21/30440483 DC

This standard 21/30440483 DC BS ISO 11515.2. Gas cylinders. Refillable composite reinforced tubes of water capacity between 450 L and 3000 L. Design, construction and testing is classified in these ICS categories:

• 23.020.35 Gas cylinders

This document specifies minimum requirements for the materials, design, construction and performance testing of:

• type 2 hoop wrapped composite tubes;

• type 3 fully wrapped composite tubes; and

• type 4 fully wrapped composite tubes

• with water capacities between 450 l and 3 000 l for storage and conveyance of compressed or liquefied gases with test pressures up to and including 1600 bar and a design life of at least 15 years.

This document is applicable to expected service temperatures between −40 °C and +65 °C.

This document is applicable to tubes with composite reinforcement of carbon fibre or aramid fibre or glass fibre (or a mixture thereof) in a matrix.