BS 5045-5:1986
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Transportable gas containers Specification for aluminium alloy containers above 0.5 litre up to 130 litres water capacity with welded seams
Hardcopy , PDF
08-15-2000
English
07-31-1986
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Manufacture and testing of containers
3 Classification of gases
4 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
5 Certificate of compliance
Section two. Materials
6 General
7 Permissible materials for container
Section three. Design
8 Service conditions for design
9 Classification of containers
10 Design of container shell
11 Openings and branch connections
12 Fittings
Section four. Manufacture and workmanship
13 Approval of design and construction details
14 Tolerances
15 Welds
16 Heat treatment
Section five. Inspection and tests
17 Inspection of components
18 Test requirements
19 Mechanical tests
20 Hydraulic volumetric expansion test
21 Hydraulic bursting test
22 Proof pressure test
23 Checking of water capacity
24 Tightness test
25 Design qualification tests of prototype containers
26 Radiographic examination of welds
27 Repair of welds
28 Results of mechanical and pressure tests
29 Final internal inspection
Section six. Marking of containers
30 Information to be marked
31 Method of marking
Appendices
A Volumetric expansion testing of welded containers
B Example of design procedure
C Specimen certificate of compliance for welded
aluminium alloy gas containers
D Inspection and testing facilities
Tables
1 Classification of gases suitable for conveyance in
welded aluminium alloy containers
2 Cast analysis
3 Mechanical properties
4 Reference temperatures for developed pressure for
conveyance in the United Kingdom in uninsulated
containers
5 Classification and construction criteria
6 Relationship between test pressure, pressure
developed at the reference temperature and gas
classification
7 Stress reduction factors for walls of cylindrical or
spherical containers
8 Maximum permissible equivalent stress at test
pressure for the cylindrical part of the shell
9 K factors for the compressibility of water
Figures
1 Shape factor K
2 Domed ends
3 Location of test specimens in a container
4 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (levelling
burette)
5 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (fixed
burette)
6 Non-water jacket volumetric expansion test
Materials, design, construction and testing.
| Committee |
PVE/3/3
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
44
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS 341-1:1991 | Transportable gas container valves Specification for industrial valves for working pressures up to and including 300 bar |
| BS 6942-2:1989 | Design and construction of small kits for oxy-fuel gas welding and allied processes Specification for kits using refillable gas containers for oxygen and fuel gas |
| BS 5045-2:1989 | Transportable gas containers Specification for steel containers of 0.5 L up to 450 L water capacity with welded seams |
| BS 5306-5.1:1992 | Code of practice for fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Halon systems Specification for halon 1301 total flooding systems |
| BS 5045-6:1987 | Transportable gas containers Specification for seamless containers of less than 0.5 litre water capacity |
| BS 5306-7:1988 | Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises Specification for powder systems |
| BS 4105:1990 | Specification for liquid carbon dioxide, industrial |
| BS 6942-1:1988 | Design and construction of small kits for oxy-fuel gas welding and allied processes Specification for kits using one or more non-refillable gas containers for oxygen and fuel gas |
| BS 6164:2001 | Code of practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry |
| BS 341-2:1963 | Transportable gas container valves Valves with taper stems for use with breathing apparatus |
| BS 3571-1:1985 | MIG welding Specification for MIG welding of aluminium and aluminium alloys |
| BS 499-1:1983 | Welding terms and symbols. Glossary for welding, brazing and thermal cutting |
| BS 341-1:1962 | Transportable gas container valves Valves with taper stems (excluding valves used for breathing and medical purposes) |
| BS 3019-1:1984 | TIG welding Specification for TIG welding of aluminium, magnesium and their alloys |
| BS 4870-2:1982 | Specification for approval testing of welding procedures TIG or MIG welding of aluminium and its alloys |
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