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API 653 EXAM PREPARATION COURSE

RELATED CODES

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API 653 IS NOT A STAND-ALONE DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE USED IN ISOLATION

It acts as a gateway to other related API / ASME codes

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THE US v-UK SITUATION

API/ASME codes are a legal requirement in many states of the USA API codes have no actual statutory significance in the UK

They are however, used as an example of good practice

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The US has an almost complete family of codes

Components Storage Tanks
API 620 API 650

Power Boilers
ASME 1

Unfired Vessels
ASME VIII1

Piping Systems
ASME B16.5 ASME B31.3

Valves

Pressure Relief Valves

ASME 1 ASME VIII API 2000

Construction codes (i.e. manufacture only) In-service codes (covering inspection, repair, and rerating) Support technical documents

ASME 16.34 API 600609 API 598 API RP 591

API 653

API 510

API 570

API RP 576

API 651 API 652 API RP 575

ASME RP573 ASME II, V, VI, IX

API RP 572/576 ASME V, IX

ASME II, V, IX API RP 574

API RP 574 ASME V, X

ASME PRC 25 API 527 ASME V, IX

We will be concerned with this set

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THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE IS:

To fit in with the philosophy of related codes for activities relating to:

Tank Inspection

Tank Repair

Tank Alteration and Reconstruction

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RELATED CODES ARE

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ASME codes API codes

ASME IX
Welding

ASME V
NDE

API 575
Inspection of storage tanks

API 650
Construction of welded tanks

API 571
Damage mechanisms in the refining industry

API 577
Welding inspection/metallurgy

API 651
Cathodic protecion

API 652
Lining of tank bottoms

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RELATED CODES

We will now look at the other related codes in turn

Starting with these API codes

API 575
Inspection of storage tanks

API 650
Construction of welded tanks

API 571
Damage mechanisms in the refining industry

API 577
Welding inspection/metallurgy

API 651
Cathodic protecion

API 652
Lining of tank bottoms
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AN IMPORTANT POINT THE ROLE OF API 575

Guidelines and methods for inspection of existing atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks

You can think of API 575 as the partner' code to API 653
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API 575:WHATS IN IT? It contains useful information about:

Types of storage tanks Inspection methods and limitations Scheduling of inspections Degradation mechanisms Testing Integrity of repairs and alterations
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THE CONTENTS OF API 653 /575 OVERLAP

A few new bits

API 653 API 575

There are a lot of common areas

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ASME V for NDE and ASME IX for welding

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THE OTHER IMPORTANT PARTNER STANDARD IS API 650 Welded steel tanks for oil storage

This is a new construction code, but it contains various details that are equally relevant to repair and reconstruction

API 650 is a large document > 200 pages

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API 650 Dont be put off at the size of the API 650 document There are only a very few bits of API 650 that you need for the API 653 exam syllabus. These are mainly drawn from:

Section 6:Methods of inspecting joints (i.e. NDE) Section 7:Weld procedures and qualifications
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THERE ARE 2 FURTHER CODES IN THE SYLLABUS API 652 Lining of storage tank bottoms

API 651 Cathodic protection of storage tanks

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API 571

Damage mechanisms affecting fixed equipment in the refining industry

It describes the various corrosion/damage mechanisms that storage tanks can suffer from

There is a list of specific mechanisms that we will look at in a future training module
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API 577 Weld inspection and metallurgy

This covers technical details of the following welding processes The 653 exam syllabus is limited to these two

SMAW
Shielded Metal Arc Welding

SAW
Submerged Arc Welding

GTAW
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

GMAW
Gas Metal Arc Welding

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ASME V and IX

The purpose of these codes is to control the welding and NDE used on storage tanks Relationship to API 650 / API 653

ASME IX Welding/ welder qualifications

ASME V NDE

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RELATED CODES :SUMMARY

BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER

1.Make sure that you understand the

preceding slides, showing what the codes are,and how they relate to each other

2.Identify the codes shown in the slides in your

API/ASME document packages. Make sure that you have them all

3.Review the final slide, summarising the

relationship between the codes
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Summary slide

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RELATED CODES ARE

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ASME codes API codes

ASME IX
Welding

ASME V
NDE

API 575
Inspection of storage tanks

API 650
Construction of welded tanks

API 571
Damage mechanisms in the refining industry

API 577
Welding inspection/metallurgy

API 651
Cathodic protecion

API 652
Lining of tank bottoms

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