<p>This document specifies the minimum requirements for the materials, design, construction and performance testing of</p>
<p>— Type 2 hoop-wrapped composite tubes,</p>
<p>— Type 3 fully-wrapped composite tubes, and</p>
<p>— Type 4 fully-wrapped composite tubes</p>
<p>with water capacities between 450 l and 3 000 l for storage and conveyance of compressed or liquefied gases with test pressures up to and including 1 600 bar[1] and a design life of at least 15 years.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to expected service temperatures between −40 °C and +65 °C.</p>
<p>NOTE Type 4 tubes manufactured and tested to this document are not intended to contain toxic, oxidizing or corrosive gases.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to tubes with composite reinforcement of carbon fibre or aramid fibre or glass fibre (or a mixture thereof) in a matrix.</p>
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<p>[1] 1 bar = 0,1 MPa = 10<sup>5</sup> Pa; 1 MPa = 1 N/mm<sup>2</sup>.</p>
Registration number (WIID)
78506
Scope
<p>This document specifies the minimum requirements for the materials, design, construction and performance testing of</p>
<p>— Type 2 hoop-wrapped composite tubes,</p>
<p>— Type 3 fully-wrapped composite tubes, and</p>
<p>— Type 4 fully-wrapped composite tubes</p>
<p>with water capacities between 450 l and 3 000 l for storage and conveyance of compressed or liquefied gases with test pressures up to and including 1 600 bar[1] and a design life of at least 15 years.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to expected service temperatures between −40 °C and +65 °C.</p>
<p>NOTE Type 4 tubes manufactured and tested to this document are not intended to contain toxic, oxidizing or corrosive gases.</p>
<p>This document is applicable to tubes with composite reinforcement of carbon fibre or aramid fibre or glass fibre (or a mixture thereof) in a matrix.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>[1] 1 bar = 0,1 MPa = 10<sup>5</sup> Pa; 1 MPa = 1 N/mm<sup>2</sup>.</p>
