Storage Tank Inspector Examination
Preparatory Course (API
653)
Introduction:
American
Petroleum Institute (API) initiated an Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector
Certification Program with the issuance of Supplement 1 to API 653, Tank
Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction. This training course is
designed to give a detailed discussion on the required engineering knowledge
for In-service Storage tanks with emphasis on syllabus published by API (Body
of Knowledge). The preparatory course will clarify basic intentions of all code
prescribed for study, how to interpret code rulings and at the end, built-up the
confidence among the candidates for taking decisions.
The course is
divided into six main areas: Basic Storage tank design engineering i.e. API
650, In-service inspection techniques (API 653/ RP 575/ RP 577), Damage
mechanisms (API 571), Cathodic protection (API RP 651) and lining of tank
bottom (API RP 652), calculations of retirement thickness and other skills
required for delivery of quality job & safe operation. The participants
will receive comprehensive course notes, illustrated with practical case
studies, main punch-points of the course to impart knowledge to the candidates.
Course
Objectives:
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
Who
Should Attend?
Engineers, Supervisors, and Managers, Mechanical, Inspection, Maintenance & Operations, Technical & Engineering, Corrosion Engineers, personnel and design persons involved in integrity assessment of in-service tanks, repairs and replacement of old tanks
Course
Outline:
Fundamentals of Storage Tank
Design & Construction (API 650)
· Allowable stress values shell,
roof and bottom Design
· Material selection
· Impact test requirement of API
650
· Impact test results
· Shell thickness calculations
· Bottom plate thickness
calculations
· Roof plates calculations
· Nozzle openings calculations
· API 650 Requirements for Storage
Tank fabrication, erection, NDT and leak testing
Understanding of Storage Tank Inspection
Code (API 653)
· Introduction, scope, definitions
and organization of API 653
· Intervals and scope of
inspections
· Data evaluation and corrosion
assessment of roof, shell, and bottom
· Estimation of corrosion rate
· Inspection and testing practices
of API 653
· Evaluation for brittle failure
· Repairs, alterations &
reconstruction of storage tanks
· Tank relocation and re-erection
· Replacement of tank bottom, hot
tapping on tank shell
· Detail discussions on material
corrosion and degradation (API 571), NDT of tank repairs, leak testing
Storage Tank Inspection
· Discussions on cathodic
protection methods against soil corrosion
· (API RP 651)
· Recommended practices for
inspection of storage tanks (API RP 575)
· Introduction to Sec IX, Case
studies of checking of PQR & WPS
Discussions on Corrosion
Protection & Quality of Welding
· Discussions on Lining of bottoms
of storage tanks (API RP 652)
· Discussions on API RP 577 and
Welding Inspection
· Understanding the difference
between Inspection and Examination and Various NDE methods to detect flaws in
metals
· Understanding rules imposed by ASME Sec V for various NDE techniques
| Code | From | To | City | Fees | |
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| CS08 | 10 Feb 2020 | 14 Feb 2020 | New York | US$ 5500 | Register |
| CS08 | 20 Apr 2020 | 24 Apr 2020 | Istanbul | US$ 4500 | Register |
| CS08 | 08 Jun 2020 | 12 Jun 2020 | Kuala Lumpur | US$ 4500 | Register |
| CS08 | 23 Aug 2020 | 27 Aug 2020 | Dubai | US$ 4200 | Register |
| CS08 | 12 Oct 2020 | 16 Oct 2020 | Jakarta | US$ 5000 | Register |
| CS08 | 13 Dec 2020 | 17 Dec 2020 | Cairo | US$ 3900 | Register |
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Certificate of Completion will be provided to the candidate(s) who successfully attend and complete the course. Training hours attendance percentage of 75% is required.
Standard course hours: 8:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Informal discussions: 4:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
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