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EN 13445-1
Edition: 2012-10-01

Unfired pressure vessels

Part 1: General

Unbefeuerte Druckbehälter  ― Teil 1: Allgemeines

Récipients sous pression non soumis à la flamme ― Partie 1: généralités

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 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 13445-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2009

ICS 23.020.30 Supersedes EN 13445-1:2002

English Version

Unfired pressure vessels - Part 1: General

Récipients sous pression non soumis à la flamme - Partie 1: Unbefeuerte Druckbehälter - Teil 1: Allgemeines
généralités

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 June 2009.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by t ranslation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
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Contents Page

Foreword..............................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................5
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................7
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................7
3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................8
4 Interdependency of the parts of the series .........................................................................................9
5 Quantities, symbols and units..............................................................................................................9
Annex A (informative) Using the standard ....................................................................................................12
Annex B (informative) Index ...........................................................................................................................23
Annex Y (informative) History of EN 13445-1 ..............................................................................................37
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of the EU Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC .................................................38
Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................................39

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Foreword

This document (EN 1344 5-1:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 54 “Unfired pressure
vessels”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or 
by endorsement, at the latest by December 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by December 2009.

 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.
CEN [and/or] CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This European Standard concerning “Unfired pressure vessels” comprises the following Parts:

   Part 1: General 

   Part 2: Materials

   Part 3: Design

   Part 4: Fabrication

   Part 5: Inspection and testing 

   Part 6: Requirements for the design and fabrication of pressure vessels and pressure parts constructed from
spheroidal graphite cast iron

   CR 13445-7, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 7: Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures

   Part 8: Additional requirements for pressure vessels of aluminium and aluminium alloys

   CEN/TR 13445-9, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 9: Conformance of EN 13445 series to ISO 16528 

 Although these Parts may be obtained separately, it should be recognised that the Parts are inter-dependant. As
such the manufacture of unfired pressure vessels requires the application of all the relevant Parts in or der for the
requirements of the Standard to be satisfactorily fulfilled.

Corrections to the standard interpretations where several options seem possible are conducted through the
Migration Help Desk (MHD). The link and information related to the Help Desk can be f ound at
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This document supersedes EN 13445-1:2002. This new edition incorporates the Amendments which have been
approved previously by CEN member s, and the corrected pages up to Issue 36 without any further technical
change. Annex Y provides details of significant technical changes between this European Standard and the
previous edition.

 Amendments to this new edition may be issued from time to time and then used immediately as alter natives to
rules contained herein. It is intended to deliver a new Issue of EN 1344-5:2009 each year, consolidating these
 Amendments and including other identified corrections. Issue 4 (2012-07) includes the corrected p ages listed in
 Annex Y.

 According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the followi ng
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Por tugal, Romania, Slovakia ,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Introduction

EN 13445 specifies the requirements for design, construction, inspection and testing of unfired pre ssure vessels. It
defines terms, definitions and symbols applicable to unfired pressure vessels.

NOTE In EN 13445 the term pressure vessel includes the welded attachments up to and including the nozzle flanges,
screwed or welded connections, or the edge to be welded at the first circumferential weld at connecting piping or other 
elements. The term unfired excludes vessels that are subject to direct generated heat or flame impingement from a fired
process. This does not exclude vessels subject to electrical heating or heated process streams.

In Parts 2 to 5 only pressure vessels manufactured from steels and ste el castings as detailed in Part 2 of this
standard are covered. Parts 6 and 8 specifically deal with vessels of spheroidal graphite cast iron and aluminium,
respectively, where special considerations apply.

Part 1

This part contains general information on the scope of  the standard as well as terms, definitions, quantities,
symbols and units which are applied throughout the standard.

NOTE It is intended to revise EN 764-2:2002 for consistence, with EN 13445.

Part 2

This part deals with th e general philosophy on m aterials, material grouping and low temperature behaviour. It i s
limited to steel with sufficient ductility and, for components operating in the creep range, sufficient creep ductility.

