Engineers' Guide to Pressure Equipment - Index of

Contents ix
10.3 Creep 235
10.4 Corrosion 238
10.4.1 Types of corrosion 238
10.4.2 Useful references 241
10.5 Boiler failure modes 241
10.6 Failure-related terminology 244
Chapter 11 Pressure Equipment: Directives and Legislation 249
11.1 Introduction: what’s this all about? 249
11.1.1 The driving forces 249
11.1.2 The EU ‘new approaches’ 250
11.2 The role of technical standards 250
11.2.1 Harmonized standards 250
11.2.2 National standards 251
11.2.3 The situation for pressure equipment 251
11.3 Vessel ‘statutory’ certification 253
11.3.1 Why was certification needed? 253
11.3.2 What was certification? 253
11.3.3 Who could certificate vessels? 254
11.4 The CE mark – what is it? 255
11.5 Simple pressure vessels 255
11.6 The simple pressure vessels directive and regulations 256
11.6.1 SPVs – summary 256
11.6.2 Categories of SPVs 257
11.6.3 SPV harmonized standards 264
11.7 Transportable pressure receptacles: legislation and
regulations 265
11.7.1 TPRs legislation 265
11.8 The pressure equipment directive (PED) 97/23/EC 271
11.8.1 PED summary 271
11.8.2 PED – its purpose 273
11.8.3 PED – its scope 273
11.8.4 PED – its structure 274
11.8.5 PED – conformity assessment procedures 275
11.8.6 Essential safety requirements (ESRs) 294
11.8.7 Declaration of conformity 311
11.8.8 Pressure equipment marking 312
11.9 Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 312
11.9.1 The Pressure Equipment regulations – structure 312
11.10 Notified Bodies 314
11.10.1 What are they? 314