GB 50341-2014
Translated English of Chinese Standard: GB50341-2014
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UDC GB
NATIONAL STANDARD
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
GB 50341-2014
Code for Design of Vertical Cylindrical Welded Steel Oil Tanks
UAB SABE LH IS
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Issued on: May 29, 2014 Implemented on: March 1, 2015
Jointly issued by: Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development;
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China,
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Contents
Foreword
General Provisions
Terms.
Basic Requirement...
Materials
4.1 General Requirement
42. Steel Plates..
43. Steel Pipe.
4A Forgings soon
4.5 Screw and Nut
4.6 Structural Steel.
4.7 Welding Materials.
5 Bottom Desigh on.
SA Size of Bottom Plates...
5.2. Bottom Structure...
6 Shell Design... sn
6.1 Shel Plates Arrangement and Connection 2
62 Curb Angle
63. Shell Thickness
64 Wind Girder
7 Fixed Roof...
TA General Requirement oo
12 Allowable Sires of Structural Component
73 Self-supporting Cone Roof
7.4 Column-Supported Cone Roof. 5
78 Self-supporting Dome Roof. 6
8 Floating Roof... 38
8.1 Goneral Requirement - 38
82. Struture and Comection of Floating Roo. 39
83 Ploating Roof Supports
84° Primary Floating Roof Drains..
8.5. Bmergency Roof Drains aun
8.6 Rolling Ladder and Trac!
8.7 Automatic Bleeder Vent...
8.8 Guiding Devices...
8.9 Peripheral Seals and Static Extracting Devees..
8.10 Floating Roof Manhole...
8.11 Compartment Manhole.
8.12 Wax Scrapers
9 Internal Floating Roof. 2
9.1 General Requirement 42
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9.2 Open-Top Bulk-Headed, Single-Deck and Double-deck Internal Floating Roof....43
9.3. Internal Floating Roof on Floats 44
9.4. Internal Floating Roof Supports 4a
9.5. Peripheral Seals. a4
9.6 Automatic Bleeder Vents se . 45
9.7 Vents. se seinen
88 High Liquid Level Protection 46
9.9 Guiding Devices. 46
9.10 Manhole and Inspection Hatches... 46
10 Appurtenances. so
10.1 General Requirement
102 Shell Opening and Reinforcement.
10.3 Shell Manholes..
104 Shell Nozzles.
105 Fsh-type Cleanout Fittings sn nmnnnnnnnnnnnsninnnnsnnn 5
10.6 Roof Manholes. a nnn 61
10.7 Roof Nozzles. 62
10.8 Drain Elbows. 63
10.9 Water Draw-off Sumps. 64
10.10 Spiral Stairway, Platforms and Handrails 65
10.11 Scaffold Cable Support 66
10.12 Protection against Lightning, Static and Others. 67
11 Wind Stable Calculation and Anchorage Design of Oil Tanks. 67
11.1 Wind Stable Calculation. 67
11.2. Anchorage Design. 69
12. Prefabrication, Assembling, Welding and Inspection, 1
12.1 Prefabrication, Assembling and Welding . n
12.2 Nondestructive Testing and Tests of Welding Seam..
12.3. Geometry and Dimension Inspection
124 Water Filling Test...
12.5 Fixed Roof'Test so
Appendix A Design of Tank for Small Internal Pressures
‘Appendix B Design of Storage lank for External Pressure.
Appendix © Requirements for Tank Operating at Elevated Temperatures sone
Appendix D Seismic Design of Oil Tank 95
Appendix E Basic Requirement of Foundation and Basis for Oil Tank....ennnnennenninnTO2
Appendix F Load Combinations 106
[Appendix G Variable-
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Where,
A—-the effective area determined according to Figure 7.1.5 of this code, mm’:
{ot} the allowable stress of material, MPa, which shall be 1/1.6 of the lower limit of
yield strength under design temperature;
T—rthe load combination, kPa, determined in accordance with Line ¢, Table F.0.1;
D—he inner diameter of oil tank, m;
@—he included angle between tank roof and horizontal plane at roof and shell
connection,
74 Column-Supported Cone Roof
7.4.1 The roof gradient shall not be less than 1/16.
74.2 Purline is major supporting members of roof, including section steel, steel pipes,
welded assembly parts or truss and the allowable stress of the strength and stability
calculation shall comply with 7.2 of this code.
74.3 The putline, directly exposed to roof plate, shall be equipped with lateral support
under the following conditions:
1 Truss or thin webbed girder assembly purline;
2 Purline of over 380mm high;
3. Purline of roof gradient greater than 1/6.
7.4.4 The roof support base shall be limited by a guide bracket, and shall not be welded with
the bracket. If the roof support is made of steel pipes, the support shall be drilled a vent hole,
fluid hole or made into a closed support.
74.5 Structural type of guide bracket (Figure 7.4.5) shall meet the following requirements:
1 ‘The structure shown as Figure 7.4.5(a) may also be used as a sub-plate when the
loading plate is 12mm thick or larger and no additional sub-plate will be arranged;
2 The structure shown as Figure 7.4.5 (b) and (c) shall be arranged with a sub-plate of
6mm thick or larger;
3. The support shall be able to freely move in a vertical direction along the guide
sleeve;
4 The guide sleeve shall not be directly welded with bottom plates. When the relative
displacement between the support and bottom plates reaches 75mm, the guide sleeve shall
effectively prevent the support from transverse slide along the support.
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beam, the external surface shall be subjected to continuous fillet weld with the leg being Smm.
or less; the inner surface shall not be welded.
8 Floating Roof
8.1 General Requirement
8.1.1 This chapter is applicable to design of single-deck floating roof and double-deck
floating roof and their accessories.
8.1.2 Structural design of compartment shall not only reach the strength, stability and
resistance to sinking but also be convenient for construction and can reduce the welding
works in the compartment.
8.1.3 The floating roof shall not contact with the accessories in the tank when floating
between the maximum liquid level and minimum liquid level; the sparkless materials shall be
used iff elements need rubbing each other.
8.1.4 All the metal components of floating roof shall be electrically connected and the
movable cover plate, if equipped with opening on the floating roof, shall be electrically
connected with floating roof.
8.1.5 When the floating roof is floating, its lower surface shall be in full contact with the
stock solution.
8.1.6 Floating roof shall meet the following requirements for buoyancy calculation:
1 When stock solution's density is greater than or equal to 700kg/m*, subject to
700kg/m’
2 When stock solution’s density is less than 700kg/m®, calculate it in accordance with
actual density;
3. In the design of single-deck installation height, subject to the actual stock solution
density.
