IS 4152 1555 :

Indian Standard

(Reaffirmed 2000)

SEAMLESS CARBON DIOXIDE CYLINDERS FOR FIRE-FIGHTING PURPOSES ON BOARDSHIP - SPECIFICATION

( Second Revision )

First Reprint JULY 1992

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UDC 621.642.02:661.97:614.845.4:629.12

@ BIS 1989

BUREAU
MANAK

OF
BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS
ZAFAR MARG

9 BAHADUR SHAH NEW DELHI 110002

December 1989

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Gas Cylinders sectional Committee, HMD 25

FOREWORD This Indian Standard ( Second Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on I3 June 1989, after the draft finalized by the Gas Cylinders Sectional Committee had been approved by the Heavy Mechanical Engineering Division Council. The standard covers requirements for light-weight seamless carbon 45 and 67.5 litres used in fire-fighting installations on boardships. dioxide cylinders of water capacity

Periodical testing of carbon dioxide cylinders for fire-fighting purposes on boardships is obligatory under the statutory provisions and is also covered under the International Conference of Safety of Life at Sea, 1960. Often these cylinders are required to be changed at any port in the world. This necessitates that the sizes of the cylinders used for this purpose should be dimensionally standardized to ensure interchangeability. At the International Conference on Sea Rescue, held at London in June 1960, the maximum charge of carbon dioxide of the capacity of cylinders was recommended to be three-quarters for cylinders in a locality where the temperature cannot exceed 50C and two-thirds for cylinders in a locality where it cannot exceed 65C. It is very difficult to find ships plying only in temperate climate oqbonly in tropical climates. Hence the filling ratio of the carbon dioxide cylinders has been maintained at two-thirds, that is, 0667. This standard was first published in 1967 which was based on 1SO document ISO/TC 8 ( Sectt - 203 ) 357 COs Cylinders for fire-fighting purposes on ship, issued by the International Organization for Standardization ( IS0 ). With the publication of this document as IS0 3500-1976 Seamless steel CO, cylinders for gxed the-fighting installations on ships, this standard was revised first in 1978 to Since then lot of developments have taken place in the gas cylinder bring it in line with IS0 standard. technology at international level. Therefore, the committee decided to revise the standard again to The major changes made in this current revision bring it in line with current international practice. are to prescribe three types of steels for the manufacture of this type of cylinder. The physical and chemical properties and also permissible deviation of product analysis have been laid down in this revised version. In the preparation IS0 IS of this standard, assistance has also been derived from the following: Seamless steel COs cylinders for fixed fire-fighting Organization for Standardization ( IS0 ). for permanent installations
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3500 : 1976 International

on ships. gases

7285 : 1988 Seamless steel cylinders ( second revision).

and high pressure

liquefiable

IS 4152 : 1989

Indian Standard

SEAMLESS CARBON DIOXIDE CYLINDERS FOR FIRE-FIGHTING PURPOSES ON BOARDSHIP - SPECIFICATION

( Second Revision )
1 SCOPE 1.1 This standard deals with light-weight seamless carbon dioxide cylinders of water capacity 45 and 675 litres used in fire-fighting installations on boardships. It lays down the requirements for the material to be used in the manufacture of these cylinders, their construction, marking and testing. It also specifies the Drincinal external dimensions of the cylinders. _ -

other than sulphur and phosphorus, apply either above or below the specified limits but not both above and below for different sample products from the same cast. 4.1.2 The permissible deviations analysis are given in Table 1. on product

Table 1 Permissible Deviations on Product Analysis

2 REFERENCES 2.1 The Indian Standards listed in Annex A are necessary adjuncts to this standard. 3 TERMINOLOGY 3.1 For the purpose of this standard, the following definition in addition to those given in IS 7241 : 1981 shall apply. 3.1.1 Tare The combined mass of empty cylinder, neck collar, valve and syphon tube expressed in kg. 4 lMATERIAL 4.1 The steel used in the manufacture of the cylinders shall be made by the open hearth, electric, basic oxygen or any other process approved by the inspecting authority. The steel shall be certified by thss+eel maker to be other than that of the W_pming-quality with acceptable non-ageing properties. 4.1.1 A certificate shall be supplied 9 the steel maker giving the analysis of the finished steel supplied for the const-ruction of gas cylinders and the grade of steel. In addition, the steel maker shall also give a certificate to the cylinder maker that the material from which the billets have been produced has been made by one of the above processes. The cast analysis of the material shall be within the composition limits given in 4.2. Any subsequent analysis of the material .shall not depart from the specified composition by more than the permissible deviation for each element given in Table 1. The deviations for elements,
1
Element

