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The document gives guidance to the operator who is executing the pre-fill inspection of acetylene cylinders. It gives examples of possible defects found during this inspection.

This publication is intended to give the requirements for filling individual cylinders, bundles and battery vehicles containing different porous materials and different solvents. The publication is intended to supplement the existing standards by clarification of their safety philosophy and the method of implementation. It demonstrates the effects of the essential parameters, such as maximum acetylene content, necessary solvent content, acetylene/solvent ratio, acetylene filling tolerance, solvent filling tolerance, free volume in the cylinder, porosity of filler material. The previous publication of this document covered the theoretical aspects of permissible charge. In this new version the scope has been extended to include operational aspects for filling.

This publication provides recommendations for pressure protection devices for static cryogenic vacuum insulated storage tanks used in the industrial gas industry. The principles of protection are identified, and the requirements of the protection devices are defined. A variety of devices are available to meet these requirements and each of these is considered from the point of view of design, construction, installation and periodic inspection and testing.