BS 5045-3:1984
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Transportable gas containers Specification for seamless aluminium alloy gas containers above 0.5 litre water capacity and up to 300 bar charged pressure at 15°C
Hardcopy , PDF
05-15-2000
English
09-28-1984
Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1 Sope
2 Manufacturing and testing of containers
3 Classification of gases
4 Information to be supplied by the purchaser and
manufacturer
5 Certificate of compliance
Section two. Permissible materials
6 General
7 Chemical composition
8 Aluminium producer's certificate
9 Identification of aluminium alloy
Section three. Design
10 Service conditions for design
11 Design of container shell
12 Fittings
Section four. Manufacture and workmanship
13 Approval of design and construction details
14 Permissible processes
15 Heat treatment
16 Tolerances
Section five. Inspection and tests
17 Hardness test
18 Mechanical tests
19 Examination of thickness, surface imperfections and
neck folds
20 Hydraulic tests
21 Checking of water capacity
22 Testing of prototype containers
23 Results of tests
24 Marking of containers
Appendices
A Volumetric expansion testing of seamless containers
B Ultrasonic defect detection and thickness
measurement
C Examples of design calculations for cylindrical
walls of seamless containers
D Specimen certificates
Tables
1 Classification of gases suitable for conveyance in
seamless aluminium alloy containers
2 Cast analysis
3 Mechanical properties
4 Reference temperatures for developed pressure for
conveyance in the UK in uninsulated containers
5 Reference temperatures for filling ratio for low
pressure liquefiable gases in the UK in uninsulated
containers
6 K factors for the compressibility of water
Figures
1 Example of cylinder neck folds before and after
machining
2 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (levelling
burette)
3 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (fixed
burette)
4 Non-water jacket volumetric expansion test
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