BS PD CEN TR 15444-2006 Transportable gas cylinder

PUBLISHEDDOCUMENTPDCEN/TR15444:2006Transportablegascylinders—GascylindersconformingtotheTPEDtobeusedforPEDapplications—ApplicabilityandjustificationsICS23.020.30  PDCEN/TR15444:2006ThisPublishedDocumentwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30April2007©BSI2007ISBN9780580505676NationalforewordThisPublishedDocumentwaspublishedbyBSI.ItistheUKimplementationofCEN/TR15444:2006.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePVE/3,Gascontainers,toSubcommitteePVE/3/3,Transportablegascontainers—Cylinderdesign,constructionandtestingatthetimeofmanufacture.AlistoforganizationsrepresentedonPVE/3/3canbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsTECHNICALREPORTRAPPORTTECHNIQUETECHNISCHERBERICHTCEN/TR15444September2006ICS23.020.30EnglishVersionTransportablegascylinders-GascylindersconformingtotheTPEDtobeusedforPEDapplications-ApplicabilityandjustificationsBouteillesàgaztransportables-BouteillesàgazconformesàlaDirectivesurleséquipementssouspressiontransportables,àutiliserpourdesapplicationsrelevantdelaDirectivesurleséquipementssouspression-ApplicabilitéetjustificationsOrtsbeweglicheGasflaschen-GasflaschenentsprechendderTPEDfürPEDAnwendungen-AnwendbarkeitundBegründungThisTechnicalReportwasapprovedbyCENon13May2006.IthasbeendrawnupbytheTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC23.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2006CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.CEN/TR15444:2006:E2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................41Scope......................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences............................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................54Technicaljustification...........................................................................................................................6Bibliography........................................................................................................................................................9CEN/TR15444:20063ForewordThisdocument(CEN/TR15444:2006)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC23“Transportablegascylinders”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI.CEN/TR15444:20064IntroductionThisCENtechnicalreporthasbeenpreparedtoaddresstheessentialrequirementsofthePressureEquipmentDirective(PED)97/23/ECwithregardtoEuropeanStandardspreparedoriginallyfortransportablegascylinders,whichaddresstheessentialsafetyrequirementsoftheTransportablePressureEquipmentDirective(TPED)99/36/EC.CEN/TR15444:200651ScopeThisTechnicalReportprovidesarationaleandtechnicaljustificationforcertainEuropeanStandardsfortransportablegascylinders,producedinaccordancewiththerequirementsoftheTransportablePressureEquipmentDirective(TPED),tobeusedforapplicationscurrentlylistedinthePressureEquipmentDirective(PED).ItspurposeistoproveequivalenceofapproachinthetwodirectivesanddemonstrateequivalencetotheoveralllevelofsafetyintheEssentialSafetyRequirements(ESRs)ofthePED,therebyallowingEuropeanStandardsandEECdirectiveslistedinthisTechnicalReporttobeusedtofulfiltherequirementsofthePED,providedthattheirfillingconditionsfulfiltherequirementsofADR/RID(P200,4.1.4.1),inrespectofportablefireextinguishersandbreathingapparatus.2NormativereferencesThefollowingreferenceddocumentsareindispensablefortheapplicationofthisdocument.Fordatedreferences,onlytheeditioncitedapplies.Forundatedreferences,thelatesteditionofthereferenceddocument(includinganyamendments)applies.EN1964-1,Transportablegascylinders—Specificationforthedesignandconstructionofrefillabletransportableseamlesssteelgascylindersofwatercapacitiesfrom0,5litreuptoandincluding150litres—Part1:CylindersmadefromseamlesssteelwithanRmvalueoflessthan1100MPaEN1964-2,Transportablegascylinders—Specificationforthedesignandconstructionofrefillabletransportableseamlesssteelgascylindersofwatercapac