8.1.7 The structural design of single-deck floating roof shall meet the following
requirements:
1 When the drain pipe fails, the floating roof shall be able to bear 250mm of rainfall
within 24h without sinking;
2. If the floating roof ha
liquid surface without sinking when the singl
no rain loads and live loads, it shall be able to float on the
eck plate and any two compartments are
leaking simultaneously;
3. Under the two cases, the floating roof shall not have strength or stability damaged.
8.1.8 The structural design of double-deck floating roof shall meet the following
requirements:
1 If drain pipe fails, the floating roof shall not be submersed when bearing 250mm
rainfall within 24h; if the floating roof is equipped with emergency drain facilities, the above
limitation may be ignored, but the drainage capacity of such facilities shall enable the floating
roof to maintain accumulated water whose load is less than the permissible load by the
design
2. If the floating roof has no rain loads and live loads, it shall be able to float on the
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liquid surface without sinking when any two compartments are leaking simultaneously.
3. Under the two cases, the floating roof shall not have strength or stability damaged.
8.1.9 If diameter of holes in floating roof is greater than 80mm, the reinforcement shall be
carried out
8.2. Structure and Connection of Floating Roof
8.2.1 For top plate and bottom plate of compartments and single-deck plate, the nominal
thickness shall not be less than 5mm and the actual overlap width shall not be less than 25mm;
the compartments’ top plate shall be provided with drainage slope of 15/1000 or more and the
drainage slope of outermost circle of top plate shall point to center of floating roof.
8.2.2 For the bottom plate and top plate of compartments and single-deck plate, the
consecutive full fillet weld shall be adopted for the upper surface of lap weld and intermittent
weld may be adopted at the lower surface; consecutive full fillet welding shall be adopted
inside and outside the lap weld within the range of 300mm around support and other larger
rigid members,
8.2.3 All the compartments of single-deck floating roof shall be in accordance with
air-tightness requirements. The number of sealing compartments of double-deck floating roof
shall be in accordance with 8.1.8 of this code and outermost circle of compartments shall be
sealed as a minimum and the sealed ones shall be in accordance with ait-tightness
requirements; the rest compartments shall use continuous weld at one surface as a minimum
besides connecting weld between ring plate and top plate and partition and top plate
8.2.4 Continuous welding by both sides shall be adopted between outer edge plate and
floating roof bottom plate.
8.2.5 Full penetration butt weld shall be adopted within compartments and for outer annular
plate.
83 Floating Roof Supports
8.3.1 Floating roof supports shall be able to bear floating roof weight and 1,2kPa
evenly-distributed additional loads.
8.3.2 For floating roof supports, its minimum installation height shall realize construction
and maintenance and its slendern«
ratio shall not be greater than 150; outer edge bottom of
floating roof should not be distanced by 1.8m or less from upper surface of tank bottom in @
vertical manner.
8.3.3 The support sleeve shall be extended out of the upper surface of floating roof which is
higher than liquid level of floating roof at the permissible water accumulation and shall not
enable the stock solution to overflow on floating roof. The support sleeve shall be immerged.
into the stock solution by 100mm or more.
8.3.4 The support shall be locally reinforced when passing through the floating roof.
8.3.5 At the bottom plates in contact with the support shall be arranged with a sub-plate
which is Smm or thicker and 500mm or more in diameter. The sub-plate shall be treated into
continuous fillet weld with the bottom plates at the periphery.
8.3.6 Upper end of support made of steel pipes shall be blind; the lower end of support shall
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during rubbing or crash,
8.6.6 When the rolling ladder is located at the lowest position and highest position, the track
must have sufficient length at both ends. The track shall be able to prevent the roller wheel
from deorbit,
8.6.7 Rolling ladder track shall be provided with sufficient rigidity and supported by a
proper height.
8.7 Automatic Bleeder Vents
8.7.1 The floating roof shall be installed with automatic bleeder vent whose quantity and
flow area shall be dependent on the maximum flow of oil; when the floating roof is supported,
the bleeder vent shall be opened itself; when the floating roof is floating, the bleeder vent
shall be able to be closed itself and well-scaled,
8.7.2 Automatic bleeder vent cover shall be such opened to make the flow area between
vent cover and body higher than that formed by vent diameter. The steel pipe valve stem shall
be blind at both ends or blind on the upper end and opened a gap to remove liquid loading at
the lower end.
8.7.3. If two parts rub, at least one of them shall be made of spark-free material during the
rubbing.
8.8 Guiding Devices
8.8.1 Floating roof shall be arranged with guiding devices to keep it at center position and
prevent from rotation.
8.8.2 Guiding device should adopt rolling friction.
8.8.3. Floating roof shall be arranged with limit function apparatus at the outer edge.
8.9 Peripheral Seals and Static Extracting Devices
8.9.1 Scaling device shall be peripherally installed between floating roof and shell and able
to keep good sealing effect when the periphery between edge plate and shell is radially
deviated from +100mm,
8.9.2. Primary sealing should adopt the following types:
1 Flexible foam;
2. Filling pipe;
3 Mechanical type.
8.9.3 During mechanical steel slide s
ing, the slide shall be inserted into liquid level by
‘more than 100mm when the floating roof is floating; the slide should be made of 1.5mm ~
2mm zinced sheet or 1.0mm ~ 1.5mm stainless steel sheet. Slide and floating roof shall be
connected by the soft copper cable whose sectional area is not less than 10mm? and the
spacing apart from the inner-wall should not be greater than 3m,
8.9.4 When nonmetallic material soft-seal is used as primary sealing, immersion liquid
should be adopted.
8.9.5 Floating roof and shell shall be connected by at least two soft copper cables whose
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9.2.2 Compartments of single-deck and double-deck internal floating roof shall be arranged
with manholes.
9.2.3 For the bottom plate and top plate of compartments and single-deck plate, the
consecutive full fillet weld shall he adopted for the upper surface of lap weld and intermittent
weld may be adopted at the lower surface; consecutive full fillet welding shall be adopted
inside and outside the lap weld within the range of 300mm around support and other larger
rigid members
9.2.4 Continuous welding by both sides shall be adopted between outer edge plate and
floating roof bottom plate.
9.2.5 Compartment weld of open-top bulk-headed internal floating roof shall meet tightness
requirements; All the compartments of single-deck floating roof shall be in accordance with
airtightness requirements. The number of sealing compartments of double-deck floating roof
shall be in accordance with design requirements of intemal floating roof and outermost circle
of compartments shall be sealed as a minimum and the sealed ones shall be in accordance
with airtightness requirements; the rest compartments shall use continuous weld at one
surface as a minimum besides connecting weld between ring plate and top plate and partition
and top plate.
9.3 Internal Floating Roof on Floats
9.3.1 Buoyancy elements of internal floating roof shall meet tightness requirements,
9.3.2 Internal floating roof shall be still able to float on the liquid surface and not to
generate additional hazards after any two buoys leak.
9.3.3 For the intemal floating roof, the outer edge plate and all the nozzles through floating
deck shall be immerged into the stock solution by 100mm or deeper.
