Atmospheric tank design

Tunisia Polytechnic School

Engineering Internship Report 1

Tunisia Polytechnic School

Engineering Internship Report 2

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Mr. BEN SAID Wissem,

Executive manager, for the support, the availability and the help he has provided me with.

I am grateful to all the staff members of IET (Industrial Engineering Technologies), for their

kind help and support.

I would like to thank all my friends for their help and all those that I did not mention for their

assistance and help.

Tunisia Polytechnic School

Engineering Internship Report 3

Contents

CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 3

LISTS OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................. 4

LISTS OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................... 5

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 1: PROBLEM PRESENTATION...................................................................................................... 7

1.1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 7

1.2. API 650 PRESENTATION .................................................................................................................................. 7

1.3. ATMOSPHERIC TANK COMPONENTS................................................................................................................. 7

1.3.1. Shell......................................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.2. Bottom..................................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.3. Roof ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.4. Wind girders ........................................................................................................................................... 9

1.3.5. Nozzles .................................................................................................................................................... 9

1.4. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................... 9

CHAPTER 2: ATMOSPHERIC TANK DESIGN ............................................................................................. 10

2.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 10

2.2. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 10

2.2.1. Service considerations.......................................................................................................................... 10

2.2.2. Environmental considerations.............................................................................................................. 12

2.3. DESIGN PROCEDURE...................................................................................................................................... 12

2.3.1. Plate material choice............................................................................................................................ 13

2.3.2. Shell plate design.................................................................................................................................. 14

2.3.3. Bottom plate design .............................................................................................................................. 18

2.3.4. Roof design ........................................................................................................................................... 18

2.3.5. Shell opening design............................................................................................................................. 19

2.3.6. Anchoring.............................................................................................................................................. 23

2.4. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................. 26

CHAPTER 3: EXCEL DATA SHEET PRESENTATION............................................................................... 27

3.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 27

3.2. EXCEL DATA SHEET PRESENTATION .............................................................................................................. 27

3.3. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................. 30

CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................... 31

APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................................................. 32

REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................................... 43

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