ISO 11119-1:2020

Gas cylinders - Design, construction and testing of refillable composite gas cylinders and tubes - Part 1: Hoop wrapped fibre reinforced composite gas cylinders and tubes up to 450 l

This document specifies minimum requirements for the material, design, construction and workmanship, manufacturing processes, examination and testing at time of manufacture for:

— type 2 composite hoop wrapped cylinders or tubes with a load-sharing metal liner and composite reinforcement on the cylindrical portion only;

— water capacities up to 450 l;

— the storage and conveyance of compressed or liquefied gases;

— cylinders and tubes with composite reinforcement of carbon fibre, aramid fibre or glass fibre (or a mixture thereof) within a matrix or steel wire to provide circumferential reinforcement;

— a minimum design life of 15 years.

This document does not address the design, fitting, and performance of removable protective sleeves.

NOTE 1 References to cylinders in this document include composite tubes if appropriate.

NOTE 2 ISO 11439 applies to cylinders intended for use as fuel containers on natural gas vehicles and ISO 11623 covers periodic inspection and re-testing of composite cylinders.

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