9.4 Internal Floating Roof Supports
9.4.1 Internal floating roof shall be arranged with fixed or regulable floating. roof supports.
‘When the internal floating roof is located at the lowest support height, the floating roof and
appurtenance thereunder shall not erash each other; when the floating roof is located at the
highest design liquid level, the support shall not crash with the fixed roof.
9.4.2 When the internal floating roof is not provided with draining device or other measures
to prevent the gather
ing of stock solution, the internal floating roof supports shall be able to
support the deadweight of floating roof and 0.6 KPa evenly-distributed additional loads.
9.4.3. ‘The upper end of support shall be sealed and the lower end shall be blind or opened a
vent hole,
9.4.4 At the bottom plates in contact with the support shall be arranged with a sub-plate
which is Smm or thicker and $00mm or more in diameter. The sub-plate shall be treated into
continuous fillet weld with the bottom plates at the periphery.
9.5 Peripheral Seals
9.5.1 Sealing device shall be arranged at the periphery between outer edge of internal
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9.8 High Liquid Level Protection
9.8.1 Internal floating roof tanks should be arranged with high liquid level alarm or long
overflow orifice.
9.8.2. When long overflow orifice is used, the dimension of overflow orifice shall be
dependent on the maximum feeding speed of tank; if the oil tanks leak, the floating roof and
other appurtenances shall not be damaged.
9.8.3 The floating roof shall be sealed such not to influence the normal action of liquid level
indicating device and overflow orifice.
9.9 Guiding Devices
9.9.1 Internal floating roof shall be arranged with guiding device which may use steel pipe,
cable or other suitable mechanism.
9.9.2 Guiding device shall be well sealed when passing through floating roof.
9.10 Manhole and Inspection Hatches
9.10.1 Fixed roof and intemal floating roof of internal floating roof tanks shall be each
arranged with one manhole with inner diameter not less than 600mm.
9.10.2 Shell shall be arranged with one low-position manhole and one high-position
‘manhole whose inner diameter shall not be less than 600mm. ‘The high-position manhole shall
be above maximum bracing height of internal floating roof and shall not interfere with the
operation of floating roof, The low-position manhole shall be below the minimum bracing
height of internal floating roof and be convenient for the access of personal.
9.103 Fixed roof should be arranged with visual inspection hatches whose maximum,
spacing shall not be greater than 20m and which shall be evenly-distributed along periphery
and shall not be less than 4. When the circulation vents are arranged on the tank roof, they can
be used also as inspection hatches.
10 Appurtenances
10.1 General Requirement
10.1.1 The design of opening appurtenances and their connection with tank body shall meet
the requirements of this chapter.
10.1.2 ‘The nozzles bearing relatively large additional loads of external pipeline or
equipment shall not only meet the requirements of this chapter, but also be provided with
measures to reduce part additional loads. The leads for pipeline connected with tank body
shall not exceed the permissible external load of shell opening specified in Appendix J of this
code.
10.1.3 The materials of shell opening reinforcement plate shall be the same as those of shell
plate at opening. The materials of nozzle should be the same as or similar with those of shell
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at the edges.
10.2.5 In case the distance between any two openings fails 1 meet the requirements of
10.2.4 in this code, the joint reinforcement shall be adopted and shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The joint reinforcement plate shall be capable of covering the reinforcement plate in
case of separate setting for each opening, and shall be with smooth outer edges;
2 Im case the vertical center line of any opening intersects with other openings, the
effective reinforcement area along of vertical center line of joint reinforcement plate shall not
be less than the total of reinforcement area in case of separate opening for cach opening,
10.2.6 In case the distance from outer edge of fillet weld for shell openings (outer edge of
fillet weld for reinforcement plate if equipped with reinforcement plate) to center line of shell
longitudinal and circumferential welds shall be:
1 No less than 150mm from the longitudinal weld as well as no less than 2.5 times the
nominal thickness of wall-board and no less than 75mm from the circumferential weld in
the shell thickness is no greater than 12mm or the nozzle and shell plates are subjected to
stress relief heat treatment after welding,
2 Greater than 8 times the relatively large weld leg size and no less than 250mm in
case the shell thickness is greater than 12mm or the nozzle and shell plates are not subjected
to stress relief heat treatment after welding
10.2.7. The distance from shell opening to shell bottom shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Incase the lower limit of standard yield strength of shell plates is less than or equal
to 390MPa, the shell manhole shall meet those specified in 10.3 of this Code; the shell
opening shall meet those specified in 10.4 of this Code.
2 In case the lower limit of standard yield strength of shell plates is greater than
390MPa, the distance from outer edge of fillet weld for shell opening (outer edge of fillet
‘weld for reinforcement plate if equipped with reinforcement plate) to outer edge of fillet weld
at shell bottom shall not be less than 2.5 times the nominal thickness of wall-board and shall
not be less than 75mm,
10.2.8 The shell nozzle, shell plates and reinforcement plates, after being welded and
qualified through inspection, shall be subjected to overall stress relief heat treatment under the
following conditions:
1 The lower limit of standard yield strength is less than or equal to 390MPa, the plate
thickness is greater than 32mm and the nominal diameter of nozzle is greater than 300mm;
2 The lower limit of standard yield strength is greater than 390MPa, the plate thickness
is greater than 12mm and the nominal diameter of nozzle is greater than 50mm;
3. 16MnDR with the plate thickness greater than 25mm.
10.3 Shell Manholes
10.3.1 The dimension of shell manhole (Figure 10.3.1) flange cover, flange and
reinforcement plate should meet those specified in Table 10.3.1
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2 The lift angle of spiral stairway should be 45° and the maximum lift angle shall not
exceed 50°; the lift angle of spiral stairways in same tank field should be the same:
3. The width of stairstep shall not be less than 200mm;
4 The sum of horizontal distance between two adjacent stairsteps and 2 times the
height between two stairsteps shall be no less than 600mm and no greater than 660mm; the
height among stairsteps of the whole spiral stairway shall keep consistent;
5. The grid plate or tread plate shall be used for the stairstep;
6 Outside of the spiral
distance between inside of spiral s
irway must be arranged with hand rails; in case the
irway and shell is greater than 150mm, inside must,
also be arranged with hand rails;
7 The upper hand rails of the spiral stairway shall be center-connected with hand rails,
of the platform;
8 The maximum spacing of rail posts shall be 2400mm if measured along axis of the
hand rails;
9 The spiral stairway shall be able to bear SKN concentrated live load and any point on
upper part of hand rails shall be able to bear IKN concentrated load at any direction;
10 All the spiral stairways shall be supported on the shell, and appropriate distance
shall be left between lower end of spiral stairway side plate and upper surface of tank base.
10.10.2 In case the height of top platform to the ground exceeds 10m, the intermediate rest
platform shall be arranged.
