LPG equipment and accessories. Welded steel pressure vessels for LPG road tankers. Design and manufacture

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

12-23-2020

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committee	PVE/19
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	62
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS EN 12493:2013+A2:2018

This document specifies minimum requirements for materials, design, construction and workmanship procedures, and tests for welded LPG road tanker pressure vessels and their welded attachments manufactured from carbon, carbon/manganese and micro alloy steels.There is no upper size limit as this is determined by the gross vehicle weight limitation.This document does not cover pressure vessels for pressure vessel containers. NOTE1 In the context of this document, the term “road tanker?? is understood to mean “fixed tanks?? and “demountable tanks?? as defined in ADR. NOTE2 The equipment for the pressure vessels and the inspection and testing after assembly is covered by EN12252 and EN14334 , respectively. NOTE3 The design type of the road tanker is subject to approval by the competent authority, as required by ADR. NOTE4 This document is intended for LPG only; however, for other liquefied gases see EN14025 .