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API 653 Preparatory July 2011

API 653 PREPARATORY

IMPORTANT OPEN BOOK QUESTIONS
API 653 Fourth edition, Apr. 2009, ADDENDUM 1, AUGUST 2010
No. QUESTION Answer CODE CLAUSE
Tmin=2.6 (H – 1)DG/
1 Calculate the t min. welded tank shell SE
API653 4.3.3.1
2 What is the maximum allowable stress for shell Table 4.1
courses 4.3.3.1 &
API653
(Allowable product stress, S & Allowable Hydrostatic 4.3.3.2
test stress, St)
3. To change the service of the tank to above 200°F All
what requirements are to be met requirements of 4.2.4.3 &
API653
API 650, 4.3.10.2
Appendix M
4. What is the maximum allowable stress for
API650 Table 5-2
reconstructed tank
5. What is the maximum allowable stress for revited Table 4.1
API653 4.3.4.1
tank S is 21,000 lbf/in2
6. Annular bottom plate thickness (Sp. Gr. < 1.0) API653 Table 4-5
7. Assessment of the safe use of a tank constructed of Fig. 5.2
API653 5.3.8
unknown materials
8. What records shall be maintained by the Owner / Construction
Operator records,
inspection
API653 6.8.1
history, and
repair/alteratio
n history.
9. What are the material specifications for structural ASTM A36 or
materials ASTM A992 as API653 7.3.2
a minimum
10. Shell design for a reconstructed tank, with materials the lesser of
whose allowable stresses are not given in Table 5-2 3/4 yield
API653 8.4.3
of API 650, what allowable stresses are to be taken strength or 3/7
tensile strength
11. After the valve has been installed on the flange at P(psi) = 1.5
H2Gγw API653 9.14.5.3
what pressure the pressure test shall be performed
12. In tank re-construction, new vertical joints in 5t, where t is
adjacent shell courses shall be offset by what the plate
minimum distance thickness of the
thicker API653 10.4.2.1
course at the
point of the
offset

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13. During tank reconstruction / repair what is the API 650,

maximum allowed undercutting for vertical joints Section 7.2.1.4
API653 10.4.2.5
and Section
8.5.1 b
0.4 mm (1/64
API650 8.5.1 b
in.) in depth
14. What is the maximum reinforcement allowed for 3/16 in.
API653 Table 10-1
horizontal joint of ¾” plate
15. In completed horizontal butt joints, the upper plate more than 20 %
shall not project beyond the lower plate by how of the thickness
API653 10.4.4.2
much of the upper
plate
16. Calculation of Internal Bottom settlement or bulges BB = 0.37 R API653 B.3.3
17. Problem on edge settlement API653 Fig B-10
18. For welding A516 Gr 70 materials what electrode E60 and E70
classification shall be used classification API650 4.8.1
series

Eng. Zakarya Hiba

Zakaryahiba@hotmail.com 002
0105313394