Are there any qualification requirements for design firms when it comes to the design of storage and transportation equipment?
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Are there any qualification requirements for design firms when it comes to designing tanks for extremely hazardous media? Additionally, are there any qualification requirements for the design of tanks storing explosive materials?
In the petrochemical industry, design qualification requirements are determined not by a specific piece of equipment or equipment type, but by the scale of the plant or the amount of investment involved. If it is not possible to determine the type of storage tank mentioned above, the scale of this project needs to be provided.
Thank you for your reply, brother. The thing is, this facility is quite large in scale, but one of the storage tanks has been subcontracted to a manufacturing factory for design purposes. What kind of design qualifications does that manufacturing factory need? Thank you
It is necessary to examine the parameters of this storage tank in order to determine what type of qualification is required, such as Class A, Class C, Class D design qualifications, and so on.
Manufacturing plants are generally classified into categories I, II, and III for pressure vessel design, as well as into categories I, II, and III for pressure vessel manufacturing qualifications. If foreign manufacturing standards are applicable, an ASME stamp is also required, and this depends on the grade of the equipment. However, nowadays, larger and more established manufacturing plants generally have equipment design departments with the capabilities for design and production; otherwise, they would not be able to pass the quality inspections carried out by the regulatory authorities. So you can rest assured.
This post was last edited by zjq1962 on 2020-3-14 at 11:57. The parameter conditions for the storage tank are not provided either; how can we determine what qualifications the manufacturer needs? Please provide the specific parameters so that everyone can help make a judgment. It is impossible to determine whether the container falls under the jurisdiction of container regulations based solely on the properties of the medium.
It mainly depends on which category your equipment falls into, as the requirements for design institutes vary
Are there any standards or regulations that specify this?
Previously, a license was required to design vertical cylindrical storage tanks (under normal pressure or slightly positive pressure), but this requirement was abolished many years ago. It is not clear whether a license is needed for on-site manufacturing; I have not been involved in the manufacturing process. The design of large vertical storage tanks for crude oil and refined products does not require any special qualifications; moreover, the hazards associated with extremely hazardous substances are not clear, and there have been no projects involving such substances.