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7-1O API STANDARD 653

7.14.1.2 The minimum height of tank liquid above the hot 7.14.4MATERIALLIMITATIONS
tap location shall be at least3 feet during the hot tapping op-
Hot tap only steelsknown
of acceptable toughness or steels
eration.
of unknown toughness that have a minimum shell design
7.14.1.3 Welding shall
be
done
with
low
hydrogen metal temperatureat or above the exemption curve shown in 96
electrodes. Figure 7-6, unless the additional requirements of 7.14.1.lb 98
7.1 4.1.4 Hot taps are not permitted on the roof of a tank are met.
I or within thegadvapor space of the tank.
7.14.5INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
7.14.1.5 Hottapsshallnot be installedonlaminated
or severely pitted shell plate. 7.1 4.5.1 Pipe nozzles shall be cut to the contour
of the shell
7.14.1.6 Hot taps are not permitted on tanks where the heat and beveled from the outside for a full penetration weld (see
of welding may cause 7-7).
environmental cracking (such
as caustic Figure 198
cracking or stress corrosion cracking).
7.14.5.2 Afterthepipe is welded,thereinforcingplate
shall be installed either in one piece
or two pieces with hori-
7.14.2 HOTTAP PROCEDURES
be installed
zontal weld. The reinforcing plate to nozzle shall
A hot tap procedure specificto carrying out the work shall with a full penetration weld. Care shall be taken to limit the
be developed and documented. The procedure shall include heat input to the welds.
the practices givenin A P I Publication 2201.
7.1 4.5.3 After the reinforcing plate has been welded to the
7.14.3PREPARATORY WORK shellandnondestructiveexaminationcarriedout,thepad
shall be pneumatically tested by the procedure described in
7.14.3.1 Minimum spacing in any direction (toe-to-toe of API Standard 650. After the valve has been installed on the
welds)betweenthehottapandadjacentnozzlesshallbe flange, a pressure test at least 1.5 times the hydrostatic head
equivalent to the square root ofRT where R is the tank shell shall be performed on the nozzle prior to mounting the hot tap
radius, in inches, andT is the shell plate thickness, in inches. machine-which shall be bolted to the valve.
7.14.3.2 Shell plate thickness measurements shallbe taken 7.14.5.4 Aqualifiedoperatorshalloperatethehottap
at a minimum of four places along the circumference of the machine and cut the hole in tthe
ank following the hot tap
ma-
proposed nozzle location. chine manufacturer’s procedures.

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