Quest

ionsf
rom mymemor
y-(
API
-653-SEPTEMBER-
26-
2012EXAM)

Openbook(
tot
al52quest
ions)

1.Maxi
mum r
adi
alspaci
ngf
orset
tl
ementmeasur
ementi
nsi
det
ank–10’
(10f
eet
).

Appendi
xBFi
gur
e…Fi
gur
eB.
2…10f
eet…Al
soknowmaxi
mum ci
rcumf
erent
ial
=32f
eet(
Fig
B.
1)

Expectt
heseopenorcl
osedbook…especi
all
ythe32f
eetr
ulef
orcl
osedbook

2.Maximum weldr
einf
orcementof1”weldjoint(Ver
ticalorHori
zontal
)forr
econst
ruct
edtank
asperAPI -
653-Theansweropt ionsi
ncl udes1/ 8”and¼” ,thisseemstobeat r
icky
questi
on…inmyopini
ont heanswershal
lincludereinf
orcementsonbothsideofthejoi
ntif
youlookatt
hedefi
nit
ionofrei
nfor
cementinAPI .

Sect
ion10,
10.
4.2.
6&Tabl
e10.
1 Easyeasy Reconst
ruct
edTanks 1/
8inch(
ver
t)&3/
32
(Hor
iz)

3.Spaci
ngf
orst
if
feni
ngr
ingdr
ainhol
esf
orun-
insul
atedt
ank.

Desi
gn/wel
dingquest
ion Usey
ourBRAI
N 650I
ndex Sect
ion5.
9…

5.9.3.
3Ri ngsthatmaytrapli
quidshallbeprov i
dedwithadequat
edrainholes.Uninsul
atedtankshaving
ri
ngsshal lhavesmallwater-
sheddingslopesand/ordrai
nholesorslotsunlessthePurchaserapproves
anal t
ernatemeansofdr ai
nage.Ifdrai
nholesar eprov
ided,t
heyshal
l beatleast25mm ( 1in.
)diamet er
(orslotwidth)on2400mm ( 8ft)centersorless.I
nsul
atedtankswherether i
ngsfuncti
onasi nsul
ati
on
closuresshallhavenodrainholesorslots.

4.Lengt
hofar
eat
obecl
eanedf
rom gal
vani
zedat
tachment
stobewel
dedt
otanks.

A)3mm B)12mm C)25mm D)Noneoft

hese

VERYTRI CKY…Li kelyanewquest ioni nt he25notcount ed…Ar guabl e,unless

6.1.1.3Mat er i
alsusedt oai dint hef abr icationoft anksshal lnothav eadet r
iment alef f
ectont he
structur al i
nt egr i
tyoft het ank.Lubr icant s, crayons, adhesi ves, andanti-weldspat tercompoundsshal lnot
cont ainmat erialsthatwi l
lbedet riment al t
ot het ank, e.g.,
sul furandchl oridecompoundsf orstai
nless
steel mat erials.At tachment sthatwi llbewel dedt ot hepr essur eboundar yshal lnothav eazi ncor
cadmi um coat ingint hewel dar eawi thin12mm ( 0. 5in.)oft hewel d.
API653Sect ion7. 2&Sect ion9( WPS/ PQR)…Mustal soknow…7. 2.
1.9I fpr otectivecoatingsar e
tobeusedonsur f
acest obewel ded,t hecoat i
ngsshal lbei ncludedi nwel ding- procedur equali
ficati
on
testsf ort hebr andf or mul at
ionandmaxi mum t hicknessofcoat i
ngt obeappl i
ed.9. 2.1.
4Wel di
ng
variables( incl udingsuppl ement aryessent ialv ari
abl eswheni mpactt estsar er equi redby9. 2.2),as
definedbyQW- 250ofSect i
onI Xoft heASMECode,shal lbeusedt odet erminet hewel dingprocedur e
speci fi
cat ionsandt hepr ocedur equal if
icat i
onr ecor dst obei nstit
uted.Inaddi tion,wheni mpactt estsof
the heat -aff ected zone ar er equir ed,t he heat -treated condi t
ion oft he base mat erialshallbe a
suppl ement aryessent ialv ari
abl e.Pl at es produced byt he controlled-rol
led pr ocess ar e nott o be
consi der edashav ingr eceivedanyheatt r
eat ment .Ifapr ot ectivecoat i
nghasbeenappl iedt oweldedge
prepar ations, thecoat i
ngshal lbei ncl udedasanessent i
alv ari
ableoft hewel dingpr ocedur especificati
on,
asr
equi
redby7.
2.1.
9.