( Cff.2~~e.s 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 )

~---___-_h_---__Carbon Ma;tye;ese Type 1 Percent Carbon Silicon Manganese Sulphur Phosphorus Nickel Chromium Molybdenum _c 0.03 f 0.03 & 0.05 + 0~005 + 0005 Material

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Chromium Molybdenum Steel Type 2 Percent _I 0.02 & 0.03 f 0 03 + 0.005 + 0.005 + 0.03 f 0.03 f 0.03

Chromium Molybdenum Steel Type 3 Percent + & + + + f f f 0.02 0 03 0.03 O-005 0005 0.05 0.04 0.03

4.1.3 The inspecting authority shall be given the opportunity of making an independent check analysis, if necessary. The manufacturer of gae cylinders shall establish means to identify ths cylinders from the casts of the steel from which they are made. Materials with seams, cracks, laminations and other injurious defects shall not be used. Steel when made by oxygen process, shall not contain more than 0008 percent of nitrogen. 4.2 The steel used in the manufacture of ,.gas cylinders shall have the chemical composltlou given in Table 2. 4.2.1 The requirements relating to chemical composition apply to the specimens taken either from the material as supplied ~by the steel maker or from the finished cylinder.

Is 4152 : 1989

Table 2 Chemical Composition of Material ( Clauses 4.2 and4.3

Element Type1

)
Type 3

the cylinder shall be calculated following formulae:

from any of the

f-(Do-)
Percent 0.27 - 0.35
0.40 - 0.70 010 - 0.35 O-040, Max 0040, Max
fzPh(Di+t)

Type 2

2001

Carbon Manganese
Silicon

Percent @45,Max 1.30 - 1.70

0.10 - o-35 0.040, Max O*O4O. Max

Percent 0.25 - 0.45

0.40 - 0.90 0.10 - o-35 0,040. Max 0.040, Max 0.50, Max

f _ where

ph(

phosphorus Sulphur Nickel Molybdenum

Chromium NOTES

2wt 1.3& + 0.4Dj2) 100 ( Doa - Di )

(2)
(3)

0.15 - 0.35
0.80 - 1.20

2.30 - 280 0.40 - 0.70

O-50 - 0.80

f = maximum

allowable wall stress at hydrostatic test pressure in kgffmm =5/6 Re, & is the minimum value of the yield strength in kgf/mm, specified in 4.3 or 4.4.

1 When aluminium or a combination of aIuminium and silicon is used for killing the steel, the requirements regarding minimum silicon content do not apply. 2 When steel is aluminium killed, nitrogen ccntent shall be limited .to 0.01 percent. 3 When steel is aluminium killed by aluminium alone, nitrogen content is limited to O-007 percent, Max.

NOTE - The value of Re itself is limited to 75 percent of the minimum value of the tensile strength of the material in the case of normalized, normalized and tempered cylinders, and to 85 percent in the case of hardened and tempered cylinders. ph =

4.3 The specified cyliilders pered or meet the

steel conforming to the composition in 4.2 ( Table 2 ) after manufacture of in the normalized, normalized and temhardened and tempered conditions, shall mechanical properties given in Table 3. Table 3 Meclmnlcal Properties

hydrostatic test pressure above atmospheric in kgf/cm ( = 250 kgf/cm2 ), D o = outer diameter of cylinder in mm, Di = inner diameter of cylinder in mm, and t = calculated minimum wall thickness of cylindrical shell in mm, excluding addjtional allowance to resist influences other than those of internal pressure aqd of external forces due to normal handling ( see 8.2.2 )*

