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II. PARTICULAR REGULATIONS
1 Object of approval and area of application
(1) Object of this General Construction Inspection Approval is
factory-produced containers described in Annex 1, consisting
of a polyethylene (PE-HD) interior container produced in a blow
moulding process and an external container made of galvanised
sheet steel; The containers are manufactured with a capacity of
400 litres. On the top of the containers there are four connection
points devices for filling, flushing with air and de-airing, protection
against overfilling, emptying and fill level monitoring.
The containers are equipped with a leak detector. The containers
are placed on a steel footing structure.
(2) The containers may only be placed as single containers within
buildings, and not in Zone 0 and 1 areas with risk of explosion.
(3) The containers can be utilised for storage at normal pressure
of the following liquids:
1. Heating oil EL grade, as in DIN 51 6031
2. Diesel fuel as in DIN 5902
3. Diesel fuel compliant with DIN EN 142143 (biodiesel)
(only in the permeation-resistant version of the inner container)
4. Lubricating oils, hydraulic oils, heat transfer oils (Q grade)
mixed or unmixed, non-flammable or with flash points ≥100 °C
5. Used lubricating oils, hydraulic oils, thermal oils Q grade,
ignition point over 55 °C; operator must be able to prove origin
and ignition point.
6. Photographic chemicals, commercial grade, in concentrations
for use (new and used) with a density of no more than 1.15
g/cm3
(4) This General Construction Inspection Approval satisfies
the obligation to obtain a suitability determination for water
regulations and the qualification approval under § 19 h of the
Water Resources Act.
2 Bestimmungen für die Bauprodukte
2.1 Eigenschaften und Zusammensetzung
2.1.1 Materials
The moulding compounds and materials cited in Annex 2 will be
used for manufacture.
2.1.2 Construction drawings
Construction details of the containers must conform to Annexes
1.1 through 1.5.
2.1.3 Stability verification
The containers are stable under prescribed conditions of use up
to an operating temperature of 30 °C.
1 DIN 51 603-1 September 2003, ”Liquid Fuels, Heating Oils, Part 1:
Heating Oils EL Minimum Requirements”
2 DIN EN 590 March 2004, ”Fuels for Vehicles, Diesel Fuel, Minimum
Requirements and Testing Procedures”,
German version EN 590: 2004.
3 DIN EN 14214 November 2003; Automotive fuels - Fatty acid methyl
esters (FAME) for diesel engines - Requirements and
test methods; German version EN 14214:2003
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2.1.4 Fire behaviour (flame resistance)
The containers of this General Construction Inspection Approval,
consisting of interior and exterior containers, are designed to
withstand flames in rooms of buildings that meet the requirements
for heating and storage rooms for 30 minutes without leaking.
2.1.5 Leak detection
See Sec. 1 (1), also Sec. 5.1.1 (3) for leak detector usage.
2.2 Manufacture, packaging, transport, storage and labelling
2.2.1 Manufacture
(1) The container must be manufactured according to the
manufacturer’s description filed with the DIBt.
(2) In addition to the manufacturing description, the containers
must comply with the requirements of Annex 3, Sec. 1.
(3) The containers are permitted to be manufactured in Plant 35
of CHEMOWERK GmbH, 71384 Weinstadt, Germany.
(4) The inner container may be subjected to a fluorinating
treatment.
2.2.2 Packaging, transport, storage
Packaging, transport, and storage must conform to Annex 3,
Sec.2.
2.2.3 Labelling
(1) The containers must be labelled with the conformity mark in
compliance with the conformity directives of the German states.
The mark may be used only if the requirements of Sec. 2.3 are
fulfilled.
(2) In addition, the manufacturer must label the containers on the
outside wall with the following, clearly visible and durable:
- Manufacturing number;
- Date of manufacture;
- Volume capacity of the interior container in litres, up to allowed
filling (compliant with Approval Guidelines for Avoidance of
Overfilling „ZG-ÜS“)5;
- Material (the labelling must indicate the moulding compound
used) for interior and exterior containers.
- The fluorinated inner container must be labelled for the material
and additionally with the letter combination “CPA”;
- Allowed operating temperature;
- A notice that operation is at normal pressure;
- A notice ”Outdoor placement not allowed”;
- A notice ”Only for storing substances according to General
Construction Inspection Approval no. Z-40.21-365”.
(3) The filling level corresponding to the maximum approved filling
volume (see Sec. 5.1.3) must be marked on the level indicator.
2.3 Proof of conformity
2.3.1 Overview
(1) Proof that the containers conform to the conditions of this
General Construction Inspection Approval is a certificate of
conformity obtained by the manufacturing plant on the basis of
the manufacturer‘s production quality control and regular external
monitoring, including a first test of the containers to the standards
of the following conditions.
4 Burn test approved by the German Commission on Flammable
Liquids (DAbF); can be obtained from the German Institute for
Structural Engineering (DIBt).
5 Name and company address/location are on record with the DIBt
(German Institute for Structural Engineering).
6 Approval Guidelines for Avoidance of Overfilling (ZG-ÜS), May 1993,
in the DIBt (German Institute for Structural Engineering) publication
”Approval Guidelines for Container and Pipeline Safety Features”,
January 1996
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