Answer
:Bi
scor
rect…Butexpectal
soDi
scor
rect…ASSTATEDONWPS/
PQR

Quest
ionsfrom mymemor
y-(
API
-653-SEPTEMBER-
26-
2012EXAM)Openbook(
tot
al52
quest
ions)

5.Mini
mum pr
eheatt
obeusedf
orgi
venPQR…MUSTdet
ermi
nePQRTv
alue+MAT’
L
GROUP

SeeTabl
e7-
1a&7-
1bl
i
sti
ngmi
nimum pr
eheat…EASYASEATI
NGPI
E

6.Checkwhet
hert
heAnumberprovi
dedi
ntheWPSwascor
rectornot
?WPSpr
ovi
ded,
SMAW
weldi
ngwit
h7018el
ect
rodes……

ASMEIX…QW-253SMAW ESSENTI
ALVARI
ABLES=10 EasyasPI
E A-
1(PQR)qual
i
fiesA-
1(WPS)…A-
2 A-2,
etc…SAMERULEAPPLIESFORP-
NUMBERS&F-Number
s

7.Whi
chi
ssui
tabl
ecoat
ingf
ort
ankt
ost
orecr
udeoi
latt
emper
at e880C?
ur

API652 Sect
ion6,Tabl
e1(
Thi
nFi
l
m)&Tabl
e2(
Thi
ckFi
l
m) Temper
atur
e&Coat
ingt
ype
tabl
es

Epoxyphenoli
c/amineLi
ghtpr oducts,di
sti
ll
ates,aromat i
cs,hi
ghpuri
tywater,sourproduct
s,cr
ude 180–220
(82–104)
Epoxy/amineWater,l
i
ghtproducts,disti
l
lat
es,aromat i
cs,crude,andgasoli
ne 160–220( 71–104)
VinylEst
erWater,
crudeoil
,aromat i
cs,solv
ents,alcohols,gasohol
,oi
l,andchemicals 180–220( 82–104)

Thr
eeopt
ionsexi
st…Dependi
ngont
hequest
ion
6.
3THI CK-FI
LM, REINFORCEDTANKBOTTOM
LI
NINGS Thi ck-f
il
m, r
einf
orcedl
ini
ngsmaybeusedast
ankbot
tom l
i
ningsforbot
hnewandol
d
st
oragetanks.Table2li
stsgeneri
ctypesofr
esi
nst
ypi
cal
l
yusedi
nsuchlini
ngs.
8.Mini
mum numberofradi
ogr
aphsrequi
redforar ect
angul
arshel
lpl
ater
epl
acementshel
l
(
alsoknownasaDOORSHEETby653defini
ti
on)asperAPI-
653?MUSTKNOW THICKNESS

(
Assume1i
nchpl
ate40f
eetl
ong&3i
nter
sect
ingwel
ds)

API653Section12.2 Figur
e8.1BYTHI CKNESS&Not es 650r equir
ed+653Addedshot s=
4(650Verti
cal)shots+2(added653vert
ical)shots=6v er
ti
cal shotstotal
=2(650Hor i
zontal)shot
s+1( added653hor i
zontal
)shots=3hor i
zontalshot
stot
al
=Alli
nter
sections=3shots(650)…Alli
ntersecti
ons3shots( 653)=3i nter
secti
ngshot
st ot
al
9.Whati sthemaxi mum si
zeofrect
angularopeningattheroofofaf ixedconi
calr
ooftank?

650…5.8.
6Rect angularRoofOpeni
ngs
5.
8.6.
1Rectangularr
oofopeningsshal
lconf
ormt
oFi
gur
es5-
17and5-
18and/
ort
hissect
ion.

900mm (
3')max
10.Tocheckswingli
nesscr
ibethefl
exi
blejoi
ntacr
ossthetwomovingf
acesandr
aiseendof
swi
ngli
netocheckthej
oint
’s__
____
_____
.Ans>freedom ofmov
ement.

API575,7.
4. endof2nd Par
9( a) 653AnnexC I
nspect
ionCheckl
i
st OUTOFSERVI
CE
CHECKLIST

11.Namepl at
einf
ormation,
drawi
ngs,speci
fi
cati
on,result
softestandanaly
sisshal
lbepartof
whi
ch typeofr ecor
ds.Ans:Repair/
alt
erat
ion hist
ory,operat
ionalr
ecords,const
ruct
ion
r
ecords.

6.
8.2 CONSTRUCTI
ONRECORDS=CORRECTANSWER

SMARTTI
P HI
GHLI
GHTCHAPTER13653&REMI
NDYOURSELFGOTO6.
8forRECORDS

12.
Ifcor
rosi
on i
snoted ont
ankr oofand top ofshel
lwhich st
atementi
str
ue…….
.Ans:
str
uct
uralmember
smaybet wi
cet her
ateofthinni
ngoft
heroof.

I
NTERNALI
NSPECTI
ONQUESTI
ON API575 7.
4.8cov
erst
hear
eadi
scussed!
!!

