What is the Scrap Life of Automotive Gas Cylinders?
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For liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with a designed service life of 8 years, an extension of the service period is permitted after a safety assessment, but only once, and the extension must not exceed one inspection cycle of the cylinder. For LPG cylinders without a specified designed service life, those that have been in use for 15 years should be scrapped and rendered unusable. Below are the relevant details: 1. Automotive LPG cylinders: Inspect every 5 years, with the first periodic inspection date calculated from the manufacturing date. 2. Automotive dimethyl ether (DME) cylinders: Inspect every 5 years, with the first periodic inspection date generally calculated from the installation supervision inspection date. 3. Automotive fiber-wrapped gas cylinders: Inspect every 3 years, with the first periodic inspection date generally calculated from the installation supervision inspection date. 4. Automotive compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders: The first and second periodic inspections are conducted every 3 years, and after the second inspection, inspections are conducted every 2 years. For taxi cylinders, the first periodic inspection is conducted every 2 years, and the second inspection is valid for 1 year. The first periodic inspection date is generally calculated from the installation supervision inspection date. 5. Automotive welded insulated gas cylinders: Inspect every 3 years, with the first periodic inspection date generally calculated from the installation supervision inspection date.