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Material Heat Treatment Condition

r N,y;y

Type 1 TYPIC Type 3 A \ Hardened Ha;zdned Ha;dedned and Tempered Tempered Tempered 76(750) SO(780) 8Of780)

5.1.1 The value of the wall thickness as calculated from formulae ( 1 ), ( 2 1 and ( 3 ) in 5.1 shall, however, be not less than 0136 t/Z. 5.1.2 The thickness of the dished end shall at no point-be less than the actual wall thickness of the cylinder. 6 DIMENSIONS 6.1 The finished cylinders shall have dimensions conforming to those given in Table 4. 7 MASS 7.1 The mass of the cylinder, including that of the co]]ar and protecting cover, where provided, and v$ve shall not be greater than the values of take given in Table 4. g CONSTRUCTION 8.1 Manufacture me cylinder shall be made either
plate.

Tensile strength 68(670) ( T 1 kgf/mm* ( N/mm* ), Min Yield strength ( Rc 1 l&/mm* ( N/mm ), Min Elongation percent. Min on gz;a;h 1. &I 44(430)

56(550)

62(610)

62(610)

18

15

15

15

NOTE - Yield strength, alternatively, shall be @2 percent proof stress. 4.4 Suitable steel other than the above may be used with the prior permission of the statutory authority. In such a case, the minimum specified value of the yield strength of the steel specification shall be taken for the ,purpose of calculating the wall thickness of the cylinder. 5 DESIGN 5.1 The wall thickness of the cylindrical shell of 2

AND WORKMANSHIP

by forging

or

drop forging from a solid ingot or be manufactur-

ed from seamless tube or by pressing from a flat The cylinders shall be provided with a convex/concave bottom. The ends shall not be welded; nor shall the metal be added jn the process of closing-in which shall be done by forging.

IS 4152 : 1989 Table 4 External Dimeosiows of Cylinders ( Clauses 6.1 and 7.1 )

VALVE OUTLR

Size

Water Capacity (2)

Maximum Permissible Mass of cot (3)

Maximum Tare Mass (4)

Outside Dia Do* (5)

mm

Length L

Filling Ratio

Minimum Test Pressure Ph (8) kgf/cm* 250 250 both outside

(1) A B

I
45 67.5

b
30 45

kg
55 80

(6) mm 1 263 to 1 420 1 395 to 1 562

(7) 0.667 0667

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227 to 215 265 to 273

*In order to obtain the minimum specified volume, it is necessary to provide ranges for diameter and length having regard to the possible variations in manufacturing process involved.

8.2 Examination of Cylinders Before the Closiogin Operation Each cylinder shall be examined before closing-in operation for external and internal surface defects, finished thickness and circularity of the cylindrical shell. 8.2.1 Surface Defects The internal and external surfaces of the cylinder shall be free from defects which might adversely effect the safe working of the cylinder. A cylinder which has a surface defect greater than 5 percent of the shell thickness may have the defect ground out to the satisfaction of the inspecting authority provided the final thickness is checked before closing-in operation and is certified to be not less than the calculated minimum wall thickness plus addition:> ~!lowances mentioned in 8.2.3. 8.2.2 Agrwi Finished Thickness The agreed finished thickness shall be not less than the minimum calculated wall thickness obtained by the application of formulae given in 5.1 at,.any point and at any transverse section of the cyhnd3

rical portion. If required by the purchaser, suitable allowances to cover corrosion, manufacturing tolerances and stresses due to horizontal acceleration and retardation during transportation may also be provided. The amount of this allowance shall be as agreed to between the manufacturer and the purchaser. 8.2.3 Circularity The difference between the maximum and minimum external diameter measured at any crosssection of the cylindrical portion of the cylinder shall not exceed 2 percent of the nominal internal diameter. 8.2.4 Muss The minimum and maximum mass of the cylinder shall be within the limits agreed upon between the manufacturer and the purchaser, depending on size, type and required thickness. 8.2.5 Water Capacity
The water capacity

of the cylinder shall have a +5 tolerance of _ O percent.