API575…7. 4.8RoofandSt ructuralMember s

Ordi
nar
il
y,av isual
inspecti
onoft heint
eri
orroofplat
es,framingsyst
em andcolumnsupport
sissuff
ici
ent
.
Whencorrosionordistort
ionisev i
dentorheavyunder-
sideroofcorr
osi
onisindicat
edbyext
ernal
thi
cknessmeasur ements,accessscaf f
oldi
ngshoul
dbeerect edsothatmeasurement scanbetaken
i
nternall
y.Ifcorr
osionisnot edont heroofanduppershel
l,
t henstruct
uralmember smayalsobe
thi
nning,possiblyatasmuchast wicetherat
eofthethi
nningoft herooforshel
l,si
ncebothsidesof
thestructuralmembersar eexposedt ot hecor
rosi
vevapors.SeeAPISt d653,AppendixC,for
guidancet hati
smor edetail
ed.Figure57showsanexampl eofi nt
ernalcor
rosi
onofr oofpl
ates&raf
ter
s.

13.Radi
ust
oler
anceshal
lbemeasur
edatwhatdi
stancef
rom t
hebot
tom t
oshel
lj
oint
…….

BadQ? ?
??…Mustsaywhethert
ankisnew(bei
ngr epai
red)orr
econst
ruct
ed…doesi
tmat
ter
???
?
I
fneworREPAI RED(
perAPI653) SeeAPI650,7.5.
3
I
freconstr
uct
edONLY seeAPI653Table10.2
THEYARESOMETI
MESI
DENTI
CALREQMTS ButnotALWAYS

653Tabl
e10.
2

650Tabl
e7.
5.3

SMART TIP … Pl ace Dimensional t

oler
ances for
REPAI
RED TANKS AS 650 Sect
ion 7.
5 … Place NOTE
NEXTTOTABLE10.2 ALWAYSSEE650SECTI ON7.5
I
FTANKISNOTRECONSTRUCTED
14.Findoutt
hehy
drost
ati
cst
ressf
orA516–65bot
tom shel
lcour
se API653Chapt
er4
exam Q…

Tminwi
l
lbegi
ven…Buty
oucaneasi
l
ydet
ermi
nei
tifneeded…S=30,
700…E=Tabl
e4.
2,&D=
gi
ven
15.Oneoft
hecondi
ti
onsfornotconductinghydrotestisstressintherepair
ar
eashal
lnotexceed-
--
--
--
--
--Ans:
7000PSI
.

12.
3.2.
3.3.
c 7ksir
ule…WhenHy
drot
est
ingi
sNOTREQUI
RED

16.
Inaf rangi
bler
oofdesi
gnt
hesl
opeoft
her
oofatt
het
opangl
eat
tachmentshal
lnotex
ceed-
---
--
--Ans:2:12

API653Par
a4.
2.2.
2 API6505.
10.
2.6.
a.1

17.
Typi
calanchorpr
ofi
ler
equi
redf
orl
ini
ng?

API652…Sect
ion7.
5

7.5SURFACEPROFI LEORANCHORPATTERN
Theabr asiveusedforblasti
ngshoul
dbesel ect
edt oproducethenecessarypr ofil
edept h,oranchor
patter
n,forthe
l
iningtobeappl i
ed.Thel i
ningmanufact
urer’
srecommendat ionforsur
facepr ofil
edept hmustbe
achievedinordertoopt i
mizethemechanicaladhesionoftheli
ningtothesteel tankbot tom.Theanchor
patter
nr equir
edforli
ningsistypi
cal
ly1.
5–4. 0mi l
s( 38–102( m)andgener allyincreaseswi t
hthe
thi
cknessoft heli
ning.Toachieveadhesi
onnecessar yforl
ong-t
erm perf
ormance, itisi
mpor tantt
hatt
he
anchorpat t
ernissharpandangular.

18.Pr
iortoblast
ingsurf
aceshal
lbeessent
ial
l
ycl
eanedf
rom _
___
___
___
_.Ans:Oi
l
,tar
,gr
ease
mustberemov ed.

7.2PRE-
CLEANING
Pri
ortoabr
asi
veblast
ing,
all
hydr
ocar
bonr
esi
duessuchasoi
l,
tar
,andgr
ease,
mustber
emov
edf
rom
thear
eatobeli
ned.

