1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13720:2002 Transportable gas cylinders Filling conditions for acetylene battery vehicles The European Standard EN 13720:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 23.020.30 BS EN 13720:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering S
2、ector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 2 August 2002 BSI 2 August 2002 ISBN 0 580 40207 X National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13720:2002. The UK participation in its p
3、reparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PVE/3, Gas containers, to Subcommittee PVE/3/7, Gas cylinder (receptacle) operations, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British St
4、andards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. T
5、his publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible in
6、ternational/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the E
7、N title page, pages 2 to 10, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN13720 July2002 ICS23.020.30 En
8、glishversion TransportablegascylindersFillingconditionsforacetylene batteryvehicles BouteillesgaztransportablesConditionsderemplissage desvhiculesbatteriesdactylne OrtsbeweglicheGasflaschenAbfllbedingungenfr AcetylenBatterieFahrzeuge ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon11April2002. CENmembersarebo
9、undtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEu
10、ropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechR
11、epublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002C
12、EN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13720:2002EEN13720:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Requirementsforfillingacetylenevehicles. .6 5 Fillingofacetylenevehicle
13、s . 8 Bibliography 10EN13720:2002(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN13720:2002hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC23“Transportablegas cylinders“,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyBSI. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelat
14、estbyJanuary2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byJanuary2003. ThisEuropeanStandardhasbeensubmittedforreferenceintotheRIDand/orinthetechnicalannexesoftheADR. Thereforeinthiscontextthestandardslistedinthenormativereferencesandcoveringbasicrequirementsofthe RID/ADRnotaddres
15、sedwithinthepresentstandardarenormativeonlywhenthestandardsthemselvesare referredtointheRIDand/orinthetechnicalannexesoftheADR. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,
16、Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN13720:2002(E) 4 Introduction ThisEuropeanStandardisdesignedtoharmonizethedifferentfillingconditionsforacetylenebatteryvehicles (acetylenevehicles)i
17、nEuropeancountries. Theterm“acetylenebatteryvehicle“coversanumberofdifferentsystemswhichconnectacetylenecylinders(see EN1800)oracetylenebundles(seeEN12755)inasingleunitforthepurposeofstorage,transportanduseof acetylene.EN13720:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiestherequirementsforfillingac
18、etylenebatteryvehicles. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofth
19、esepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1801, TransportablegascylindersFillingconditionsforsingleacetylenecylinders . EN12754, TransportablegascylindersCyli
20、ndersfordissolvedacetyleneInspectionattimeoffilling. EN12755:2000, TransportablegascylindersFillingconditionsforacetylenebundles. prEN13807, TransportablegascylindersBatteryvehiclesDesign,manufacture,identificationandtesting. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingter
21、msanddefinitionsapply. 3.1 acetylenebatteryvehicle(acetylenevehicle) assemblyofcylindersorbundlesconnectedtoamanifoldandsecurelyattachedtoavehiclechassissuchthatthe assemblyistransportedandemptiedasasingleunitandcanbefilledasasingleunit 3.2 acetylenevehicletypeA vehiclewherecylindersorbundlesareremo
22、vedfromthevehicleforthepurposeoffillingindividually 3.3 acetylenevehicletypeB vehiclewherecylindersorbundlesarefilledandemptiedaprescribednumberoftimeswithoutremovalfromthe vehicle 3.4 tareweightofanacetylenevehicle sumofthetareweightoftheindividualcylindersEN1800:1998orbundlesEN12755:2000plusthewei
23、ghtofthe associatedpipework,fittings,supportsandthechassis 3.5 maximumgrossweight sumofthetotalweightoftheindividualcylindersorthemaximumgrossweightofthebundlesplustheweightof theassociatedpipework,fittings,supportsandthechassis 3.6 maximumacetylenecontent sumofthemaximumweightsofacetylenepermittedi
24、nthecylindersorbundlesEN13720:2002(E) 6 3.7 porousmass singleormulticomponentsubstanceintroducedinto,orformedinthecylindershell,inordertofillitandduetoits porosityallowtheabsorptionofthesolventandacetylenegas 3.8 solvent liquidwhichisabsorbedbytheporousmassandiscapableofdissolvingandreleasingacetyle
25、ne 3.9 workingpressure pressureequaltothesettledpressureat15Cwhichisstampedontheindividualcylinders 3.10 maximumfillingpressure highestpressurewhichisallowedinanacetylenevehiclemanifoldduringfilling 3.11 homestationoftheacetylenevehicle location(nameofthecompany,addressandtelephonenumber)wherethedoc
26、umentationiskept 4 Requirementsforfillingacetylenevehicles 4.1General Acetylenevehiclesshallbefilledonlywhentheyconformtotherequirementsof4.2to4.5. 4.2Acetylene vehicle construction TheconstructionoftheacetylenevehicleshallconformtoprEN13807forthedesign,manufacture,identificationand testingortoanequ
27、ivalentstandard.Differentporousmassesanddifferentsolventsmaybeadoptedprovidedthat eachcylinderinthevehiclecontainsthesameporousmassandsolvent. Themanifoldshallbeequippedwithallthenecessarydevices(e.g.valves,flashbackarrestors,flowcutoffdevices andmeasuringdevices)toensuresafeoperationduringtransport
28、,storage,fillingandemptying. 4.3 Typeofsolvent Thenumberoffillingcyclesbeforereplenishmentofsolventwilldependonthetypeofsolvent(acetoneordimethyl formamide(DMF)andshallbedeterminedforanacetylenevehicletypeBinaccordancewithEN1801(forsingle cylinders)orEN12755(forbundles)toensurethatnocylinderontheveh
29、icleisfilledifitcontainslessthanthe specifiedminimumquantityofsolvent. 4.4Identification Itshallbeverifiedthat: a) theacetylenevehiclehasanynecessaryapprovals; b) theacetylenevehicleispermittedtobefilledinthecountryofthefillingstation; c) thecylindershavenotpassedtheirstatutorytestperiod.EN13720:200
30、2(E) 7 4.5Documentation 4.5.1Dossier Adossiershallbecompiledforeachacetylenevehicle,containingthedataasdefinedin4.5.2to4.5.4. 4.5.2 Acetylenevehiclefillingdata a) maximumacetylenecontentofthevehicleinkg; b)working pressure; c) typeofporousmass; d) typeofsolvent; e)maximum gross weight. Inaddition,fo
31、racetylenevehiclestypeBonly: f) dateofthenextperiodicinspectionofthecylindersorbundles; g) tareweightofacetylenevehicle(see3.4); h) theminimumspecifiedquantityofsolvent; i) thenumberofconsecutivefillingssincethelastreplenishmentofsolvent,ifapplicable. 4.5.3 Designdataandrecords a) referenceidentifyi
32、ngacetylenevehicleandtype; b) totalnumberofcylindersorbundles; c) sizeandidentificationnumberofallcylindersorbundles; d) operatingproceduresincludingfillingandemptying; e) flowdiagramandemergencyinstructions; f) recordsofpressuretestsandmaintenance; g) recordsofsolventlossfromcylindersandbundles. 4.
