API STD 2510:2020 covers the design, construction, and location of liquefed petroleum gas (LPG) installations at marine and pipeline terminals, natural gas processing plants, refneries, petrochemical plants, or tank farms. It also addresses the use of storage vessels, loading and unloading systems, piping, and related equipment.
1.2 Refrigerated Storage
Design and construction considerations specifc to refrigerated storage are covered in Section 11 of this standard.
1.3 Pressurized Storage
Design and construction considerations specifc to pressure vessel storage are covered in Section 4 of this standard.
1.4 Numerical Units Used
In this standard, numerical values are presented in the U.S. Customary (USC) units.
1.5 Excluded Items
1.5.1 This standard does not apply to the design, construction, or relocation of frozen earth pits, underground storage caverns or wells, and underground or mounded storage tanks.
1.5.2 This standard does not apply to the following installations.
a) Those covered by NFPA 58 and NFPA 59.
b) U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) containers.
c) Gas utility company facilities; refnery process equipment; refnery and gas plant processing equipment; and transfer systems from process equipment before upstream LPG storage.
d) Those tanks with less than 2000 gallons of storage capacity.