19.
Tmi
n.t
hicknesscal
cul
ati
on-al
lpar
amet
ersgi
vendi
rect
lyi
nthequest
ion.

Tooeasy…Sel
ectt
hecor
rectf
ormul
ainsect
ion4

20…652possi
blequest
ion…4.
4GALVANI
CCELLCORROSI
ON

Hot-
rol
ledcar
bonst
eel
,ty
pical
l
yusedf
ort
heconst
ruct
ionofpet
rol
eum st
oraget
anks,
iscov
eredwi
tha
t
hinlay
erof
oxidecal l
edmillscale,
whi chiscat hodi ctot hebasest eel.Inthepr esenceofacor rodent( suchas
dissol
v edoxygen)andanel ectrolyte,agal vaniccor r
osioncoupl eformsatbr eaksint hemi llscale.
Acceleratedpit
ti
ngcor rosionoft hest eel atbreaksi nthemi llscalecanr esult.Millscalemayber emoved
from bot hsi
desoft hetankbot tom pl at ebyabr asivebl
astcl eaningorbypi ckling,butr emov alofmi l
l
scalef rom t
heunder si
deoft hest eel bot t
om i snotcommonl ydone.
Insomecases, weldingcanpr oducel ar gedi f
ferencesi nthemi crostructureofast eelbottom pl ate
result
ingi nabuilt
-i
ngal vaniccoupl e.Int hepr esenceofacor r
odentandanel ectrolyte,pr
ef er
ent i
al
corrosioncanoccuratt heheat -affect edzones( HAZ)oft hebasemet alneart hewel ds.Thi sty
peof
corrosioncancausesi gni f
icantl ocalizedmet alloss.SULFURI CACI DCORROSI ONATTACKS
WELDHAZ SeeAl
so575&571

21.Whatact
iontobetakeni
fyounot
iceaf
latspotofsi
ze1”deepX50f
twi
deX30f
tlengt
h
ona200ftdiametert
ank.

Ans:
acceptsi
ncei
tiswi
thi
ntol
erance,
ref
ert
oengi
neer
,pr
ovi
depat
chpl
ateet
c.

TI
P: FLATSPOTQuest
ion USE650ROUNDNESS
TOLERANCE
22.PerAPI650,whatact
ioni
stobet
akeni
ftheopeni
ngi
nat
ankshel
li
slar
gert
hanr
equi
redt
o
faci
l
itat
e2”nozzl
e?

5.7.
2Reinf
orcementandWelding
5.7.
2.1Openi
ngsi nt
ankshel
l
slargert
hanr
equi
redt
oaccommodat
eaNPS2f
langedort
hreadednozzl
e
shal
lberei
nforced.

Open&Cl
osedbookMi
xed
1.Maxi
mum ci
rcumf
erent
ial
spaci
ngf
orset
tl
ementmeasur
ement
.…LOL,
32FeetFi
gur
eB.
1
2.Whati
sthemaxi
mum per
iodf
orRBIr
e-assessment
?10y
ear
s…6.
4.2.
2. 4thpar
2( a)

3.Whi
chst
andar
dref
ersf
ordesi
gnofpar
ti
alv
acuum condi
ti
onoft
anks?650Appendi
xV

API650…5.
2.5Ext
ernalPr eAP
essur P.V
SeeAppendixVf ort
hepr ov
isi
onsfort
hedesi gnoft ankssubjecttoparti
alint
ernalv
acuum exceeding
0.25kPa(1in.ofwater
).Tanksthatmeetther equi
rementsoft hisStandardmaybesubj ect
edtoapar ti
al
vacuum of0.
25kPa( 1in.ofwater
),wi
thouttheneedt opr
ovideanyaddi ti
onalsupport
ingcal
culat
ions.
API2000…Sect
ion2

4. I
nspect
ioni
nter
valf
orUTthi
cknessmeasurements. 6.
3.3.
2(t
worul
escor
rosi
onr
ate
unknown=5y ear
smaximum …Corrosi
onrateknown=Lesser0f15orRCA/
2N

5.Whenani
nternal
inspecti
onmaybewaived?Ans:Ifthecontentf
reezeswhenl
eaks,
access
t
obott
om sideoftank,notr
equi
redf
orauthor
izedinspect
oretc.

6.Onequesti
ontofindoutthe“H”usedtocal
cul
atetmi
nforat
ankwhi
chhascor
rodedar
ea
oncer
taindist
ancefrom thebot
tom oft
hetank.

BOTTOM OFLENGTH“
L”TOMAXI
MUM LI
QUI
DLEVEL…USE4.
3.3.
1.b
7.Pr
ocedur
equal
if
icati
onthicknessl
i
mits,
procedur
eisqual
i
fiedi
n5/8”t
hicknesspl
atewhat
i
sthemaximum t
hicknesscanbeweldedwiththi
sPQR.…Table451.
1 2T=1- 1/4inches

8.Whatinf
ormat i
onaPQRmusthav
e……answeropt
ionsi
ncl
ude…si
gnat
ureanddat
e,cur
rent
r
evi
sion,t
hicknessr
angeet
c?

