1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13792:2002 Colour coding of taps and valves for use in laboratories The European Standard EN 13792:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 01.070; 71.040.10 BS EN 13792:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Materials and Chemicals Se
2、ctor Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 8 October 2002 BSI 8 October 2002 ISBN 0 580 40527 3 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13792:2002. The UK participation in its
3、preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee LBI/18, Laboratory furniture and fittings, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or Euro
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6、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 EN title page, pages 2 to 9 and a back cover.
7、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 EN13792 September2002 ICS01.070;71.040.10 Englishversion Colourcodingoftapsandvalvesforuseinlaborato
8、ries Codedecouleurdesrobinetsetvannesutilissdansles laboratoires FarbigeKennzeichnungvonLaborarmaturen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1August2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstand
9、ardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibil
10、ityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Swit
11、zerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN13792:2002EEN13792:2002(E) 2 Cont
12、ents page Foreword3 1 Scope 3 2 Normativereferences 3 3 Termsanddefinitions. .3 4 Coding.4 4.1 General4 4.2 Colourcodes 4 AnnexA (informative) Newcolourcodecombinations8 Bibliography 9EN13792:2002(E) 3 Foreword ThisdocumentEN13792:2002hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC332“Laboratoryequipment“
13、, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyMarch2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby March2003. AnnexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalR
14、egulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. 1Scope Thi
15、sEuropeanStandardspecifiescolourcodesandnomenclatureforliquids,gasesandvacuumandthe applicationofthesecodesandnomenclatureonorinthevicinityoflaboratoryservicecontrols. ThisEuropeanStandarddoesnotapplytomedicalorhealthcarefacilitiesusingmedicalgasesfromamedical supplysystemconformingtoEN737. 2 Normat
16、ivereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEurope
17、an Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). IUPAC NomenclatureofInorganicChemistry,Recommendations1990. 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitions
18、apply. 3.1 operatingdevice meansofactuatingtheoperatingorcontrollingmechanismofaserviceoutlet 3.2 remoteserviceoutlet outletwheretheoperatingdevice(e.g.handwheel)ofthevalveislocatedseparatelyfromtheserviceoutletEN13792:2002(E) 4 4 Coding 4.1General Thevisibleareaoftheoperatingdevicesshallbedividedin
19、tothreezoneswhich,startingfromtheoutsideand workinginwards,aredesignatedzones1,2and3. Zones2and3shallbecircular.Thediameterofzone3shallbeatleast7mm. NOTE Theratioofthediametersofzones2and3shouldbe2:1. Theareaofzone1shallbeatleastaslargeasthatofzone2. Thereshallbeacodingonremoteoutletsthatcorresponds
20、tothecodingontheoperatingdevice. AnexampledepictionofthezonesisgiveninFigure1. 4.2Colourcodes 4.2.1 General ThecoloursusedshouldbeassetoutinTable1. Table1Recommendedcolourstobeused 1 ) Colour RALnumber Black 9005 Blue 5012 Green 6001 Grey 7001 Red 3000 White 9010 Yellow 1021 Thedurabilityofthecolour
21、sshallwithstandthelikelyeffectsencounteredduringnormaluse. 4.2.2 Colourcodesforzone1 Thecolourcodesforzone1shallbeasfollows: 1 ) Colournumbersanddesignationsareobtainablefrom:RAL,InformationService,SiegburgerStrasse39,D53757Sankt Augustin,Germany.EN13792:2002(E) 5 Green Water Yellow Flammablegaseous
22、hydrocarbons Red Otherflammablegasesandgasmixtures Blue Nonflammablegases,includingcombustionenhancinggases Black Toxicgases Grey Vacuum White Others 4.2.3 Colourcodesforzones2and3 Thecolourcodesforzones2and3shallbeassetoutinTable2. Anabbreviationordescriptionforthefluidmaybeaffixedintheimmediatepro
