BS EN 13153-2002 Specification and testing of LPG

BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13153:2002IncorporatingAmendmentNo.1SpecificationandtestingofLPGcylindervalves—ManuallyoperatedTheEuropeanStandardEN13153:2001,withtheincorporationofamendmentA1:2003,hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.30;23.060

 
 BSEN13153:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon23January2002©BSI18July2003ISBN0580382214NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13153:2001,includingamendmentA1:2003.Thestartandfinishoftextintroducedoralteredbyamendmentisindicatedinthetextbytags!.TagsindicatingchangestoCENtextcarrythenumberoftheCENamendment.Forexample,textalteredbyCENamendmentA1isindicatedby!.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/19,LPGcontainersandtheirassociatedfittings,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to23andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments1454118July2003SeenationalforewordEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13153December2001+A1May2003ICS23.060.40EnglishversionSpecificationandtestingofLPGcylindervalves—Manuallyoperated(includesamendmentA1:2003)SpécificationsetessaisdesrobinetsdebouteillesdeGPL—Fermeturemanuelle(inclutl’amendementA1:2003)SpezifikationundPrüfungfürFlüssiggas-(LPG-)Flaschenventile—Handbetätigt(enthältÄnderungA1:2003)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon25October2001;amendmentA1wasapprovedbyCENon11March2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGCentralSecretariat:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2001CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13153:2001+A1:2003EEN13153:2001(E)2ContentsPageForeword.......................................................................................................................................................................4Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................51Scope...............................................................................................................................................................62Normativereferences......................................................................................................................................63Termsanddefinitions......................................................................................................................................64Designandspecification..................................................................................................................................84.1General............................................................................................................................................................84.2Materials..........................................................................................................................................................94.2.1General....................................................................................