APIBODYOFKNOWLEDGEPART2WELDI
NG…

API577…6.
4.2I
temst
obeI
ncl
udedi
nthePQR…Seeal
soASMEI
XQW-
200.
2

c.WPS(
s)t
hatt
hePQRsuppor
ts.…v
.Cer
ti
fi
cat
ionsi
gnat
ureanddat
e.

9.Thethi
cknessofpl
atet
obeusedforshel
lreplacementshal
lbet
hemaxi
mum t
hicknessof
theadj
oini
ngmemberexcepti
nwhichcondit
ion…..

Thet
hicknessoft
her
epl
acementshel
lpl
ateshal
lnotbel
esst
hant
hegr
eat
estnomi
nalt
hicknessof

anypl
atei
nthesamecour
seadj
oini
ngt
her
epl
acementpl
ateexceptwher
etheadj
oini
ngpl
ati
sa
e

t
hickenedi
nser
tpl
ate.
10.Correctst
atementr
egar
dinghott
appi
ng…….Answerwashott
appi
ngshal
lnotbedoneat
rooftop.
 Expectoneoft
hese3ont
heexam …Sect
ion9quest
ion

11.Whatisimport
antwhil
econsideri
ngint
ernalcl
eani
ngoftanks….Answerincl
udesthe
assessmentofamount/t
ypesofsludgeinsi
dethetank,
faci
li
tyt
omobi l
i
zecleani
ng
equipmenti
nsi
dethetank,obst
ructi
onsinsi
dethetanketc.

API653Sect
ion1.
4 API575Sect
ion7.
1&7.
4.1

AtankshallbesufÞcientlycl
eantoal l
owadequat einspecti
on.Tankcl eaningmethodswi llbe
dependentontheamountofscal e,sediment,sol
idproduct,orotherforeignmaterialt
hati spr esenton
thesurf
acestobei nspected.Forrelat
ivel
ycleanproductservi
ces,water-washi
ngt heinternal surf
aces
mayresulti
nadequat ecleanl
inessforinspecti
onbutitmaybenecessar ytogri
t-
blastorhigh- pressure
water
-bl
astint
ernalsurfacesandwel dseamst oachievesufÞcientcl
eanlinessf
orinspect i
on.

12.Whichalt
ernat
ivemethodcanbeusedifi
nternal
inspect
ionisr
equi
redonl
ytoassesst
he
bot
tom plat
e… Ans:Scanni
ngofbott
om usingroboti
cequipment
.

653…6. 4.1.
2Al lt
anksshal lhav eaf ormal int
ernalinspectionconduct edatinterv
alsdefinedby6. 4.2.
Authori
zedinspectorwhoi sr esponsi bl
ef orevaluationofat ankmustconductav i
sual i
nspecti
onand
assurethequalit
yandcompl et enessoft henondest ruct
iveexami nat
ion( NDE)result
s.Iftheinternal
i
nspectionisrequiredsolelyf orthepur poseofdet erminingt heconditionandintegri
tyoft hetank
bottom,theinter
nalinspectionmaybeaccompl ishedwi ththet ankin-serv
iceUTILIZINGVARI OUS
ULTRASONI CROBOTI CTHI CKNESSMEASUREMENTandot heronstream inspecti
onmet hodscapable
ofassessingthethicknessoft hetankbot tom, i
ncombi nati
onwi thmet hodscapableofassessi ngt ank
bott
om integri
tyasdescr i
bedi n4. 4.
1.

13.Whati
sthemi
nimum l
engt
hofr
adi
ogr
apht
obet
akenf
orar
econst
ruct
edt
ank?

Chapt
er12…12.
2.1.
7

14.Mini
mum numberofRTspot
srequi
redf
or1”thi
ckrect
angul
arr
epl
acementshel
lasperAPI
-
653?Opt
ioni
ncl
udes–4spots,f
ull
radi
ogr
aphy,8spot
setc.

Mini
mum numberofr
adi
ogr
aphsrequiredforarect
angul
arshel
lpl
ater
epl
acementshel
l(al
so
knownasaDOORSHEETby653defi
nit
ion)asperAPI-
653?MUSTKNOW THICKNESS

(
Assume1i
nchpl
ate40f
eetl
ong&3i
nter
sect
ingwel
ds)
API653Section12.2 Figur
e8.1BYTHI CKNESS&Not es 650r equi
red+653Addedshots=
4(650Verti
cal)shots+2(added653vert
ical)shots=6v er
ti
calshotstotal
=2(650Hor i
zontal)shot
s+1( added653hor i
zontal
)shots=3hor i
zontalshot
stot
al
=Alli
nter
sections=3shots(650)…Alli
ntersecti
ons3shots(653)=3i nter
secti
ngshot
stot
al

15.Whati
sthef
requencyofaUTequi
pmentcal
i
brat
ion?

