British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: PVE/15 - Storage Tanks for the Petroleum Industry
Categories:: Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Petroleum and related technologies | Fuels. Liquid | Petroleum and natural gas industries equipment

Scope

Current EN 14620 Part 2 was published in 2006. Over last 17 years the industry saw significant developments in the field of Refrigerated Liquified Gas (RLG) storage. The industry has a demand to update the current standard as follows:

- bring it up-to-date with current industry requirements

- incorporate latest new developments

- upgrade the requirements related to public safety.

Part 6 is a new additional Part, which is a sub-set of EN 14620 – Part 2. Part 6 contains additional requirements to Part 2 required to deal with the specific requirements associated with Liquid Nitrogen (LIN), Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Argon (LAR).

Purpose

This European Standard specifies the design and construction of single containment tanks for the storage of liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen or liquid argon

This European Standards deals with the design and manufacture of site built, vertical, cylindrical, flatbottomed tank systems for the storage of refrigerated, liquefied gases with operating temperatures between 0 °C and –196 °C

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

14/06/2023

Proposal end date:

26/06/2023

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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