Part 2 also pr ovides the general requirements for e stablishing technical delivery conditions and the requi r ements
for marking of material.

Part 3

This part of the stand ard gives the rules to be used for design and cal culation under internal and/or external
pressure (as applicable), local loads and actions other than pressure. The rules p r ovided are both design by
formulae (DBF), design by analysis (DBA) and design by experiment (DBE).

The part also sets the requirements for when fatigue analysis must be performed and the rules to be followed when
this is the case.

NOTE Collaborative work is in hand to harmoniz flange design across European standards.

Part 4

This part is based on existing good practice in previous national European Standards on manufacturing. It covers
forming, welding procedures and wel ding qualification, production testing, a nd post weld heat treatment and
repairs. Rules are also provided for material traceability and tolerances.
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The level of testing is driven by the selection of the vessel testing group. Basically, the testing group determines the
level of NDT and the joint coefficient used in the design.

In terms of NDT, the overall philosophy has been the general adoption of EN ISO 5817: 2003 quality level 'C' for 
predominantly non-cyclic loaded vessels and level 'B' for vessels subject to cyclic loadings.

Part 6

This part contains special rules for material, design, fabrication, inspection, and testing of pressure vessels made
from spheroidal graphite cast iron. In gen er al the rules in the relevant parts of parts 2–5 apply with ad ditions and
exceptions outlined in this part.

Part 7

This part gives guidance on how to use the conformity assessment procedures in the Pressure Equipment Directive
97/23/EC. It is not a standard, but merely a CEN Technical Report (CEN/TR).

Part 8

This part contains special rules for material, design, fabrication, inspection, and testing of pressure vessels made
from aluminium and alumi nium alloys. In gener al the rules in the relevant parts of parts 2 –5 apply with additions
and exceptions outlined in this part.

Part 9

This part details the conformance of the whole EN 13445 series to ISO 16528-1 "Boilers and pressure vessels —
Part 1: Performan ce requirements". This is a CEN Technical Report. The first edition is limited to vessels of steel
construction, but will be amended later to include spheroidal graphite cast iron and aluminium.

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1 Scope

This part of this Euro pean Standard de f ines the terms, definitions, quantities, symbols and units that are used
throughout the EN 13445. It also contai ns instructions on how to use the sta ndard (Annex A) as well a s an index
which covers the whole standard (Annex B). This information is aimed to aid the user of the EN 13445.

This European Standard applies to unfired pressu r e vessels with a maximum allowable pressure greater than 0,5
bar gauge but may be used for vessels operating at lower pressures, including vacuum.

NOTE The selection, application and installation of safety related accessories intended to protect pressure vessels during
operation are covered in EN 764-7.

This European Standard is not applicable to pressure vessels of the following types:

   vessels of riveted construction;

   vessels of lamellar cast iron or any other materials not included in parts 2, 6, or 8 of the standard;

   multilayered, autofrettaged or pre-stressed vessels;

This European standard may be applied to the following vessels, provided that account is taken of additional and/or 
alternative requirements resulting from the hazard analysis and from rules or instructions specific for:

   transportable vessels;

   items specifically designed for nuclear use;

   pressure vessels with a risk of overheating

Other European standards apply to industrial piping (EN 13480) and to water tube and shell boilers (EN 12952 and
EN 12953).

2 Normative references

This European Standard i ncorporates, by dated or undate d reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed here after. For 
dated references, subsequent amendments to or re visions of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest editi on of the
publication referred to applies (including amendments)

EN 764-1:2004, Pressure Equipment — Part 1: Terminology — Pressure, temperature, volume, nominal size

EN 764-2:2002, Pressure Equipment — Part 2: Quantities, symbols and units

EN 764-3:2002, Pressure Equipment — Part 3: Definition of parties involved 

EN 13445-2:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 2: Materials

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