API577,
Chapt
er9…BEFORE&AFTERRULE

16.HowaRTdensi
tomet
eri
scal
i
brat
ed?

ASMEVARTI
CLE2
17.Whenawel deri
squali
fi
edasperanappr
ovedWPSunderwhatcondi
ti
onsar
equal
i
ficat
ion
i
srequi
red….Opti
onincl
ude‘
whenanessenti
alv
ari
abl
echanges’
.
 Whent
hev
ari
abl
esofQW-
350change SAMEAS

18.Anexi
sti
ngtank200f
tdi
a,50fthei
ght,3l
4”thi
ck,mater
ialnotknownrequi
reshottapping
of4”
,6”
,8”and10”di
anozzl
es.Whichofthefol
lowi
ngstatementist
rue….
.Opti
onincludes
onl
y4”di
acanbemade.
19.Ty
peoff
ast
ener
susedf
orf
loat
ingr
oofseal
s….
opt
i ss.
ons…cs. Nonmet
all
i
cet
c.

20.Wel
dersy
mbol
isnotr
equi
redf
orwhi
cht
ypeofj
oint
s?

CHAPTER11API653…easy…seequest
ionandr
efer
encebel
ow

21.Whatdi
stancet
hewel
dersy
mbol
shal
lbest
amped?

Ev
ery3f
eet
22.Whati
sthemaxi
mum pr
essur
eofpneumat
ict
estofr
einf
orcementpads?

7.3.4InspectionofRei nforci
ng-
PlateWel ds
Afterfabri
cationiscompl et
edbutbef or
ethetankisfi
l
ledwi t
ht estwater
, t
herei
nforci
ngpl atesshallbe
testedbytheManuf acturerbyapplyingupt o100kPa(15lbf/i
n.2)gaugepneumat i
cpr essurebet weenthe
tankshellandt hereinforcementplateoneachopeningusingt hetell
tal
eholespecif
iedi n5.7.5.
1.Whi l
e
eachspacei ssubj ectedtosuchpr essure,asoapfi
lm,l
inseedoi l
,oranothermateri
alsuitableforthe
detecti
onofl eaksshal lbeappli
edt oallat
tachmentweldi
ngar oundther ei
nfor
cement, bothinsideand
outsidethetank.

23.WhoshouldcarryoutRBIassessment?Opti
onincludesor
iginalmanuf
act
urer
,owner,
aut
hor
izedinspect
or,per
sonwhoi sexper
iencedinRBImet hodol
ogyanddesi
gnoftank.

653 6.
4.2.
2.2

24.Recert
if
icat
ionr
equi
rementsofAuthor
izedi
nspect
or…optioncont
ains20%oft
imespent
perf
ormingthei
nspect
ionact
ivi
ti
es,i
nspect
ionof50tanksetc.
.

20%Inspacti
vi
tyt
ime&75t
ankr
ule Recer
ti
fi
cat
ion
requi
rement
25.Tocheckthehydr
ogenbl
ist
ersholdthefl
ashli
ghtagai
nsttheshel
lsot
hatt
hel
i
ghtbeam
runs-
--
--
--
--
--
--
-tot
heshel
l
.Ans: Perpendi
cul
ar,
paral
lel
etc.

Par
all
elt
oshel
l Fi
gur
e40&41
26.Typeofcorr
osi
onmostli
kelytooccurar
oundheati
ngcoi
lconnect
ionsatt
het
ankwal
l
?Ans:
Caust
icstr
esscor
rosi
oncracki
ng,hydr
ogenbl
ist
erset
c.
 ALSOEXPECTWHI
TESALTS
QUESTI
ON

27.Whi
l
eal
ter
ingt
het
ankshel
lbyaddi
ngnewpl
ateswhatl
oadi
ngsshoul
dbeconsi
der
ed…

Ans:wi
ndandsei
smi
c ….
.idon’
t

r
ememberot
heropt
ionssi
nceIdi
rect
lymar
kedt
hisopt
ion.

28.Whilerepl
aci
ngashell
plat
eonahor
izont
alj
ointwhati
sthemi nimum l
engt
hofhor
izont
al
j
ointtobecutonei
thersi
deofnewv
erti
calj
oint
?Ans:8”,12”etc….
 SeeNot
e2bel
ow 12
i
n

0
29.Appendi
xM shal
lbeusedf
ort
anksatwhatt
emper
atur
e?Ans:0
100F ,
>200F ,

2000Fet
c.
30.Maxi
mum i
nter
val
forr
out
inei
nser
vicei
nspect
ion?

31.Whent
ankgr
oundi
ngsy
stem component
swi
l
lbechecked?Ans:
Rout
inei
n-ser
vice

i
nspect
ion, ext
ernali
nspect
ionbyAIetc…

SEEAPI575 7.
2&7.
3 25OHMS=ANSWER(
RESI
STANCEMEASUREMENTwi
thOhm
meter
)

32.WhatisthenumberoflocationswhereUTthicknessmeasurementshallbetakenintank?
r
eadi ngs, asdet er mi nedbyowner / oper at oret c….

