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| Introduction to API Standards 650, 653, 620 Tank Design, Evaluation and Repairs - for Engineers, Inspectors and Experienced Tradesmen |
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November 16-19, 2010 Price: $1,895.00 Earn: 3.2 CEUs |
Location: Holiday Inn Express 10010 104 Street Edmonton AB T5J 0Z1 Canada 780-423-2450 Book discounted room accomodations |
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Objectives: The design requirements of API Standard 650 will be explained and their application demonstrated through example problems. Material, fabrication and erection requirements documentation will also be reviewed. Course participants will gain the knowledge for design of safe and economical storage tanks used in the petroleum and chemical industries. In addition to a general review of API Standard 650, an introduction to tank inspection and evaluation in conformance with API Standard 653 will be included. Accreditation: Each participant will receive a certificate with 3.2 Continuing Education Units accredited by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Who Should Attend: Engineers, inspectors, and experienced operators with technology backgrounds who are involved in the construction, inspection, maintenance and repairs of tanks for safe operations in the plant. Topics: API Standard 650 and Related Standards - materials code materials, selection, rules material requirements and the importance of material toughness, etc. - design introduction to the three methods of shell design one-foot method variable design point method elastic shell analysis method - design rules for: tank shells shell openings flush-type fittings tank roofs - joint design: roof to shell joints floor joints - checking tanks for: product loads and internal pressure vacuum conditions wind and seismic loads temperature and heating operations live loads and API load combinations - fabrication and erection: - inspection and welding: - other material applications: including stainless steel tanks - nondestructive examination and testing - documentation API Standard 650/653 - types of tank inspections in API 653 - tank evaluation methods - inspection scheduling - tank repairs and alterations, including NDE and testing - recordkeeping and documentation requirements API Standard 620 - design - design rules for: tank shells openings flush-type fittings tank roofs - joint design - welding - construction and inspection - examples Calculations Section and Problem Solving Workshops: - shell design calculations and evaluation procedures - tank shell evaluation - internal pressure evaluation - simple roof evaluation - nozzle design criteria and load envelope - wind load evaluation - seismic load evaluation - supported and more complex roof evlauations - vacuum load evaluation Required Code Documents: All participants must bring the API 620, 650 and 653 Codes to this class. These code documents can be purchased from CASTI. (See below.) A course notebook will be provided to all participants by CASTI. Purchasing Code Documents: The Code documents required for this course are available to CASTI course registrants at a special discounted package price. |
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| About the Instructor | ||
| Alwyn Kaye, M.Eng., P.Eng., graduated from the University of Alberta in 1989 with a Masters Degree in Metallurgical Engineering (Welding) and from the University of Canterbury in 1980 with a Mechanical/Materials Engineering degree. He has over 27 years of experience in fabrication, construction, design, management, inspection and research. He has a strong technical background, specializing in technical project management by hands on outcome success in difficult and unusual plant problems. He has engineered original innovations, repairs, patents and practical solutions to cost saving designs and field problems in the pressure equipment, process piping, storage tanks, and pipeline industries.
Mr. Kaye's field experience includes plant shutdowns, welding, equipment remediation and certification as a National Board Boiler Inspector SCO Cert.#2567, API 510, 570, and 653 certified inspector, AWS Welding Inspector, ASNDT/CGSB Level 1 and 2, MT, PT, UT and Level 1 RT (lapsed). Alwyn Kaye is an accomplished CASTI instructor, having taught in Canada and internationally with excellent reviews and comments. |
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