10.10.3 ‘The design of platforms and handrails shall meet the following requirements:
1 The clear width of platform and walkway shall be no less than 650mm.
2 The floor shall adopt grid plate or tread plate, In case tread plates are adopted, the
drain holes shall be set.
3. In case the height of platform and walkway to the ground is less than 20m, the
height from upper surface of floor plate to top of hand rails shall be no less than
1050mm:; in case the height of platform and walkway to the ground is no less than 20m,
the height from upper surface of floor plate to top of hand rails shall be no less than
1200mm.
4 The width of foot baffle shall be no less than 75mm.
The maximum clearance between floor plate and foot baffle is 6mm
The space between waist supports of hand rails shall not be greater than 500mm.
The s
The platform and walkway shall be able to bear SKN concentrated live load and any
‘ace between rail posts shall not be greater than 2400mm.
point on upper part of hand rails shall be able to bear IkN concentrated load at any direction,
10.10.4 In case the operations are conducted on fixed roof, the fixed roof must be
arranged with hand rails, ‘The anti-slip strip or tread-board shall be arranged on the
passage way
10.105 The wind girder, if used as operating platform and walkway, must be arranged
with hand rails around.
10.11 Scaffold Cable Support
10.111 The scaffold cable support may be arranged for fixed roof oil tank near center of the
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12.1.3 Material substitution shall be agreed by the design unit, The substitute material shall
be of same or similar chemical components, mechanical properties, delivery state, surface
quality, inspection items and inspection rate as well as dimensional tolerance with substituted
material.
12.1.4 Installation of steel structures of oil tank, such as ladder, platform, wind girder,
floating roof and fixed roof, shall be in accordance with relevant requirements of the current
national standard GB 50205 Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Steel Structures.
12.1.5. The tank shell, edge plate and shell opening with the design temperature below -20°C
and lower limit of standard yield strength above 390MPa shall not be assembled with force
method like hammering or hammered for marks,
12.1.6 Qualified welding procedure qualification report shall be provided before welding.
The welding procedure qualification shall meet relevant requirements of the current
professional standard NB/T 47014 Welding Procedure Qualification for Pressure Equipment,
in case the thickness of single-pass welding is greater than 19mm, the welded joints for each
thickness shall be assessed separately.
12.1.7 Except as above requirements are satisfied, prefabrication, assembling and welding
of the oil tank shall also meet relevant requirements of the design document and the current
national standard GB 50128 Code for Construction and Acceptance of Vertical Cylindrical
Steel Welded Storage Tanks.
12.2 Non-destructive Testing and ‘Tests of Welding Seam
12.2.1 Testing of tank bottom welding seam shall meet the following requirements:
1 The butt welding seam of bottom edge plates made of steels with the lower limit of
standard yield strength greater than 390MPa, after root pass welding is completed, shall be
subjected to penetration testing and shall be subjected to penetration testing again or magnetic
particle testing after last layer of welding is completed,
2. After the root pass of overlap joint welding seam at overlap section of three layers of
bottom steel plates and that of T-shape welding seam of butt joint bottom plates are welded,
the penetration testing shall be conducted within the scope of 200mm along three directions;
after all welding seams are welded, penetration or magnetic particle testing shall be
conducted,
3. For the bottom edge plates with the thickness greater than or equal to 10mm, 300mm.
at outer end of cach butt welding seam shall be subjected to radiographic testing; for the
bottom edge plates with the thickness less thanlOmm, at least one of the welding seams
welded by each welder shall be randomly inspected in accordance with above-mentioned
method.
4 All the bottom welding scams shall be subjected to leakage test with vacuum tank,
and negative pressure of the test shall not be less than 53kPa, if there is no leakage, it will be
regarded as qualified,
12.2.2 The testing of inside fillet weld of bottom ring shell and T joint of bottom plates shall
meet the following requirements:
1 In case the thickness of bottom edge plates is greater than or equal to 8mm, the
thickness of bottom ring shell plate is greater than or equal to 16mm or for the shell plates and
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bottom plates of any thickness with the lower limit of standard yield strength greater than
390MPa, after welding of the inside and outside fillet welds, the inside fillet weld shall be
subjected to magnetic particle or penetration testing; after water filling test of the storage tank,
re-testing shall be conducted with the same method
2 The root weld pass of inside fillet weld, after being welded, shall be subjected to
penetration testing in case the steel plates with lower limit of standard yield strength greater
than 390MPa are adopted for bottom ring shell and bottom plates.
12.2.3 The testing of shell welding seam shall meet the following requirements:
1 The testing of shell longitudinal weld shall meet the following requirements:
1) In case the thickness of bottom ring shell plate is less than or equal to 10mm, the
radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3 (a)] shall be conducted by randomly taking 300mm,
from each welding seam; in case the plate thickness is greater than 10mm and less
than 25mm, the radiographic testing shall be conducted by randomly taking two
300mm from each welding seam, of which the position of one shall be close to bottom
plate [Figure 12.2.3 (b)); in ease the plate thickness is greater than or equal to 25mm,
cach welding seam shall be subjected to 100% radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3 (c)].
2) In case the thickness of other ring shell plates is less than 25mm, the radiographic
testing [Figure 12.2.3 (a)] shall be conducted to each plate thickness (may be regarded
as same thickness in case the plate thickness difference is no greater than Imm)
welded by each welder by randomly taking 300mm from 3m welding seam welded at
first. Without regard to the number of welders, the radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3
(b)] shall be conducted by taking 300mm at any part of each 30m welding seam and its
‘mantissa; in case the plate thickness is greater than or equal to 25mm, each welding
seam shall be subjected to 100% radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3 (c)]..
2 The testing of shell circumferential weld shall mect the following requirements:
The radiographic testing for each plate thickness (subject to thinner plate thickness) shall
be conducted by taking 300mm at any part of 3m welding seam welded at first, thereafter, the
radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3] for each plate thickness shall be conducted by taking
300mm at any part of 60m welding seam and its mantissa.
3. The testing of T-shape welding scam shall meet the following requirements
1) In case the plate thickness (subject to thinner plate thickness of T-shape welding
seam) is less than or equal to 10mm, the bottom ring shell plate shall mect the
requirements of C
1 Item 1 in this article, and 25% T-shape welding seam shall be
, 25% of
the radiographic testing parts shall be located at T-shape welding seam; in case the
plate thickness is greater than 10mm, all the shape welding seams shall be subjected
to radiographic testing,
subjected to radiographic testing [Figure 12.2.3 (a)]; for other ring shell plat.
2) The testing position for T-shape welding seam of shell shall include 300mm of
longitudinal and circumferential welds.
