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BS 2594:1975

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Specification for carbon steel welded horizontal cylindrical storage tanks
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

23-01-2006

Language(s)

English

Published date

29-08-1975

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 References
3 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
4 Working conditions
5 Standard tank sizes
6 Forms of construction
7 Materials
8 Design
9 Shop fabrication
10 Tank testing
11 Calibration
12 Inspection
13 Marking
14 Preparation for despatch
Tables
1A Dimensions and capacities of horizontal underground
    and above-ground storage tanks with dished and
    flanged ends
1B Dimensions and capacities of horizontal underground
    and above-ground storage tanks utilizing existing
    imperial dished and flanged ends
2A Dished and flanged end configuration (metric)
2B Dished and flanged end configuration (existing
    imperial sizes)
3 Dimensions for manholes
4 Dimensions for cradle supports
Figures
1 Dished and flanged end configurations
2 General dimensions
3 Types of shell construction
4 Method of welding ends to shell
5 Method of attaching internal partitions to shell
6 Method of welding lapped circumferential seams
7 Manhole details
8 Lifting lugs
9 Saddle supports

Design and construction of carbon steel fusion welded horizontal cylindrical storage tanks for above ground and underground use, excluding mobile applications.

Committee
PVE/15
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 73/37789 DC (08/2003) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October, 2004. (11/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
20
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

BS 5493:1977 Code of practice for protective coating of iron and steel structures against corrosion
BS 5289:1976 Code of practice. Visual inspection of fusion welded joints
BS 5135:1984 Specification for arc welding of carbon and carbon manganese steels
BS 4232:1967 Specification for surface finish of blast-cleaned steel for painting
BS 1387:1985 Specification for screwed and socketed steel tubes and tubulars and for plain end steel tubes suitable for welding or for screwing to BS 21 pipe threads

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