IS 4152 : 1989 8.3 Fitting 8.3.1 Valve Fitting 10.2.1 No cylinder shall, however, be reheat-treated for more than 3 times. Also, if more than five cylinders in a batch are reheat-treated, they shall constitute a new batch for th,: purposes glven in 13.1. 11 LEAKAGE TEST

The cylinder neck shall be threaded to suit the type of valves given in IS 3224 : 1979 or of the quick release type. The thread shall be full form, clean cut, even, without check and tapped to gauge. The valve shall be fitted with a safety disc so arranged as to release the gas at a pressure between 200 to 220 kgf/cm. The arrangements should permit the free escape of gas from a cylinder when the safety disc is ruptured. 8.3.2 Each cylinder shall be provided infernal discharging tube. 9 HEAT TREATMENT
9.1 After manufacture

with an

11.1 Cylinders which have been closed at the end by forging or spinning and which have passed the hydrostatic stretch test, shall be subjected to a pneumatic pressure equal to 60 percent of the test pressure and shall thereunder show no signs of leakage.
NOTEIf the hydrostatic stretch test is carried out by the non-jacket method and the observation indicated above can be made at the same time then a seperole leakage test is unnecessary.

and before the hydrostatic stretch test is applied, all cylinders shall be either normalized, normalized and tempered or hardened and tempered.
9.1.1 During heat Heat Treatment

12 BURSTING CYLINDERS

TEST OF PROTOTYPE

12.1 One cylinder of the first batch made to new

treatment, peratures shall be maintained:

the following tem-

design shall be subjected to an internal hydrostatic pressure till it bursts. 12.1.1 The nominal hoop strees corresponding to the pressure at which the destruction occurs shall be calculated from the following formula:
fb =

Material ---_ L-_--_..__ Type 1 Type 2 Type 3

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Nasalized Hardened Tempered

820C, Min 820C, Min 52OC, Min

82OC, Min 52OC, Min

82OC, Min 52OC, Min

;$i$,

where

fb= nominal hoop stress at which destruction occurs in kgf/mm,

pb =

10 HYDROSTATIC

STRETCH TEST

shall be subjected to hydrostatic stretch test at a pressure equal to 250 kgf/cm in accordance with the method given in IS 5844 : 1978. No pressure greater than 80 percent of the test pressure shall have been applied to any cylinder before the test.
10.1.1 During the test, the pressure shall be increased gradually until the required test pressure is reached. After the test pressure is reached, it shall be maintained for at least 30 seconds to ensure complete expansion. Permanent stretch suffered by the cylinder shall not exceed 18 percent of the total stretch suffered during the test.

10.1 Each finished cylinder

internal hydrostatic pressure at which destruction occurs in kgf/cm-,

Di = nominal original internal diameter of the cylinder in mm, and

t = minimum

agfeed finished thickness, as given in the drawing in mm.

12.1.1.1 The value Offb shall be not less than 0.95 of the minimum specified tensile strength of the material of the cylinder.
12.1.1.2 The cylinder mentation. 13 ACCEPTANCE

shall burst without frag-

10;2 Rebeat Treatment If in the hydrostatic stretch test, the permanent stretch exceeds the limits given in 10.1.1 but the cylinder does not show visible local deformation, it may be reheat-treated by the method given in 9.1 and re-offered for hydrostatic stretch test. If the cylinder does not pass- the test, it shall be rendered unserviceable for holding gas under pressure.
4

TESTS

13.1 The following tests shall be made on tests pieces taken at random out of each batch of 202 or less heat-treated cylinders:

a) Tensile test ction, b) Bend test ction,

one in longitudinal

diredire-

four in circumferential

IS 4153 : 1989

4 Notched bar impact ( Charpy ) test - three

each iti longitudinal direction, and and transverse

mandrel 0,: Ratio of the Diameter of the Mandrel to the Plate Thickness, D, jt Above 69 and up to and including 78 *Above 78 and up to and including 89 Above 89 13.1.3 Impact Test V-notch ( charpy ) impact tests shall be made on test pieces taken from the same cylinder or test ring 8s that used to provide the tensile test specimens and shall be taken in longitudinal as well as transverse direction in accordance with IS 1757 : 1973 at 0C. The notch shall be prependiculai to the face of the cylinder wall. The test specimens are to be machined all over ( on 6 faces ); if the wall thickness does not permit a final width of 10 mm, it shall be as near as practicable to the nominal cylinder wall thickness. The impact value in kgf *m/cm2 thus obtained shaI1 be not Iess than that indicated as follows:
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Number of Bends

