IS 8471 : 2003 Acetylene Generators - Requirements

ICS 23.020.30; 25.160.20

ME 16

Reaffirmed 2024

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard covers the requirement of design, construction, performance and testing of portable and stationary, automatic and non-automatic, low pressure and medium pressure acetylene generators of water to carbide type or carbide to water type to be employed for generation of acetylene for use in oxy-acetylene welding and cutting systems or cylinder filling and/or any other chemical process.

1.2 For portable generators maximum gas generation capacity shall be limited to 3.2 m3/h, and shall-have a total calcium carbide holding capacity of less than 20 kg.

1.3 Stationary generators are divided into two categories:

a) Small: having a maximum production capacity of 5 m3/h of gas, and

b) Large: having production capacity more than 5 m3/h of acetylene gas.

2 REFERENCES

The following standards listed below contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provision of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

IS No.	Title
513:1994	Cold-rolled low carbon steel sheets and strips (fourth revision)
2002:1992	Steel plates for pressure vessels for intermediate and high temperature service including boilers (second revision)
2825:1969	Code for unfired pressure vessels
8452:1977	Glossary of terms used in acetylene generators
11006:1984	Specification for flash back arrestor (flame arrestor)