33.IfNoRBIiscarriedoutwhatisthemaximum intervalofinternalinspections?

QUESTI
ONSHOULDLI
STSAFEGUARDS I
FANY…
Ans:
15y
rs,
20y
ear
s,25y
ear
set
c. MAXI
MUM POSSI
BLE=30y
ear
s
34.Specialsaf
etyprocedur
esmustcomplywit
hanyf eder
alorsaf
etyregul
ati
onsper
tai
ningt
o--
-
--
--
--Ans:Excavati
on,workper
mit
,onl
yexpl
orat
ion,confi
nedspaceentr
y.

LASTSENTENCESECTI
ON1.
4 API653

35.Tomeasur
eset
tl
ementwher
ethebot
tom l
apwel
dispar
all
elt
oshel
l__
___
__ +200.
.Ans:

FI
GUREB.
11 Fl
oorPar
all
elt
oshel
lrul
e(+/
-20degr
ees)

FI
GUREB.
12 Fl
oorPer
pendi
cul
art
oshel
lrul
e(+/
-20degr
ees)

Seefi
gur
eB.
13f
orcl
ari
fi
cat
ion Ar
bit
rar
yangl
e(notpar
all
el,
not
per
pend)
36.Noofset
tl
ementmeasur
ementpoi
ntsf
or65f
tdi
amet
ert
ank?Ans:
6, 8,
10et
c.

37.
Wherethenamepl
atesshal
lbeat
tachedt
ore-
const
ruct
edt
ank?Ans:
Adj
acentt
othe
exi
sti
ngnameplat
e.

38.I
nspect
ionr
epor
tsalongwit
hinspectorr
ecommendat
ionsanddocumentat
ionf
or
di
sposi
ti
onshal
lbekeptupto_____
_Ans: 10y
ear
s,5years,
li
feoft
hetanketc.
39.Howmanyy
ear
s’r
adi
ogr
aphsshal
lber
etai
ned?Ans:
5year
s,1y
ear
,10y
ear
set
c.

40.Mat
eri
alusedf
orf
ast
ener
soff
loat
ingr
oofseal
s?Ans:
CS,
Stai
nlessst
eel
,nonmet
all
i
cet
c.
41.Maj
orr
easonsf
orcoat
ingf
ail
ureoft
anks?Ans:
Impr
operspeci
fi
cat
ion,
cur
inget
c.

API652…SURFACEPREPARATI
ON7.1…Surfacepr
eparat
ionisacri
ti
calpar
toft
hel
ini
ngappli
cati
on.
Conti
nuousi
mmersi
oni
sasever
eexposur
e.I
nadequat
esurfacepr
eparat
ionisamaj
orcauseofl
ini
ng
fai
l
ure.

10.5DETERMI NINGTHECAUSEOFLI NINGDEGRADATI ON/ FAI LURE

Ifl
iningdegr adat ionisdet ected,t
hecauseandext entofcoat ingdegr adati
onmustbeest abli
shed,aswel l
aswhet her
ornott heexi stingliningissui t
ableforar epair.Whenev aluati
ngt heconditi
onofanexi sti
nglini
ng,one
shoul dconsi derwhet herdeteri
orati
oni spremat ureorwhet hert hel i
ninghasachiev editsanti
cipated
performancel ife.
Ifdegr adat i
onorf ail
ur eofal i
ningispremat ur
e,iti
si mpor tantt ounder st
andandaddr essthecauseof
suchdegr adat i
onpr iortodet ermi
ningwhet hertheliningshoul dbeal l
owedt ober epairedorrefurbished
vs.becompl et elyreplaced.Ar eviewoft het ank’soper ati
nghi storyandav isualexami nati
onoft he
l
iningshoul dbeconduct edtodet erminewhet herthepr oblemswer ear esultofenv i
ronment alatt
ack,
l
ocalmechani caldamage, and/orifinadequat esurf acepr epar ati
onori mproperlininginstal
lati
onwer e
contribut ingf actors.

42.Wel
dingpr
ocedur
esshal
lbequal
i
fiedasperwhi
chcode?

43.
RTr
equi
rementf
orci
rcul
arr
epl
acementshel
lpl
ate. 65312.
2.1.
6.1
NOTE:ALSOREPORTEDWAS12.
2.1.
6.2 ¾i
ncht
hickness appl
yther
ulesbel
ow Upt
o6
shot
s

TWORULES…1(
6inchshot
)forT≤1i
nchor100%RTf
orT>1
i
nch

44.Whati
sthepr
imar
ypur
poseofpostwel
dheatt
reat
ment
?Ans:
Tor
eli
ever
esi
dual
str
esses.