4 The testing of welding seams for shell nozzle shall meet the following requirements:
1) The butt welding seam of shell plates where assembly parts of flush-type cleaning
hole are located and adjacent shell plates shall be subjected to 100% radiographic
testing
2). The welding seams of openings and reinforcement plates on shell plates with the
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and single-deck plate, the leakage test shall be conducted with vacuum tank, the negative
pressure of test shall not be less than $3kPa and held for at least SS, and if there is no leakage,
it will be regarded as qualified
2 Incase the two-side continuous welds are adopted for floating roof bottom plate, the
continuous weld of lower part shall be welded after the welding seams of upper part are
‘welded and pass inspection according to the requirements of Clause | in this Article; after all
welding seams are welded, the kerosene leakage test shall be adopted to make a test, and if
there is no leakage, it will be regarded as qualified.
3. The welding scams of ring plate and division plate for compartment shall be tested
with kerosene leakage test. The welding seam of compartment roof shall be subjected to
leakage test with vacuum tank or tightness test by means of blowing into compressed air with
the pressure of 785Pa compartment by compartment; the pressure stabilization time shall not
be less than Smin, if there is no leakage, it will be regarded as qualified.
4 All the compartments with single deck floating roof and compartments with
double-deck floating roof and seal structure shall meet air
5 In case the vacuum tank cannot be adopted for leakage test due to structural
ghiness requirements,
constraint, the kerosene leakage test may be adopted.
12.2.8 In case the plate thickness is greater than 12mm, ultrasonic time of flight diffraction
technique may be adopted
12.2.6 The method and acceptance criteria for non-destructive testing of welding seam shall
meet the following requirements:
1 The radiographic testing shall be conducted according to those specified in the
current professional standard JB/T 4730.2 Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment -
Part 2: Radiographic Testing, and the testing technique grade shall not be less than Grade AB;
the acceptance level for welding seam of steel shell with the lower limit of standard yield
strength greater than 390MPa or carbon steel shell with the thickness no less than 25mm or
low alloy steel shell with the thickness no less than 16mm shall be Level Il; for others, the
acceptance level shall be Level IIL.
2. The ultrasonic testing shall be conducted according to those specified in the current
professional standard JB/T 4730.3 Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 3.
Ultrasonic Testing, and the acceptance level shall be Level Tl.
3. The magnetic particle testing & penetration testing parts shall be five from any crack
and white spot and shall be subjected to defect classification assessment according to those
specified in the current professional standards JB/T 4730.4 Nondestructive Testing of Pressure
Equipment - Part 4: Magnetic Particle Testing and BIT 4730.5 Nondestructive Testing of
Pressure Equipment - Part 5: Penetrant Testing, and the acceptance level shall be Level IL
4° ‘The ultrasonic time-of-flight diffraction technique (TOFD) shall be conducted
according to relevant requirements of the current professional standard JB/T 4730.10
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 10: Ultrasonic Time-of flight Diffraction
Technique, and the acceptance level shall be Level I
12.3 Geometry and Dimension Inspection
12.3.1 Geometry dimension and shape of the tank body after assembling and welding shall
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12.3.6 Geometry dimension of fixed roof after welding shall meet the following
requirements:
1 The fixed roof shall be in an aesthetic shape, its partial deformation of unevenness
shall be inspected with sample plate and the clearance shall not be greater than 5mm;
2. Verticality of supporting pillars shall not be greater than 1%o and shall not be greater
than 10mm,
12.3.7 _ Joint dimension of single-layer roof with spherical latticed shell after assembling and
welding shall meet the requirements of the design document and under the action of design
load of external pressure, the allowable deflection of latticed shell is 0.25% of the inner
diameter of oil tank
12.3.8 Installation dimension deviation for tank shell nozzle shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Allowable deviation for the distance between outer surface of shell and nozzle flange
surface shall be +Smm;
2. Allowable deviation for height of shell nozzle and radial position of roof nozzle shall
be 46mm:
3. In any plane, the measured inclination on nozzle flange dian
following requirements:
1) In case the nominal diameter of nozzle>300mm, allowable deviation of the
ster shall meet the
inclination shall be £0.5°;
2) In case the nominal diameter of nozzles300mm, allowable deviation of the
inclination shall be 3mm;
4 Allowable deviation for position of flange bolt hole shall be 43mm,
12.3.9 Installation dimension deviation for shell manhole shall meet the following
requirements:
1 Allowable deviation for the distance between outer surface of shell and flange
surface of shell manhole shall be +13mm;
2. Allowable deviation for height and angle position of shell manhole shall be +13mm;
3. Inany plane, allowable deviation for inclination on flange diameter of shell manhole
shall be +13mm,
12.4 Water Filling Test
1
following contents shall be inspected:
1 Tightness of tank bottom;
1 Once installed, the oil tank shall be subjected to water filling test, in which the
2 Intensity and tightness of shell;
3 Intensity, stability and tightness of fixed roof,
4 Up-and-down test and tightness of floating roof and inner floating roof,
5 Tightness of primary roof drains;
6 Observation of foundation settlement.
12.4.2 ‘The water filling test of oil tank shall meet the following requirements:
1 ‘The water filling test shall be carried out before connection of permanent pipeline
and oil tank;
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Appendix A
Design of Tank for Small Internal Pressures
AL General Requirement
A.L.1 This appendix is applicable to tank for small internal pressure with the design
pressure not greater than 18kPa,
A.L.2 In case the lifting force generated from internal design pressure is not greater than the
total weight of tank shell, tank roof and its support components, the design shall meet the
requirements of A.2~A.5 of this code
A.L3- In case the lifting force generated from intemal design pressure is greater than the
total weight of tank shell, tank roof and its support components, but not greater than 18kPa,
anchoring shall be performed and the design shall meet the requirements of A.6 of this code.
A.L4 In case the design temperature is greater than 90°C, the requirements of Appendix C
of
A.LS__ In case the oil tank operates under external pressure and/or vacuum conditions, the
requirements of Appendix B of this code shall also be met.
code shall also be met.
A2_ Venting Device
A2.1 Appropriate venting device shall be arranged in normal service condition,
A22 In emergency condition, if roof-and-shell connecting structure doesn’t meet the
requirements of 7.1.6 and the venting device arranged cannot meet the venting requirements,
emergency venting device shall be arranged.
A23 Design pressure of the emergency venting device shall not be greater than the
‘maximum pressure Pax Which makes the shell bottom not be lifted and 80% of the calculated
breakdown pressure Py.
AB Connecting Structure of Roof and Shell
AB.1 Structure and dimension of the part connecting roof and shell of tank shall meet the
requirements of Figure 7.1.5 of this code.
A3.2 Ifeffective area of the compressive ring at position connecting roof and shell of tank
has been determined, the maximum design pressure of tank for stnall internal pressure shall
be calculated according to the following formula:
p AR Land, 000127Dix 3a
2000) Di
Where,
P—the maximum design pressure of tank for small internal pressure, kPa;
A—the effective sectional area of compressive ring at position connecting roof and
shell of tank, determined according to Figure 7.1.5 of this code, mm*;
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m;
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AS. Test and Inspection
A.S.1_ After the oil tank is completely welded and has passed nondestructive examination, it
shall be filled with water until to the design liquid level, pressurization shall then be
performed onto liquid surface until to reach the design pressure which is maintained for
15min; then, depressurization is performed until to be 50% of the design pressure, and, all
‘welding seams shall thus be free from leakage through inspection.
