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Understanding API ICP653 Reading 7-Worksheet-04 Part1

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6.3.3 In-service UT "t" measurement of shell.<br />

6.3.3.1 Extent of UT survey - Determined by owner-user.<br />

6.3.3.2 When UT is used as inspection method, intervals shall not<br />

exceed the following:<br />

a. Five (5) years from commissioning new tank.<br />

b. At five year intervals (existing tanks where corrosion rate is not known.<br />

c. When the corrosion rate IS known, the maximum interval shall be the<br />

smaller of RCA/2N years (where RCA is the difference between the<br />

measured shell thickness and the minimum required thickness in mils, and N<br />

is the shell corrosion rate in mils per year) or fifteen (15) years.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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