Pressure Vessel Design

List of standards[edit]

• EN 13445: The current European Standard, harmonized with the Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC). Extensively used in Europe.
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII: Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels.
• BS 5500: Former British Standard, replaced in the UK by BS EN 13445 but retained under the name PD 5500 for the design and construction of export equipment.
• AD Merkbltter: German standard, harmonized with the Pressure Equipment Directive.
• EN 286 (Parts 1 to 4): European standard for simple pressure vessels (air tanks), harmonized with Council Directive 87/404/EEC.
• BS 4994: Specification for design and construction of vessels and tanks in reinforced plastics.
• ASME PVHO: US standard for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy.
• CODAP: French Code for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessel.
• AS/NZS 1200: Pressure equipment.^[15]
• AS 3788 Pressure equipment - In-service inspection
• API 510.^[16]
• ISO 11439: Compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders^[17]
• IS 2825-1969 (RE1977)_code_unfired_Pressure_vessels.
• FRP tanks and vessels.
• AIAA S-080-1998: AIAA Standard for Space Systems - Metallic Pressure Vessels, Pressurized Structures, and Pressure Components.
• AIAA S-081A-2006: AIAA Standard for Space Systems - Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs).
• B51-09 Canadian Boiler, pressure vessel, and pressure piping code.