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“Pressure equipment” according to (97/23/EC 1997) means vessels, piping, safety accessories and pressure accessories. “Vessels” means housing designed and built to contain fluids under pressure including its direct attachment to the coupling point connecting to other equipment. “Fluids” are gases, liquids and vapours in pure phase as well as mixtures thereof. A fluid may contain a suspension of solids. A pressure gas vessel (compressed gas container) is only spoken of when it can be used to store gas because it is provided with a suitable valve. The ones without a valve is only a metallic container for which there are no special regulations for transport. Vessels are gas cylinders, bundles, trailers and barrels.
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Schön, H. (2015). Compressed Gas Cylinders. In: Handbook of Purified Gases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32599-4_6
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