Cryogenic tanks

This inspection applies to cryogenic tanks, with volumes exceeding 1,000 litres of geometric capacity, and their equipment intended for storage and use of cryogenic gases – argon, nitrogen, CO₂, oxygen, carbon dioxide, helium, nitrous oxide (N₂O), krypton, neon, xenon, ethane, ethylene, hydrogen, and air.

Cryogenic liquid is defined by having a boiling temperature at atmospheric pressure below –40 ºC (-20 ºC for CO₂).

The following items are excluded from the application of the precepts of this ITC:

• Transport elements of these products (tankers).    
• Cryogenic bottles for transport and supply.    
• Refinery and petrochemical plants equipment included in ITC EP-3.    

Applicable regulation

• Royal Decree 2060/2008    
• ITC EP-4