GrantecEngineering Consultants Inc.

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Nova Scotia, Canada

Services: Fitness For Service Assessment

  • Pressure Vessels, Piping, Pipelines, Storage Tanks, Structures, Ships, Offshore Structures
  • API RP579-1 / ASME FFS-1 Fitness for Service, all levels
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Assessment
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Remaining Life
  • Rerating / Re-Rating
  • Repair Design
  • API 620 Tanks
  • API 650 Tanks
  • ASME Pressure Vessels
  • ASME B31 Piping
  • Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers (ASME & TEMA)
  • CSA B51
  • National Board Inspection Code (NBIC)


API 620 Tank
Corroded & Eroded Internal Surface
with Buckled Shell Plate
(View is looking Up the Tank Wall)
 


Shell Thickness Measurements
Measurements in Red Unacceptable



Variation of Shell Thickness
at Elevation 59 to 60 feet
 

Stress in API 620 Tank for Repair Scenario
for Design Conditions including Siesmic Loading		  

Deflections and Buckling for Repair Scenario
for External Load (i.e. Partial Vacuum) Condition

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