23、ximityoftheoperatingdeviceoron it. Anyinscription(s)shallbeinaccordancewithrecognizedchemicalabbreviationsofIUPAC,wheretheseare available.Ifabbreviationsincludefigures(digits),thesemaybesubscript,superscriptoralignedwiththelettering. Thedigitsmaybesmallerthantheletters. Figure1Exampledepictionofzone
24、s1,2and3EN13792:2002(E) 6 Table2Colourcodes 2 ) Fluid Codingcolour Abbreviation orformula Z o n e 1Z o n e 2Z o n e 3 Typesofwater Coolingtower/sprinklingwater WCS Green Green Yellow Potablewater,hot WPH Green Green Red Potablewater,cold WPC Green Green Blue Springwater WSP Green Yellow Yellow Nonpo
25、tablewater,hot WNH Green Yellow Red Nonpotablewater,cold WNC Green Yellow Blue Steam WST Green Red Red Condensate WCO Green Red Blue Supercleanwater,hot WCH Green Red White Supercleanwater,cold WCC Green Blue White Coolantwaterreturn WCR Green Blue Red Coolantwaterfeed WCF Green Blue Blue Surfacewat
26、er,hot WSH Green Black Red Surfacewater,cold WSC Green Black Blue Deionisedwater,hot WDH Green Grey Red Deionisedwater,cold WDC Green Grey Blue Riverwater,hot WRH Green White Red Riverwater,cold WRC Green White Blue Distilledwater WDI Green White White Flammablegaseoushydrocarbons Naturalgas G Yello
27、w Yellow Yellow Propane/butane(liquefiedgases) LPG Yellow Red Yellow Methane CH 4 Yellow Blue Yellow Propane C 3 H 8 Yellow Blue Red Butane C 4 H 10 Yellow Blue Blue Ethene C 2 H 4 Yellow Black Green Propene C 3 H 6 Yellow Black Red Butene C 4 H 8 Yellow Black Blue Acetylene C 2 H 2 Yellow White Gre
28、en Othercombustiblegases,gasmixtures Argon/methane Ar/CH 4 Red Yellow Grey Hydrogen/nitrogen H 2 /N 2 Red Red Green Hydrogen H 2 Red Red Red Silane SiH 4 Red Red Black Hydrogen/helium H 2 /He Red Red Grey Deuterium D 2 Red Red White 2 ItisessentialtonotethatthecolourcodinginTable2forcertaingasesbear
29、snorelationwhatsoevertothecolourcoding for medicalgasesusedinhealthcarefacilities(seeScope).EN13792:2002(E) 7 Table2 (continued) Fluid Codingcolour Abbreviation orformula Zone1 Zone2 Zone3 Nonflammablegases,includingcombustionenhancinggases Nitrogen N 2 Blue Green Green Dinitrogenmonoxide N 2 O Blue
30、 Green Blue Air,synth.80/20 SA Blue Blue Green Compressedair CA Blue Blue Yellow Oxygen O 2 Blue Blue Blue Carbondioxide CO 2 Blue Blue Black Regulatedair RA Blue Blue Grey Breathingair BA Blue Blue White Carbogen(CO 2 +O 2 ) CB Blue Black Blue Krypton Kr Blue Grey Yellow Xenon Xe Blue Grey Red Neon
31、 Ne Blue Grey Black Argon Ar Blue Grey Grey Helium He Blue Grey White Toxicgases Ammonia NH 3 Black Green Red Nitrogendioxide NO 2 Black Green Blue Nitrogenmonoxide NO Black Green Black Hydrogensulphide H 2 S Black Red Yellow Arsine AsH 3 Black Red Black Phosphine PH 3 Black Red Grey Hydrogenchlorid
32、e HCl Black Red White Sulphurdioxide SO 2 Black Blue Yellow Carbonmonoxide CO Black Blue Black Phosgene COCl 2 Black Black White Chlorine Cl 2 Black White White Vacuum Lowvacuum(10 5 to100Pa, or1000to1mbar) V Grey Grey Black Finevacuum(100to0.1Pa, or1to10 3 mbar) VF Grey Grey Grey Highvacuum(0.1to10
33、 5 Pa, or10 3 to10 7 mbar) VH Grey Grey White Miscellaneous Formaldehydesolution CH 2 O White Red Green Propanol C 3 H 8 O White Red Yellow Methanol CH 4 O White Red Blue Acetone C 3 H 6 O White Red Grey Trichloroethylene C 2 HCl 3 White Red White Perchloricacid HClO 4 White White RedEN13792:2002(E)
34、 8 AnnexA (informative) Newcolourcodecombinations ItisapparentfromTable1thattherearenumerouspossiblethreecolourcombinationscurrentlyunassignedtoa specifiedfluid.FutureeditionsofthisEuropeanStandardcanincludenewcolourcodes,basedoncurrently unusedcombinations,inresponsetorequestsorrecommendationsmadet
35、oCENintheinterimperiod. Duringthelifetimeofthiseditionofthestandard,ifafluidnotlistedrequiresacode,itisrecommendedthatthe operatingdeviceiscompletelywhite,withanappropriateabbreviationorwritteninscriptionfixedwithinthe combinedareasofzones2and3oraffixedwithintheimmediateproximityoftheoperatingdevice
36、.However,ifthe unlistedfluidisatypeofnonhazardouswater,itisrecommendedthattheoperatingdeviceiscolouredgreenin zone1.EN13792:2002(E) 9 Bibliography 1 EN737, Medicalgaspipelinesystems.BS EN 13792:2002 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSI British Standards Institution BSI is the independent nat
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