A
test of the tank shell
Startup test for venting device may be performed simultancously or after pressure
A.6 Anchorage Tank with Design Pressure not Greater Than 18kPa
A6.1 As for the anchorage tank with design pressure not greater than 18kPa, in case shell
thickness is calculated according 10 Formula (6.3.2-1) and Formula (6.3.2-2), thickness of
cach component for shell manhole is selected according to Table 10.3.2, and thickness of each
flush-
ype cleanout fitting according to Table 10.5.1-1, design liquid levels adopted in the said
formulae and tables shall be counted in the design pressure of gas-phase space and then both
converted into the equivalent liquid column height of the storage medium.
A.6.2 Sectional atea of the compressive ring shall be calculated according to those specified
in A4 of this code; within the effective range of the compressive ring, tank roof,
self-attachment welding seams of tank roof, tank shell and other assemblies shall be fully
welded,
A6.3° The anchorage tank shall be with self-supporting dome toof, and the calculated
thickness of roof plate shall be calculated according to the formula below and not be less than
that specified in 7.5.2 of this code,
(A63)
Where,
the calculated thickness of anchorage tank roof plate, mm;
P.—4the design pressure, kPa;
R-—the curvature radius of smooth spheri
[o]—Ahe allowable stress of roof plate material, Mpa, which shall be 1/1.6 of the
lower limit of yield strength under design temperature;
g—the welded joint coefficient, which shall be 0.35 in case of single-sided full fillet
overlap welded joint.
A64 Anchorage design shall meet those specified in 11.2 of this code.
A6.5 The weight for resisting lifting force shall not be less than the following maximum
lifts
I shell, m;
1 For the sum of lifting force generated by pressure 1.5 times the design pressure and
that generated on tank roof by design air velocity, the weight for resisting such lifting forces
shall be the weight calculated based on available thickness of the tank in empty state;
2 The weight for resisting the lifting force generated by pressure 1.25 times the test
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Appendix B
Design of Storage Tank for External Pressure
Bl General Requirement
B.1.1 This appendix is applicable to fixed-roof oil tank with the design vacuum external
pressure being between 0.25kPa and 6,9kPa (included),
B.1.2 The sectional area provided for stiffening ring at tank roof shall be determined
according to those specified in 7.1.5 in case the design vacuum external pressure is not greater
than 0.25kPa, otherwis
.ccording to those specified in this appendix.
B2_ Fixed Roof
B21 the design total external pressure of tank roof shall be calculated according to the
following formula:
Pe-max{Di~Le+0.4Ps, Dt P¥0.4Le} (B21)
Where,
P,—the design total external pressure of tank roof, kPa;
Di—the fixed load of fixed roof, kPa, including weight of both roof plate and
appurtenances on it and weight of thermal insulating layer (if any);
Pe—the design vacuum external pressure, kPa; coefficients in front of 0.4Pe shall
increase correspondingly if the ratio of operating pressure to design pressure is greater than
04:
L-—the live load of fixed roof, kPa; i.e. the live load of fixed roof on horizontal
projection plane, which shall not be less than 1.0kPa.
B22
1 If the roof plate is supported onto purlin, such structure may be regarded as
olumn-supported cone roof design shall meet the following requirements.
continuous girder or membrane;
2 Both membrane stress and bending stress shall be considered simultaneously;
3. Welded joint coefficient in case plates are connected shall be considered;
4 Rigid joint shall be set at supporting part;
5. Allowable deflection shall be provided.
B.2.3 _Self-supporting cone roof design shall meet the following requirements.
1 Calculated thickness of the roof plate shall be calculated according to the following
formula and shall not be less than those specified in 7.3.2:
sip [PB
- B23-1
{Sino Vi7a 23)
Where,
tthe calculated thickness of cone roof tank roof plate, mm;
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m;
P—the design total external pressure of tank roof, kPa;
@—he included angle between tank roof plate and horizontal plane at position
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D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m.
B.3__Stiffening Ring of Tank Shell
B.3.1_Stiffening ring of tank shell includes that at top, that at middle part and that at bottom
(Figure B.2.3 and Figure B.2.4).
B.3.2_ Stability coefficient y shall mect the following requirements:
1 y shall be equal to 1.0 if Pe is less than or equal to 0.25kPa,
2 shall be calculated according to the following formula if P. is greater than 0.2SkPa,
Bx07
095
3. y shall be calculated according to the following formula and not exceed 2.5 if Pe is,
(B32-1)
greater than 0.70kPa.
y=P0.48 (B3.22)
4. wshall be equal to 3.0 if there is only extemal pressure load generated by vacuum.
B33 The total equivalent height of tank shell shall be calculated according to the following,
formula:
Ha-SHes (B33-1)
(8332)
Where,
‘H-—he total equivalent height of tank shell, m;
‘Heche equivalent height of the * ring of tank shell plate, m;
tai —the available thickness of the thinnest ring of tank shell plate within accounting
interval, mm;
tc—the available thickness of the /* ring of tank shell plate, mm;
Jig—the actual height of the i ring of tank shell plate, m.
B3.4 The maximum allowable equivalent height of non-stiffening tank shell shall be
calculated according to the following formula:
Cain)”
Hae“ RD Ry (B34)
wi
Hoae—the maximum allowable equivalent height of non-stiffening
P.—he design total external pressure of tank shell, kPa; whichever the larger one
between P, and W+0.4Ps; coefficients in front of 0.47, shall increase correspondingly if the
ratio of operating pressure to design pressure is greater than 0.4;
trois —the available thickness of the thinnest ring of tank shell plate within accounting
interval, mm;
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m;
E—xhe elasticity modulus, MPa;
y—the stability coefficient
B35. Number of middle stiffening rings shall be calculated according to the following
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(B5.2-1)
(B.5.2-2)
Where,
Awc—the minimum section atea required for stiffening ring at top of the
wD
ae]
see Formula
self-supporting cone roof tank, mm, which shall not be less than
(BS.
2) for v5
Ar—the minimum sectional area required for stiffening ring at top of the
self-supporting dome roof tank, mmn?, which shall not be less than il
[7] —Ahe allowable stress of stiffening ring at top, MPa; which shall be 1/1.6 of the
lower limit of standard yield strength of material adopted for stiffening ring at top and not less
than 140MPa;
he effective length of self-supporting dome roof tank roof plate, mm;
X-—he effective length of self-supporting cone roof tank roof plate, mm;
tthe calculated thickness of self-supporting dome roof tank roof plate, mm;
1—the calculated thickness of self-supporting cone roof tank roof plate, mm;
fc —the nominal thickness of shell plate of tank equipped with ring at top, mm;
Xi—the effective height of shell of self-supporting cone or dome roof tank equipped
with stiffening ring at top, mm;
D—he inner diameter of oil tank, m.
