International Standards - WatchGas BAT-1 Manual

International Standards

2.
Table 1
Substance Europe
Standard BS EN12021
Oxygen (O2) 21% (+/-1%)
Carbon Dioxide
≤ 500ppm
(CO2)
Carbon
≤ 15ppm
Monoxide (CO)
Oil Mist/Vapor ≤ 0.5mg/m3
Without
Odour/Taste Significant Odour
or Taste
Air for
compressed air
line breathing
apparatus shall
have a dewpoint
sufficiently low to
prevent
condensation and
freezing. Where
apparatus is used
and stored at a
known
Water Vapor
temperature, the
(H2O)
pressure dewpoint
shall be at least
5oC below the
likely lowest
temperature.
Where conditions
of usage and
storage of the air
is not known, the
pressure dewpoint
shall not exceed -
11oC.
Nitrogen Oxides
-
(NOx)
Sulfur Dioxide
-
(SO2)
USA
29 CFR
1910.134
19.5% -
23.5%
≤ 100ppm
≤ 10ppm
≤ 5ppm
Without
Significant
Odour or
Taste
4oC (39oF)
pdp @
50psig.
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-
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Canada Australia
AS/NZS
CSA Z180.1-00
1715:1994
20%-22% By
Volume (Dry 19.5%-22%
Air)
≤ 500ppm ≤ 800ppm
≤ 5ppm ≤ 10ppm
≤ 1mg/m3 ≤ 1mg/m3
Without
Without
Significant
Significant
Odour or
Odour or Taste
Taste
The pressure
dewpoint of the
compressed
breathing air
shall be at least Airline
5oC (9oF) pressure
below the should be at
lowest least 5oC
temperature to below the
which any part lowest
of the known
compressed temperature
breathing air or -11oC if
pipeline or the the lowest is
accepted not known.
respirator
maybe exposed
at any season
of the year.
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Pharmaceutical:
Pharmaceutical:
EP 01/2009 :
USP35-NF30
1238
20.4 – 21.4% 19.5 – 23.5%
≤ 500 ppm ≤ 0.05%
≤ 5 ppm ≤ 0.001%
≤ 0.5 mg/m3 0 mg/m3
Without Without
Significant Significant
Odour or Taste Odour or Taste
≤ 67 ppm 0 ppm
≤ 2 ppm ≤ 2.5 ppm
≤ 1 ppm ≤ 5 ppm
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