ASTM F3285-18(2023)
(Guide)Standard Guide for Installation and Application of Type C Portable Tanks for Marine LNG Service
Standard Guide for Installation and Application of Type C Portable Tanks for Marine LNG Service
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide is intended to define and identify best practices for minimum requirements for the design, installation, and application of Type C portable tanks for marine service on LNG fueled vessels for service as a LNG fuel tank. These best practices provide added detail to the requirements in 6.5 of the IGF Code to facilitate consistent and practical implementation of those requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide is intended to identify and define the minimum requirements for the best practices in the design, installation, and application of Type C portable tanks in marine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel tank service used on LNG-fueled vessels.
1.2 This guide comprises the necessary guidance for regulatory compliance in addition to the requirements of the IMO IGF Code, along with the risk assessment considerations to detail the criteria for design, location, configuration, associated safety systems, and periodic system inspections. Included in the safety systems criteria would be leakage/spill detection and containment, water spray protection, emergency shutdown, grounding requirements, pressure relief to a fixed venting system, associated alarms, and color code markings for system identification. The locating and securing of suitable tank types with associated systems for marine service that will ensure compliant vessel stability with appropriate access to critical systems and connections for emergency response and vessel egress will also be addressed in this guide.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F3285 − 18 (Reapproved 2023) An American National Standard
Standard Guide for
Installation and Application of Type C Portable Tanks for
Marine LNG Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3285; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
2.1 EN Standard:
1.1 This guide is intended to identify and define the mini-
mum requirements for the best practices in the design, EN 1474-2 Installation and Equipment for Liquefied Natural
Gas—Design and Testing of Marine Transfer Systems—
installation, and application of Type C portable tanks in marine
liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel tank service used on LNG- Part 2: Design and Testing of Transfer Hoses
fueled vessels.
2.2 IMO Standards:
IGF Code IMO MSC 95/22/Add. 1 Annex 1 International
1.2 This guide comprises the necessary guidance for regu-
Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low
latory compliance in addition to the requirements of the IMO
Flashpoint Fuels
IGF Code, along with the risk assessment considerations to
IMDG Code International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
detail the criteria for design, location, configuration, associated
2.3 ISO Standards:
safety systems, and periodic system inspections. Included in
ISO 1496-3 Series 1 Freight Containers—Specification and
the safety systems criteria would be leakage/spill detection and
Testing—Part 3: Tank Containers for Liquids, Gases and
containment, water spray protection, emergency shutdown,
Pressurized Dry Bulk
grounding requirements, pressure relief to a fixed venting
ISO 14726 Ships and Marine Technology—Identification
system, associated alarms, and color code markings for system
Colors for the Content of Piping Systems
identification. The locating and securing of suitable tank types
2.4 Federal Standard:
with associated systems for marine service that will ensure
49 CFR 393.134 What Are the Rules for Securing Roll-On/
compliant vessel stability with appropriate access to critical
Roll-Off or Hook Lift Containers?
systems and connections for emergency response and vessel
egress will also be addressed in this guide.
3. Terminology
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.1 Definitions:
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.1 green seas, n—solid waves of water coming aboard a
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
ship.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
3.1.2 holding time, n—means the time that will elapse from
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
the establishment of the initial filling condition until the
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
pressure has risen due to heat influx to the lowest set pressure
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
of the pressure-limiting device(s).
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
3.1.3 Type C portable tanks, n—pressure vessels meeting
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
the requirements of 6.4.15.3 of the IGF Code, which are also
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
designed to be safely disconnected and removed from the
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F25 on Ships and 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
Marine Technology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F25.11 on Available from International Maritime Organization, 4, Albert Embankment,
Machinery and Piping Systems. London, SE1 7SR, UK, http://www.imo.org.
Current edition approved May 1, 2023. Published June 2023. Originally Available from U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of
approved in 2018. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as F3285 – 18. DOI: Documents, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20401-0001, http://
10.1520/F3285-18R23. www.access.gpo.gov.
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vessel for refilling ashore and capable of being brought back on 5.2.1.4 Shell damage, which may consist of a structural
board and reconnected. frame constructed in accordance with a recognized standard.
5.2.2 If located on open deck: spill protection and water
3.2 Acronyms:
spray systems for cooling (IGF Code 6.5.2.2).
3.2.1 LNG—liquefied natural gas
5.2.2.1 Spill protection can either be part of the tank frame
support or the ship. If it is part of the portable tank, it shall be
4. Significance and Use
connected by flexible hose to the ship’s system in accordance
4.1 This guide is intended to define and identify best
to EN 1474-2: or equivalent.
practices for minimum requirements for the design,
5.2.2.2 Similarly, the water spray system can be part of the
installation, and application of Type C portable tanks for
portable tank or the ship.
marine service on LNG fueled vessels for service as a LNG
5.3 Tank-Securing Systems—Portable fuel tanks shall be
fuel tank. These best practices provide added detail to the
requirements in 6.5 of the IGF Code to facilitate consistent and secured to the deck while connected to the ship systems. The
arrangement for supporting and fixing the tanks shall be
practical implementation of those requirements.
designed for the maximum expected static and dynamic
inclinations, as well as the maximum expected values of
5. Procedure
acceleration, taking into account the ship characteristics and
NOTE 1—In addition to the regulations in 6.5 of the IGF Code, the
following represent best practices for the safe design, installation, and
the position of the tanks (IGF Code 6.5.3).
operation of Type C portable tanks for use in shipboard LNG fuel systems.
5.3.1 The design of the supporting and fixing arrangement
The following text in italics comes from the International Code of Safety
shall include external forces such as green seas, as applicable
for Ships using Gases or other Low-Flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code).
to the operating environment.
5.1 Tank Construction—The design of the tank shall comply
5.3.2 If the fuel tank is mounted on a truck chassis, the
with IGF Code 6.4.15.3. The tank support (container frame or
securing system shall be such that the weight of the tank shall
truck chassis) shall be designed for the intended purpose (IGF
not be carried by the truck wheels and tires, which may be
Code 6.5.1).
subject to punctures or completely damaged in a fire scenario.
5.1.1 The design of the tank support shall include consid-
5.3.3 Securing arrangements are to be included in the fuel
erations to withstand green seas if applicable for the operating
handling manual (IGF Code 18.2.3).
environment.
5.3.4 Recognized standard is 49 CFR 393.134 or equivalent.
5.1.2 The deck strength calculation shall be included and be
part of the design approval process. 5.4 Tank Consideration on Vessel Strength and Stability—
5.1.3 The portable tank connections shall be clearly color
Consideration shall be given to the strength and the effect of
marked and labelled to indicate its function in accordance with the portable fuel tanks on the ship’s stability (IGF Code 6.5.4).
ISO 14726.
5.5 Connections to Ship’s Fuel Piping Systems—
5.1.4 Plan review and approval of portable tanks shall be
Connections to the ship’s fuel piping systems shall be made by
vessel-specific with documentation clearly indicating the ves-
means of approved flexible hoses or other suitable means
sel or vessels for which the tanks have been designed. Each
designed to provide suffıcient flexibility (IGF Code 6.5.5).
portable tank approved fo
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