API577CHAPTER10.
5&10.
6 LALA’
sTHREESTARTEST
Qs

Knowpr
imar
ypur
posef
orBOTHPREHEATI
NG&PWHT

45.Abr
asi
vebl
ast
ingcl
i
mat
econdi
ti
onr
equi
rement
,st
eel
temper
atur
eshal
lbe_
___
__?

…652…7.4ENVIRONMENTALCONDI TIONSDURINGBLASTING
Abr
asi
vebl
ast
ingshoul
dnotbeperf
ormedift
hetemperat
ureofthest
eel sur
faceisLESSTHAN5°
F(3°
C)
ABOVETHEDEW POINTorift
herel
ati
vehumidi
tyi
sgreatert
han80%( see8.3).

46.Onafi
xedr
oof
,plankslongenought
ospanatl
east
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
-raf
ter
sshoul
dlai
dtouseas
wal
kwaysf
ori
nspecti
on?Ans:2.

7.
2.9TankRoofI
nspect
ion
Theroofort
opheadofatankcanbei
nspect
edf
orsi
gni
fi
cantt
hinni
ngbyul
tr
asoni
cthi
ckness
exami nat i
onorev enbyMFLscanni ng( i
ftheroofcondi t
ionist houghtsoundenought owithstandthe
weightoft heequi pment ).Hammert esti
ngmaydi slodgescal efrom thei nternalpl at
esurfacesi nto
stored
productandi snotar ecommendedmet hodofest abl i
shingroofpl atei ntegri
tyforper sonnelloading.
Suitablef all
pr ot
ect i
onshoul dbeusedwhenwor kingonr oofs.Onaf ixedr oof,plankslongenought o
spanatl eastt wor oofr aftersshouldbel aidandusedaswal kway s,atleastunt il
t hesafetyoft heroofi
s
determi ned.I ngener al,theinspectorshoul dalway swal konwel dseamsi ftheyar epresent,becauseof
theext rat hi
cknessav ail
abletosuppor tbodywei ght .Onaf l
oatingr oofofunknownorquest ionable
condition( e.g.,i
nsulat edr oofdecks),thesamepr ecaut i
onsshoul dbet aken.Inaddi ti
on,
becauseoft hepossi bl eexistenceofhar mf ul
vapor s,thef l
oatingr oofshoul dbeashi ghaspossi bl
eif
volati
leliquidi sinthet ankatt heti
meofi nspect
ion.

47.Seamsofri
vet
edtankcanbecheckedby-
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
-Ans:
Byr
unni
ngat
hinbl
adescr
aper
orkni
feal
ongther
ivet
edseam.

575Chapt
er7.
4.4…

Pitscansomet imesbef oundbyscr atchingsuspect edar easwi t

hapoi nt edscr aper.Whenext ensi veand
deeppi tti
ngi sl
ocat edandmeasur ement sint hepitsar enecessar y ,thear easmaybeabr asive-blasted
Þrst,alt
houghi tshoul dbenot edthatthispr ocesscanal socr eatehol esoropenexi sti
nghol es.The
depthofpi tti
ngcanbemeasur edwithapi tgaugeorwi thast raightedgeandst eel rul
e(inl argepi ts).An
estimat eddepthcanbef oundbyext endi
ngt heleadofamechani cal penci lasasi mulateddept hgauge.
Seamsofr i
vetedt ankscanbecheckedbyr unni ngat hin-bl
adedscr aperorkni f ealongt her ivetedseam.
Iftheseam i sopen, thescr aperwi l
lpassi ntot heopeni nganddi scl oset hesepar ati
on.Ri vetsshoul dbe
checkedatr andom f ortightness.Rivetheadsshoul dbecheckedv isuall
yf orcor rosion(see7. 2.9).This
mayi nv ol
veconsi derablescr apingandpi ckingt ocleancor r
osi onpr oduct sfrom t heri
vethead.
Consi derat
ionshoul dbegi vent odeterminingwhet herenoughoft her i
vetheadr emainst olastunt i
l
thenexti nspecti
on.Fi gur e52showsaspeci alcaseofsev erecor r
osi onnearat ankbottom seam.The
tankcont entswer eaci dicandwer ekeptinmot i
onwi t
hanagi tat or.Thisdet eri
or ati
on,acombi nationof
corrosionandmi xinger osion,wouldbef ur t
heraccel eratedbyt hehi ghst ressesi nthear eaoft her iv
eted
seam.

48.Br
it
tl
efr
act
urel
eastl
i
kel
yfor-
--
--
--
--
--
--Ans:
Thi
ckness<1/
2”r
ule.

API653Chapt
er5…St
ep#3