This document specifies the requirements for the design, manufacture, identification and testing of battery vehicles and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) containing cylinders, tubes, or bundles of cylinders. This document applies also to battery vehicles and MEGCs containing bundles of cylinders connected by a manifold which are dis-assembled from the battery vehicle and filled individually.
It is applicable to battery vehicles and MEGCs containing compressed gas, liquefied gas, and mixtures thereof. It is also applicable to battery vehicles for dissolved acetylene.
This document is not applicable to battery vehicles and MEGC for toxic gases with an LC50 value less than or equal to 200 ml/m3.
This document does not apply to battery vehicles and MEGCs containing pressure drums or tanks.
This document does not specify requirements for the vehicle chassis or motive unit.
This document is primarily intended for industrial gases other than liquefied petroleum gases (LPG).