Pressure Vessels And Mountings - Grundfos Vaccuperm VGA-146 Instrucciones De Instalación Y Funcionamiento

2.2.6 Pressure vessels and mountings

Chlorine is being offered in two container designs:
• Steel cylinders containing 50 kg or 65 kg, equipped with one
valve for
– the withdrawal of gaseous chlorine from the upright standing
cylinder
Variant of chlorine cylinder
Protecting cap
Valve
Holding clip
Fig. 3 Variant of chlorine cylinder
• Steel drums containing 500 kg or 1000 kg, equipped with
– one valve for the withdrawal of gaseous chlorine
– one valve for the withdrawal of liquid chlorine
Riser pipe (for the withdrawal of gaseous chlorine)
1
Valves
2
6
3
3
Protecting cap
dip pipe
4 4
(for the withdrawal of liquid chlorine)
Fig. 4 Chlorine drum
Valve for gaseous chlorine
Colour ring
Valve for liquid chlorine
Fig. 5 Valve position of chlorine drum
Valve thread acc.
to DIN 477
Labelled by
stamping
Weldless chlorine
cylinder
Tyre of roller
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Due to safety precautions, chlorine containers are only filled up to
95 % of their capacity.
Warning
Observe safety precautions for chlorine containers
• Kind of gas, weight, owner, producing date and date of the last
testing have to be noted clearly on the container. Chlorine
containers are marked by grey colour.
• No changes or repair by the user!
• Never open container valves by force. Stuck valve spindels
can be loosened by wrapping a shred with warm water around
the valve.
– Never use an open flame!
– Never use wrench lengthening!
– Return containers with stuck valves to the manufacturer.
• Observer safety precautions and the manuals of the
manufacturer!
Aluminium
label
Welded chlorine
cylinder
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