Annex SC (normative) Stainless and Carbon Steel Mixed Materials Storage Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SC-1
Annex X (normative) Duplex Stainless Steel Storage Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X-1

Figures
4.1 Inspection of Corrosion Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2 Pit Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
5.1 Brittle Fracture Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.2 Exemption Curve for Tanks Constructed from Carbon Steel of Unknown Material Specification . . . . 5-3
9.1 Acceptable Details for Replacement of Shell Plate Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
9.2 Details for Door Sheets in Riveted Seam Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
9.3 Details for Door Sheets in Lap Weld Seam Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
9.4 Details for Door Sheet in Butt-Weld Shell Seam Tank—No Vertical Seam Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.5 Details for Door Sheet in Bull-Weld Shell Seam tank—Vertical Seam Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.6 Lapped Patch Repair Plates at the External Shell-to-bottom Joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
9.7 Typical Details for Addition of Reinforcing Plate to Existing Shell Penetration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
9.8 Typical Details for Addition of “Tombstone” Shape Reinforcing Plate to Existing Shell Penetration 9-10
9.9 Method for Raising Shell Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9.10 Details for Installing a New Bottom Through an Existing Tombstone Reinforcing Plate . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9.11 Details for Installing a New Bottom Through an Existing Tombstone Reinforcing Plate . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.12 Details for Installing a New Bottom Through an Existing Tombstone Reinforcing Plate . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
9.13 Typical Welded-on Patch Plates on Tank Bottom Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
9.14 Hot Tap for Tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
10.1 Tank Shell and Bottom Cut Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
13.1 Nameplate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
13.2 Certification Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
B.1 Measurements of Shell Settlement (External) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B.2 Measurements of Bottom Settlement (Internal) Tank Out-of-service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B.3 Graphical Representation of Tank Shell Settlement per B.2.2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
B.4 Graphical Representation of Shell Settlement per B.2.2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
B.5 Graphical Representation of Shell Settlement per B.2.2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
B.6 Edge Settlement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
B.7 Correction for Measured Edge Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

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