Thanks very much for translating english into english for me! (and thanks to everyone else who replied to this question on several lists) this is the info I was looking for. mark
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > Drums in the United States are manufactured to meet UN specs for > international transportation. If you look at the drum you are using > it should have a series of numbers stamped into the bottom of the > drum (or a sticker on the side) that reads something like "UN > 1A1/X1.5/300" Which if you feed it into the government double speak > decoder ring tells you that the drum is "1A1" - steel closed head > drum, "X1.5" - used for liquids in packing groups I, II, or III (a > rating of hazard) that have a specific gravity of 1.5 or less, > and "300" - has a bursting strength of 300 kPa or as the government > says "For single and composite packaging intended to contain > liquids, the test pressure in kilopascals rounded down to the > nearest 10 kPa of the hydrostatic pressure test that the packaging > design type has successfully passed" > > If you want some real good bedtime reading you could check out > 49CFR178.503 which can be found at: > > http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi? > TITLE=49&PART=178&SECTION=503&YEAR=2002&TYPE=TEXT > > Hope this helps, > Kevin R. > > > --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, girl mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm having a devil of a time finding info about the bursting > strength (?) > > of closed head 55 gallon drums. I've been googling and keep > finding these > > government sites having to do with the state of New Jersey's > requisition > > form for windshield washer fluid and other Classic Literature of > Bureacracy > > and Red Tape instead of the actual specs. > > > > Here's the situation: > > we got asked by someone in our host facility to put a pressure > relief valve > > on a closed processor that's made out of a 55-gallon drum. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