33、5.4 Otherinformation a) nameoridentificationofthemanufactureroftheacetylenevehicle; b) nameoridentificationoftheowneroftheacetylenevehicle; c) homestationoftheacetylenevehicle.EN13720:2002(E) 8 5 Fillingofacetylenevehicles 5.1 Prefillcheckandinspectionattimeoffilling Aprefillcheckandaninspectionbefo
34、refillingshallbecarriedoutonacetylenevehiclesinordertoestablishthat: a) thecylindershavenoapparentseriousdefects,asdefinedinEN1 2754; b) theframeshavenoapparentseriousdefects; c) themanifoldhasnoapparentseriousdefects; d) thecylindervalvesandcylinderfittingshavenoapparentseriousdefects; e) themainin
35、let/outletand/ortheconnectionfittingsareinasatisfactoryconditionandfunctionsatisfactorily; f) thevehicleislabelledinaccordancewithallapplicablestatutoryrequirements; g) thecylindersarenotoverdueforperiodicinspection; h) theprescribednumberofrefillshasnotbeenexceeded(see4.3),ifapplicable. Additionalr
36、equirementsforacetylenevehicletypeB: i) thedeterminationofresidualgasandsolventlossinaccordancewiththefillingprocedure(see5.2.3)has broughtnonegativeresult; j) allcylindervalvesandisolationshutoffvalvesareopen; NOTE Ifindividualvalvesofcylindersarefoundclosed,careshouldbetakenandthereasonshouldbeinv
37、estigatedbefore proceedingwithfilling. k) beforeconnectingthefillinghose,thevehicleshallbeimmobilisedsothatitcannotbemovedwhilstthefilling hoseremainsconnected; l) anearthingconnectionhasbeenmadebetweenthefillingpointandtheacetylenevehicle. 5.2Fillingprocedureforacetylenevehicles 5.2.1Filling pressu
38、re Themaximumfillingpressureforacetylenevehiclesshallnotexceed25bar(gauge). 5.2.2 FillingprocedureforacetylenevehicletypeA Thefillingshallbecarriedoutafterremovingthecompletebundlesoralltheindividualcylindersfromthevehicleand refillingtheminaccordancewiththerequirementsforindividualcylinders(EN 1801
39、,EN 12754)or bundles(EN12755). 5.2.3 FillingprocedureforacetylenevehicletypeB Thefillingprocedureshallbepreparedanddocumentedonbehalfoftheownertoensurethatthefillingofallthe cylindersisinaccordancewithannexesBandCofEN12755:2000.Thisdocumentedprocedureshalltakeinto accountthefactorsofvariationsinacet
40、ylenedistribution,coolingsystemrequirements,anddifferentsolventlossesEN13720:2002(E) 9 fromtheacetylenecylinders.Thefillingstationshallbeprovidedwithallnecessaryfacilitiestoconformtothefilling procedures. 5.3Checkduringthefilling 5.3.1DuringthefillingofanacetylenevehicletypeB,itshallbecheckedthatall
41、valvesandconnectionsareleak tight. 5.3.2Ifcylindersarecooledduringfilling,careshallbetakenthatallcylindersarecooledapproximatelytothesame extent. NOTE Ifacetyleneisfilledincoldambientconditions,careshouldbetakentoavoidtheformationofliquidacetylene. 5.4Inspectionafterfilling 5.4.1 Afterthecylindersor
42、bundlesofanacetylenevehicletypeAarefilled,itshallbecheckedthat: thecylindersandbundlesareremountedonthevehiclechassiscorrectly; thecylindersorbundlesareconnectedtothemanifoldsystemcorrectlyandleaktested; themainvalveisnotleaking; thevalves,whicharenecessarytobeclosedfortransport,areclosed; allcapsan
43、dplugsarefittedtofillingconnections; precautionshavebeentakentoexcludeairfromthemanifoldsystem; theacetylenevehicleismarkedandlabelledaccordingtostatutoryrequirements. 5.4.2 AfterfillingthecylindersorbundlesofanacetylenevehicletypeB,itshallbecheckedthat: theacetylenevehicledoesnotcontainmorethanthemaximumacetylenecontent(see3.6); themainvalveisnotleaking; thevalves,whicharenecessarytobeclosedfortransport,areclosed; allcapsandplugsarefittedtofillingconnections; thefillhoseandtheearthingcon