Examination once.

of depth of folding at neck -

All tests shall be made in the presence of or in agreement with the inspecting authority. 13.1.1 Tensile Tests The tensile test shall be made from a strip cut longitudinally from the finished cylinder and shall be carried out in accordance with IS 1894 : 1972, or IS 1608 : 1972 or IS 1663 : 1972 on a test specimen with a gauge length equal to 565 \/?G where So is the cross-sectional area of the test specimen in mm2. The two faces of the test piece representing the inside and the outside surfaces of the cylinder shall not be machined. The tensile strength, yield strength and percentage elongation thus determined shall be not less than the minimum specified for the material in 4.3. X3.1.2 Bend Test The bend test ( see Fig. 1 ) shall be carried out onspecimens obtained by cutting a ring of 25 mm width into four strips of equal Iength. The width of the ring shall be 25 mm unless 25 mm is less than 4 times the minimum agreed finished thickness, in which case the width shall not be less than 4 times the agreed finished thickness. Each strip shall be machined only on the edges. The strip shall remain untracked when bent inwards around a mandrel of appropriate diameter as given below until the interior edges are at a distance apart not greater than the diameter of the

Width of Test Specimen

Impact Value in kgf mlcmg

, * 3

Mean of Three Specimens -m Longi- Transtudinal verse 35

175

Individual Specimens Longitudinal 23 Transverse 115

3 to 10 mm

13.1.4 Examination of Depth of Folding at Neck The cylinder shall be examined for the depth of internal folding at the neck by placing over it a

FIG. 1 BEND TEST

IS 4152 : 1989

thin sheet ring of internal diameter equal to twothirds of the outside diameter of the parallel portion of the cylinder and sectioning the neck at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder at the position where the ring rests on it. The depth of folds in the section shall be measured by an approved method ( such as, magnetic crack detection ). The maximum depth of any fold in the section shall not exceed 15 percent or F percent whichever is less, of the wall thickness rm at the position of measurement. In no case shall the wall thickness normal to the surface at the section, after deduction of the stated permissible portion which may be occupied by the depth of a fold, be less than the thickness calculated from the formulae given in 5.1. 13.2 Retests 13.2.1 If the sample fails in any of the mechanical tests specified in l3.1;1, 13.1.2 and 13.1.3 and if the .inspecting authority considers that the failWe was due to an error in carrying out the test, a fresh test shall be made on a test piece taken from the same cylinder. The defective test shall be ignored but otherwise, at the cylinder makers discretion, one of the following procedures shall bc adopted:

13.2.4 If after the permitted number of retests and reheat-treatments, the mechanical test requirements have not been complied with, the cylinders in the batch shall be rendered unserviceable for holding the gas under pressure. 13.3 Failure in Mecl~anical Properties Cylinders which have been rejected as a result of the mechanical properties of steel may be reheattreated and re-offered for inspection. To be acceptable, each cylinder shall pass all the prescribed tests. 13.4 If a cylinder fails due to any one of the following reasons: a) Non-compliance of the requirements of 10.1.1 in the hydrostatic stretch test given in 10, b) Non-compliance of the requirements of 12.1.1.1 and 12.1.1.2 in the brrsting test given in 12, no further cylinders shall be accepted from the manufacturer until it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the inspecting authority that the cause of the failure has been indentified and corrected. No cylinder from the batch in which the cylinder failed shall be accepted by the inspecting authority unless it has been demonstrated to the inspecting authority that each of such cylinders is free from the defect which caused the failure. Any cylinder not accepted by the inspecting authority shall be rendered unserviceable for holding gas under pressure. 14 MARKING AND COLOUR IDENTIFICATION 14.1 Each cylinder shall be permanently stamped with: a) Serial number and identification of manufacturer and year of manufacturer; b) The number of this standard and maximum working pressure in kgffcm; c) The symbol C02 or the name Carbon Dioxide; d) Test pressure and the date of the. last hydrostaticstretch test, such as, 5188 for May 1988; e) The tare mass, net mass and the admissible filling of CO, in kg. T) Inspectors official mark; g) Symbol for material; and h) Symbol for heat-treatment.
NOTE - The presence of the cylinder syphon tube shall also be indicated, fcr example, by means of a disc between valve and cylinder or. a white line painted parallel to the longitudinal axis.

