Service life of the air storage tank
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Our department plans to purchase a 60 m3 carbon steel gas storage tank with a pressure rating of 0.8 MPa in the near future, and the supplier has indicated that its service life is 10 years
This post was last edited by Lantian on 2017-4-12 at 11:20. It’s completely normal. Mark 10 years even when you haven’t specified a usage period. But it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to use it after 10 years. You need to carefully read the regulations on the use and management of pressure vessels.
Increase the cylinder thickness, that is, increase the corrosion margin, to extend the equipment’s lifespan.
Under normal circumstances, the service life is indicated as 10 years
SHT 3074-2007: Specifications for Steel Pressure Vessels in the Petrochemical Industry stipulates that the design life of ordinary vessels shall be no less than 10 years.
The designed service life and the actual service life are two different things...
This post was last edited by waaabc on 2017-4-12 at 20:27. Nowadays, large-capacity products refer to this as the “expected service life”; it was previously called the “design service life””； Changing it to \"expected\" is done to avoid misunderstandings on the part of users like the original poster – whether the lifespan of this device will be more than 10 years or less than 10 years depends on how the user makes use of it. 10 years have passed, and after being tested, this device is still fit for use, so there’s no need to worry.