API 653: Above Ground Storage Tanks Code Exam Preparation

This course is designed to train individuals who are interested in obtaining the API 653 Above Ground Storage Tanks Certification, as well as those who are seeking a better understanding of API 650 Tank Design and ASME IX code requirements. Included with the course is a pre-study guide and student classroom workbook. The student receives instruction regarding how to take the test, as well as insight into the intricacies of “real world” situations. Daily tests are designed to gauge students’ proficiency and understanding of the material.

Audience

This course prepares participants for the API 653 exam. It is designed for those involved in the maintenance, inspection, rating, repair and alteration of storage Tanks such as inspectors and inspection engineers. Other engineers, managers and technical staff who are dealing with tanks will also benefit from this course.

Course objectives

Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:-

Get prepared for the next API 653 exam and have enough knowledge and skills to pass such exam in order to get the API 653 certification
Apply and gain an in-depth knowledge on API 653 storage tanks code: maintenance, inspection, rating, repair and alteration (API exam preparation training)
Identify the service restrictions, joint efficiencies and radiography and discuss tanks under internal pressures like shell and bottom calculations
Recognize maximum allowable fill height and define hydrostatic head pressure .
Describe and identify the charpy impact testing and fillet welds and reinforcement
Carryout material name plates data reports and apply corrosion calculations
Discuss ASME section IX overview and write a welding procedure specification and welders qualification
Review WPS’s and PQR’s and define ASME section-V: NDE
Analyze API RP 577 welding inspection and metallurgy
Implement API RP 571 damage mechanisms
Discuss overview – API 653 inspections of storage tanks
Prepare for API 653 practice examination

Course contents

Day-1

Code of API 653 Tank Inspection BOK

Scope & Introduction
Tank Roof Evaluation
Tank Shell Evaluation 4.4 Tank Bottom Evaluation
Tank Foundation Evaluation
Brittle Fracture Considerations.
Inspection Frequency Considerations
Inspections from the Outside of the Tank
Internal Inspection
Alternative to Internal Inspection to Determine Bottom Thickness
Materials for Tank Repair & Replacement
New Materials.
Original Materials for Reconstructed Tanks
Welding Consumables
Materials of Plates, Sheets & Structural Shapes
Design Considerations for Reconstructed Tanks
Tank Repair and Alteration
Removal and Replacement of Shell Plate Material
Shell Repairs Using Lap-welded Patch Plates
Repair of Tank Bottoms
Repair of Fixed & Floating Roofs
Dismantling and Reconstruction.
Welding
Examination and Testing (NDE)
Hydrostatic Testing
Leak Test
Annex B (normative) Evaluation of Tank Bottom Settlement

Day-2

API 650 Tank Design BOK & API 652 BOK

Materials of Plates, Sheets & Structural Shapes
Design of New Tanks
Fabrication of New Tanks
Erection of New Tanks
Methods of Examining Joints
Welding Procedure and Welder Qualifications
Marking of New Tanks
Demonstration of Required API 650 Annexes
API RP 652 Tank Bottom Ling BOK
TANK BOTTOM LINING SELECTION
LINING APPLICATION & LINING Quality Control

Day-3

API RP 575 , ASME Sec V, IX & API 651 BOK

Types of tanks covered
Procedures to perform internal and external inspection
Evaluation change-of-service effects on suitability for continued service
Evaluation of: distortions, wind girders, stiffeners, welds, and nozzles
Evaluation of tank bottoms & foundations
Causes of corrosion, leaks, cracks, and mechanical deterioration
Auxiliary equipment, anchor bolts, pipe connections, ground connections & insulation.
API RP 651 C.P of AST BOK
Corrosion of aboveground steel storage tanks
Determination of need for cathodic protection

Methods of cathodic protection

Day-4

BOK of API RP 571 BOK of API RP 577

Brittle Fracture
Mechanical Fatigue
Atmospheric Corrosion
Corrosion Under insulation (CUI)
Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC)
Soil Corrosion
Caustic Corrosion
Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC)
Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement)
Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic)
Sulfuric Acid Corrosion
BOK of API RP 577

Day-5

BOK of API ASME Sec V & ASME Sec IX

ASME Section-IX: Welding & Welder Qualification
Welding Procedures by Essential Variables
Welder’s Qualification
Practice WPS/PQR reviews
ASME Section-V: NDE
Demonstration of Real Exam Tricks & how to study/easily pass the exam

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