Preparation for API 653 Certification Exam
Preparation for API 653 Certification Exam
INTRODUCTION
The API 653 Above Ground Storage Tank Certification course is designed to provide individuals with a basic understanding of above ground storage tank inspection, repair, alteration, and rebuilding. This 5-day training session is meant to provide a thorough overview of the engineering knowledge required for In-Service Storage Tanks, with a focus on the API (Body of Knowledge) syllabus.
It contains all of the code parts alluded to by the API 653 committee to the extent that they are required from an inspection standpoint. This course will define the core purposes of all codes required for study, teach participants how to read code rulings, and build confidence in their ability to make decisions.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course the participants will be able to:
- Learning the primary concepts and technical content of the API 653 Code and other reference codes.
- Reduce the risk of inspection delays caused by regulatory requirements by improving management control of storage tank inspection, repair, alteration, and rebuilding.
- Learn the fundamentals of storage tank design (API 650).
- Learn the valuation of tank shell, bottom, and roof integrity.
- Know how to calculate the thickness based on expected or amended design conditions.
- Know the importance of cathodic protection and tank bottom liner.
- Evaluate and decide on a course of action for the Tank settlement.
- Estimate the tank’s remaining life and determine inspection intervals.
- Select the right inspection tools and intervals
- Calculations for re-rating, remaining life, and retirement thickness
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The training will be extremely valuable to all maintenance engineers, inspectors, managers, corrosion engineers, plant operation engineers, design personnel involved in integrity assessments of in-service tanks, repairs and replacement of old tanks, and preventative maintenance of storage tanks and those who wants to take API 653 certification.
COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1
Storage Fundamentals, Design and Construction of a tank
- Stress levels that are acceptable Design of the shell, roof design, and bottom design
- Shell thickness calculations, bottom plate thickness, roof plates, and nozzle apertures
- Material selection, API 650 impact test requirements, and impact test results
- API 650 Tank Fabrication, Erection, NDT, and Leak Testing Requirements
DAY 2
Getting to Know the Storage Tank Inspection Code
- API 653: Introduction, Scope, Definitions, and Organization
- Inspection intervals and inspection scope
- Roof, Shell, and Bottom data review and corrosion assessment
- API 653 Inspection and Testing Practices, Estimation of Corrosion Rate
- Checking for brittle failure
- Various decomposition-prevention measures
- Inspection frequency and scope, data analysis
DAY 3
Getting to Know the Storage Tank Inspection Code
- Storage tank repairs, renovations, and reconstruction
- Tank relocation and re-erection, as well as tank bottom replacement
- Using a hot tap on the tank’s shell
- Extensive coverage of material corrosion and degradation (API 571)
- Non-destructive testing (NDT) of tank repairs and leak testing
- Checking for bottom settlement
DAY 4
Inspection of the storage tank (study of other codes and standards)
- Discussions on soil corrosion cathodic protection methods (API RP 651)
- Storage tank inspection techniques that should be followed (API RP 575)
- Discussions on the lining of storage tank bottoms (API RP 652)
- An overview of ASME Section IX and its provisions
- Qualification of welding procedures and welders, as well as case studies of PQR and WPS inspections
DAY 5
Discussions on Corrosion Protection & Quality of Welding
- Discussions on Lining of bottoms of storage tanks (API RP 652)
- Discussions on API RP 577, welding inspection
- Understanding the difference between Inspection and Examination
- Various NDE methods to detect flaws in metals
- Understanding rules imposed by ASME Sec. V for various NDE techniques