B.S.3 The minimum sectional area required for bottom stiffening ring shall be calculated
according to the following formula:
Xe
= 1, (mt, +16%,) (B53)
Where,
Awe—the minimum sectional area required for bottom stiffening ring of
self-supporting cone or dome roof tank, mm’;
[o}—Athe allowable stress of bottom stiffening ring, MPa; which shall be 40% of the
lower limit of standard yield strength of material adopted for bottom stiffening ring and not
less than 103MPa;
‘m—the radial width of annular/sketch bottom plate stretching out of the tank external
shell, mm;
the nominal thickness of annular/sketch bottom plate, mm;
‘o-—the nominal thickness of shell plate of tank equipped with bottom ring, mm;
Xo-—the effective height of shell of self-supporting cone or dome roof tank equipped
with bottom stiffening ring, mm;
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m.
See Formula (B.5.1-2) for v.
B6 External Pressure Test
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Appendix C
Requirements for Tank Operating at Elevated Temperatures
C.1_ Scope of Application
C.1.1 This appendix is applicable to oil tank with the design temperature being between
90°C and 250°C (included).
C.1.2_ This appendix is not applicable to floating roof tank and internal floating roof tank
C.2__ Influences on the Rise of Design Temperature and Additional Requirements
C21 If the design temperature is greater than 90°C, the influence from the following
factors on the rise of design temperature shall be considered:
1 temperature difference between tank shell and tank bottom, roof and ladder, between
tank roof and its support, and between components at the position where insulation is
disconnected;
2. thermal expansion of tank bottom;
3 influence by solidification of storage liquid in case of cooling
4 Influence on tank design service life from thermal stress change frequency and
amplitude.
€.2.2 Additional requirements for the rise of design temperature shall meet the following
requirements:
1 thickness of shell manhole, shell nozzle, and flange, flange cover and stiffening base
plate of cleanout hole shall all be divided by decreasing coefficients of standard lower limits,
of yield strength listed in Table C.2.2;
2. allowable stress of structural components described in 7.2 of this code shall be
multiplied by the ratio of 210MPa to the lower limit of standard yield strength of material
under design temperature determined according to Table C.2.2, and the ratio shall not be
greater than I;
Table C22 Decreasing Coeff
t of Lower
of Standard Vield Strength
[Lower imi of andar yield seen (MPa)
Design temperature (0)
0 310-380 aH
30 ous ones 09a
130 08s os ost
200 oss 07s oss
230 oxtt 703 ona
‘Note: Doerasing coefficient of standard yield suongth for medium temperature may be calculated by way of interpolation
method.
all be the allowable stress
3. allowable stress of thermal-insulated anchorage bolt s
under normal temperature multiplied by the decreasing coefficient of lower limit of standard
yield strength listed in C.2.2;
4 calculated thickness of both self-supporting cone roof plate and self-supporting dome
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Appendix D
Seismic Design of Oil Tank
D.1_ Scope of Application
D.1.1 This appendix specifies the seismic design of vertical cylindrical welded steel oil
tanks.
D.1.2_ This appendix is applicable to thee seismic design of oil tank of which the ratio of
shell height to diameter is not greater than 1.6 and the volume is not less than 100m.
D.1.3 This appendix is applicable to the seismic design of oil tanks in the seismic
fortification area with Intensity 6~Intensity 9.
D2 Design Criteria
D.2.1 Axial compressive stress of tank shell shall not be greater than the allowable critical
compressive stress.
D.2.2 Distance from upper edge of tank shell to design liquid level of both fixed-roof oil
tank and floating roof tank shall be greater than the height of sloshing wave.
1.2.3 In case the liquid level of internal floating roof tank reaches the design liquid level,
the distance from the upper edge of tank shell to the uppermost edge of peripheral edge plate
of internal floating roof shall be greater than the liquid level sloshing wave height.
D.2.4 Floating roof guide mechanism shall be such designed to avoid being seized up when
the floating roof moves up and down in seismic status
D.2.5_ Anchorage shall be arranged when the anchorage coefficient Jis greater than 1.54,
D.3 Seismic Action
D.3.1 In the calculation of seismic action, the scismic influence coefficient of oil tank shall
be determined according to the seismic fortification intensity, design basic seismic
acceleration, design seismic group and site category of tank construction site, as well as
fundamental period and damping ratio of oil tank, and adopted according to Figure D.3.1.The
maximum horizontal seismic influence coefficient, dows, shall be adopted according to those
specified in Table D.3.1-1; the characteristic period, Ty, shall be adopted according to the site
category and the design seismic group shall be adopted according to those specified in Table
1D3.1-2, Seismic fortification intensity and design seismic group shall meet the requirements
of the current national standard Design Code for Antiseismic of Special Structures (GB
50191), and site category shall be determined according to written materials provided by the
owner.
‘Table D3.t-1 Maximum Seismic Influence Coefficient
Forifcaion invesiy 6 7 * °
Deven basic wismie aseleration | O05 Die 0.58 028 03 Oe
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Appendix E
Basic Requirement of Foundation and Basis for Oil Tank
El General Requirement
E.1.1 Physical and mechanical property indexes of tank site soil layer shall be determined
through full surveying and analysis,
E
stored in the tank; basis settlement shall not influence the safe handling and measuring of both
2 Foundation shall be capable of bearing tank deadweight and the weight of liquid
tank and connecting pipeline.
E
environmental protection requirements,
3 Tank base shall be subjected to antieseepage treatment which shall also meet the
E2 Foundation
F.2.1 Foundation treatment shall be performed in case the foundation at tank site is
subjected to the following conditions:
1 part of the foundation is on the hilly land and the other part on backfill,
2. the foundation consists of sludge, muddy soil and other soft soil layers unable to
‘meet the requirements for bearing capacity and deformation:
3 in case of untreated artificial fill;
4 in case of karst, soil cave and other unfavorable geology;
5 in case adjacent structures have adverse influence on the soil layer under the tank
base;
6 in case of soil layer which may be liquefied under seismic action;
7 im case of other particular soil layers, such as collapsible soil, expansive soil and
saline soil, ete.
E.2.2 Foundation may be treated according to the following methods:
to replace unsatisfactory soil layer with replacement cushion method;
to treat soft foundation with vibro-flotation pile or sandstone pile method;
to treat soft foundation with dynamic compaction or dynamic replacement method;
to treat soft foundation with chemical method or grouting method;
to strengthen soft foundation with preloading method by way of stacking or water
fillin
agunuena
to treat thick soft foundation or uneven soft foundation by way of pile
E3 Tank Base
E31 Tank base shall meet the following requirements:
1 sand asphalt cushion course shall be adopted at base top, of which the thickness shall
not be less than 100mm;
2 when the temperature of the medium stored in the tank is greater than 90
heat
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Appendix G
Variable-design-point Method on Tank Shell Thickness Calculation
G1 General Requirement
Gi
meet the requirements of this appendix.
