prEN 13385

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Premične plinske jeklenke - Baterijska vozila in MEGC za stisnjene in utekočinjene
pline (razen acetilena) - Kontrola polnjenja
Transportable gas cylinders - Battery vehicles and multiple-element gas containers
(MEGCs) for compressed and liquefied gases (excluding acetylene) - Inspection at time
of filling
Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Batteriefahrzeuge fu¨r beständige und verflüssigte Gase
(außer Acetylen) - Prüfung zum Zeitpunkt des Füllens
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Véhicules-batteries, pour gaz permanents et liquéfiés
(sauf acétylène) - Contrôle au moment du remplissage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 13385
ICS:
23.020.35 Plinske jeklenke Gas cylinders
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2024
ICS 23.020.35 Will supersede EN 13385:2002
English Version
Transportable gas cylinders - Battery vehicles and
multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) for compressed
and liquefied gases (excluding acetylene) - Inspection at
time of filling
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Véhicules-batteries, Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Batteriefahrzeuge fu¨r
pour gaz permanents et liquéfiés (sauf acétylène) - beständige und verflüssigte Gase (außer Acetylen) -
Contrôle au moment du remplissage Prüfung zum Zeitpunkt des Füllens
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 23.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Inspection at time of filling . 7
4.1 Inspection prior to filling . 7
4.2 Immobilisation and earthing . 8
4.2.1 Immobilisation . 8
4.2.2 Earthing . 8
4.3 Inspection during filling . 8
4.4 Disconnection . 9
4.5 Inspection after filling . 9
Bibliography . 10

European foreword
This document (prEN 13385:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 23
“Transportable gas cylinders”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 13385:2002.
Introduction
Battery vehicles and MEGCs require inspection at time of filling, both before and after the filling process,
in order to ensure that all components are suitable for the intended filling conditions and are free of
defects and contamination that can affect the integrity of the battery vehicle or MEGC.
NOTE This document does not cover battery wagons (as stated in the scope), but it can be used as a guideline.
1 Scope
This document specifies the minimum requirements for inspection at time of filling of battery-vehicles
and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) for compressed and liquefied gases.
The elements of battery vehicles and MEGCs covered by this document are:
— seamless steel or seamless aluminium alloy cylinders or tubes, and
— composite cylinders or tubes (hoop-wrapped or fully-wrapped)
with a water capacity up to 3000 l.
This document is not applicable to MEGCs using tanks as elements.
This document is not applicable to the automotive components of a battery trailer.
Unless noted by exception the use of the word “cylinders” in this document refers to both cylinders and
tubes.
NOTE Acetylene battery-vehicles are covered by EN 13720.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 18119, Gas cylinders - Seamless steel and seamless aluminium-alloy gas cylinders and tubes -
Periodic inspection and testing
EN ISO 11623, Gas cylinders - Composite cylinders and tubes - Periodic inspection and testing
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
bundle of cylinders
DEPRECATED: cylinder bundle, cylinder pack
pressure receptacle comprising an assembly of cylinders or cylinder shells that are fastened together and
which are interconnected by a manifold and transported as a unit, having a total water capacity not
exceeding 3 000 l
Note 1 to entry: Except that bundles intended for the transport of toxic gases shall be limited to 1 000 l total water
capacity
Note 2 to entry: In this document, the term “bundle” is frequently used for simplification.
[SOURCE: EN ISO 10286:2021, 3.1.1.5, modified: Example removed, Note to entry edited for this
document.]
3.2
battery vehicle
vehicle containing pressure receptacles which are linked to each other by a manifold and permanently
fixed to a vehicle such that the assembly is filled, transported and emptied as a single unit
[SOURCE: EN ISO 10286:2021, 3.1.1.12, modified — “elements” replaced by “pressure receptacles” and
replaced “transport unit” with “vehicle such t
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