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4 The mechanical test in which the failure

occurred shall be repeated on the cylinder or test ring originally tested and in addition the test specified in 13.1.1, 13.1.2, and 13.1.3 shall be carried out on another cylinder or test ring from the same batch. If both the cylinders or both test rings then comply with the test requirements of 13.1.1, 13.1.2, and 13.1.3, the batch may be accepted. b) The batch may be reheat-treated as given in 9.1 and the mechanical tests specified in 13.1.1, 13.1.2 and 13.1.3 shall be carried out on two or three cylinders or test rings, at the discretion of inspecting authority, which not have been previously tested. If ail the cylinders or all test rings then comply with the test requirements, the batch may be accepted.

13.2.2 If the sample fails in any of the mechanical tests specified in 13.1.1, 13.1.2 and 13.1.3, the batch may be reheat-treated as given in 9.1 and retested as given in 13.2.1 (b). If all the cylinders or all test rings then comply with the test requirements, the batch may be accepted. 13.2.3 Not more than five cylinders or test rings from one batch shall be submitted for the test and the limitations on reheat-treatment given in 10.2.1 shall be complied with. 6

IS 4152 : 1989 14.1.1 The markings shall not be made on the body of the cylinder but shall be at areas in the formed neck where the thickness of metal is greater than the design minimum and where it is adequate for marking to be carried out. The manufacturers identification, however, may be marked on the base. 14.1.2 Suitable areas for marking shall be determined by sectioning a prototype cylinder by any suitable method acceptable to the statutory authority. 14.1.3 The characters in marking shall normally be at least 6 mm in height. Oh small cylinders, this height may be reduced but in no case shall the characters be less than 3 mm in height. The indentation shall not be of excessive depth. 14.2 The stamps used for marking shaI1 have small radii at changes of section to avoid the formation of sharp edges in the stamped marking. 14.3 Each cylinder shall be identified by colour coding it in accordance with IS 4379 : 1981. 15 RECORDS 15.1 A record shall be kept of all the tests made at the cylinder manufacturers works and copies shall be forwarded to the purchaser of the cylinder and the statutory authority. 16 PREPARATION FOR DESPATCH 16.1 Before being despatched from the manufacturers works, all cylinders shall be thoroughly cleaned and all particles of grit, filling or other matter which may have collected inside the cylinder in the course of manufacture, heat treatment and testing shall be removed completely and the cylinders dried internally by heating uniformly to a temparature not exceeding 3OOC. The outside shall be given a suitable protective coating before despatch.

ANNEX

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( Clause 2.1 )
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS IS No. IS 1608 : 1972 IS 1663 : 1972 Title Method for tensile testing of steel products (first revision ) Method for tensile testing of steel sheet and strip of thickness 0.5 mm to 3 mm (first revision ) Method for beam impact test steel ( Jirsr ( V-notch ) on revision ) Method for tensile testing steel tubes (first revision ) of IS 7241 : 1981 IS 4379 : 1981
IS No.

Title petroleum gas ( LPG ) cvlinders ( second revision ) Identification of the contents of industrial gas cylinders (.first revision ) Recommendations for hydrostatic stretch testing of compressed gas cylinders Glossary of terms used in gas technology ( jsrst cylinder revision )

IS 1757 : 1973

IS 5844 : 1970

IS 1894 : 1972 IS 3224 : 1979

Valve fittings for compressed gas excluding liquefied cylinders

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