G12 Calculation of tank shell thickness by way of variable-design-point method shall meet
Iculation of shell thickness of the tank with diameter D greater than 60m should
the requirements of following formula:
(50004) _ 1000
a 6 1)
Where,
//—he calculated liquid level, m;
t;——1he available thickness of the bottom ring of tank shell, mm;
D—he inner diameter of oil tank, m.
G2 Tank Shell Calculation
G2.1 Formulae in 6.3.2 of this code shall be followed to respectively calculate the initial
calculated thickness of bottom ring-equipped tank shell plate respectively under design
condition and water test condition, fps and tp
G2.2_ Formulae below shall be followed to respectively calculate the calculated thickness of
bottom ring-equipped tank shell plate respectively under design condition and water test
condition, ts and ti
Voy
6860 [TF s910p
—— (G2.2-1)
7 Vell te J
ossen [IY asim
105 2960 [ (e222)
7 Vol, Tol, |
the calculated thickness of the bottom ring of tank shell plate under design
ir
condition, mm;
f—+he calculated thickness of the bottom ring of tank shell plate under water test
condition, mm;
the initial calculated thickness of the bottom ring of tank shell plate under design
toe
condition, mm;
‘the initial calculated thickness of the bottom ring of tank shell plate under water
test condition, mm;
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m;
H-—the calculated liquid level, m;
p—the relative density of storage liquid;
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M =[K™(K-1)|/(1+4"') (G24-5)
K + (G2.4-6)
Where,
—Ahe initial thickness of the said ring of tank shell plate, mm;
R—the inner radius of oil tank, mm;
H—Ahe calculated liquid level, m;
1; —the thickness of the tank shell plate below the said ring of tank shell plate, mm,
2. calculate the thickness of the said ring of the tank shell plate according to the following
formulae:
s90(a- 25)
fg2-— 247
e (G2.4-8)
Where,
ta —the calculated thickness of the tank shell plate x from the bottom of the said ring
of tank shell under design condition, mm;
fa —the calculated thickness of the tank shell plate x from the bottom of the said ring
of tank shell under water test condition, mm;
x—the distance from the variable design point to the bottom of the said ring of tank
shel
D—the inner diameter of oil tank, m;
H—the calculated liquid level, m;
p—the relative density of storage liquid;
[]—the allowable stress of steel plate under design temperature, MPa;
[o}—Ahe allowable stress of steel plate under water test condition, which shall be the
allowable stress at 20°C;
g—the welded joint coefficient, which shall be 0.85 for the bottom ring of tank shell
plate and 0.9 for other ring of tank shell plates.
3° supersede t4 by calculated & (fox and fx), reps
t procedures 1 and 2 until the
difference between f, me
sured continuously for two times, and the iterations shall be greater
than 3 times.
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Li—the spacing between latitudinal ribs along meridional direction, mm;
m—the area reduction coefficient of both latitudinal rib and roof plate along
meridional direction;
e:—the distance from centroid of cross section combined by latitudinal rib and roof
plate to middle plane of the roof plate, mm;
foq-—Ahe reduced thickness of cross section combined by meridional rib and roof plate,
mm;
Jz—the width of meridional rib, mm;
b> —the available thickness of meridional rib, mm;
La-—the spacing between meridional ribs along latitudinal direction, mm;
ny—the area reduction coefficient of both meridional rib and roof plate along
latitudinal direction;
er—the distance from centroid of eross section combined by meridional rib and roof,
plate to middle plane of the roof plate, mm,
Lalas)
Figure 112.2 Ribbed Spherical Shell Plate
1 toot plate: 2s stip
2.3 The checking for stability of ribbed spherical shell shall meet the requirements of
following formula:
ASIP] (4.2.3)
Where,
Phe external design load of fixed roof, kPa, which shall be determined according
t0 7.1.2 of this code;
[P] —the allowable extemal load of ribbed spherical shell, kPa.
11.2.4 The effective sectional area of the part for connecting roof and shell shall meet the
requirements of the following formula:
A246DR, (2.4)
22
The tank for small internal pressure shall also meet the requirements of Formula (A.4.1)
of Appendix A.
H.3 Requirements for Installation and Connection of Ribbed Spherical Shell
Connection of roof plates of the ribbed spherical shell shall meet the requirements of
7.1.4 and 7.1.5 of this code.
H3.2 Rib strips may be spliced along length direction, In case of being butted, welding
seams shall be fully penetrated. In case of overlapped, the overlapping length shall not be less
than 2 times the rib strip width, and the rib strip shall be subjected to double-faced full fillet
welding.
H T joints between meridional rib and latitudinal rib shall be subjected to double-faced
full fillet welding,
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List of Quoted Standards
Building Constructions - Specifications for Loads of Architectural
Structures
Code for Construction of Vertical Cylindrical Steel Welded Storage Tanks
Design Code for Antiseismie of Special Structures
Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Steel Structures
Quality Carbon Structural Steels
Carbon Structural Steels
Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Recommended Joint Preparation for Gas Welding, Manual Metal Arc
Welding, Gas-shield Arc Welding and Beam Welding
Recommended Joint Preparation for Submerged Are Welding
High Strength Low Alloy Structural Steels
Alloy Structure Steels
Welded Stecl Pipes for Low Pressure Liquid Delivery
Hot-rolled Plates and Strips of Carbon Structural Steels and High Strength
Low Alloy Structural Steels
Low Alloy Steel Plates for Low Temperature Pressure Vessels
Seamless Steel Tubes for High-pressure Chemical Fertilizer Equipment
Seamless Steel Tubes for Liquid Service
Seamless Steel Tubes for Petroleum Cracking
Quenched and Tempered High Strength Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 2: Radiographic
Testing
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 3: Ultrasonic Testing
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 4: Magnetic Particle
Testing
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 5: Penetrant Testing
Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Equipment
Low-alloy Steel Forgings for Low Temperature Pressure Equipment
Nondestructive Testing of Pressure Equipment - Part 10: Ultrasonic Time of
Flight Diffraction Technique
Welding Procedure Qualification for Pressure Equipment
‘Technical Permission of Welding Materials for Pressure Equipment
END
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GBYT 3077
GBYT 3091
GBYT 3274
GB3531
GB 6479
GBIT 8163,
GB 9948
GB 19189
IBIT 4730.2
JBIT 4730.3
IBIT 4730.4
JBIT 4730.5
NBIT 47008
NBIT 47009
NBY/T47013.10
NBT 47014
NBYT 47018
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