EN 14620: Raising the Standard

Dave Ward at Wardz Consulting looks at the revision of EN 14620 and what it means for the tank storage sector EN 14620 is the European Standard that deals with all aspects of the design, construction, testing and commissioning of vertical, cylindrical, tanks for the storage of refrigerated liquified gases (RLG’s). The development history extends back 70 years and the timeline is shown below. A full revision of EN14620 was commissioned by CEN (European Committee for Standardisation), in 2015 it is currently managed by Technical Committee CEN TC265/ Working Group10, which Dave Ward convenes. The aim of the revision is to update the suite of standards to reflect developments and current practice. This includes, where possible, incorporating changes brought about by the major revisions to the 2nd Generation of Eurocodes. The Committee is made up of members from eight of the 34 European countries participating in CEN. The official title of EN14620 is quite a mouthful: ‘Design and manufacture of site built, vertical, cylindrical, flat bottomed steel tank systems for the storage of refrigerated, liquefied gases with operating temperatures between 0°C and -196°C’. The new...