The use of "fitness for service" assessment procedures to establish critical flaw sizes in high-pressure gas cylinders

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Smith, John H ^c   Rana, Mahendra D ^a   Hall, Clark ^b  

^a PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

^b Harsco Gas and Fluid Control Group   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACKS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

CORROSION PITS;

GAS CYLINDERS;

EID: 0038136871     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1565078     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. U. S. Code of Federal Regulations, 1999, Title 49-Transportation, Part 178 Specifications for Packaging Subpart C - Specifications for Cylinders, Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
2. CGA Pamphlet C-6 Standards for Visual Inspection of Steel Compressed Gas Cylinders, 1993. Compressed Gas Association, Inc., Arlington, VA, 7th Edition.
3. CGA Pamphlet C-1 Methods for Hydrostatic Testing of Compressed Gas Cylinders, 1996, Compressed Gas Association, Inc., Arlington, VA, 7th Edition.
4. API 579, 2000, "Recommended Practice for Fitness-for-Service," American Petroleum Institute, Washington D.C., First Edition.
5. Exemption DOT-E-9421 (Seventh Revision), 2000, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Washington, DC.