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International Gas Industry Alliance Releases New - Generation Cylinder Safety Standards, with Multinational Enterprises Joining Hands to Promote Technological Innovation
2025-07-30
Geneva, June 15th - The International Gas and Cylinder Safety Association, together with more than 20 top global gas enterprises and scientific research institutions, officially released a new - generation high - pressure cylinder safety standard at its annual summit held in Geneva, Switzerland recently. This standard has made multiple breakthroughs in material compressive performance, explosion - proof design, and environmental protection recycling, which will inject new impetus into the safe development of the global gas storage and transportation industry.
With the increasing demand for gas in industrial production, medical assistance, energy supply and other fields, cylinders, as key carriers for gas storage and transportation, their safety performance has always been the core concern of the industry. Previously, due to differences in standards among different countries and regions, there were many inconveniences in cross - border gas trade and technical exchanges, and it also brought challenges to the safety supervision of cylinders.
The newly released safety standard was jointly developed and formulated by expert teams from 12 countries including Germany, the United States, Japan, and China over 3 years. The standard puts forward more stringent requirements for the material selection of high - pressure cylinders, clearly stipulating that cylinders used for storing different gases such as oxygen, hydrogen, and helium must use corresponding high - strength alloy materials or composite materials. At the same time, it adds safety test indicators for cylinders in environments such as extreme temperatures and severe vibrations.
In terms of explosion - proof design, the new standard introduces installation specifications for intelligent pressure monitoring systems, requiring cylinders to be equipped with sensors that can transmit pressure data in real - time. Once abnormal pressure is detected, an alarm can be issued immediately and the pressure relief device can be automatically activated. In addition, regarding the recycling of cylinders, the standard puts forward environmental protection requirements for the whole life cycle for the first time, specifying the material separation and recycling processes of scrapped cylinders to reduce environmental pollution.
A person in charge of a Chinese gas enterprise participating in the formulation of the standard said that the introduction of the new - generation safety standard will promote the global gas industry to form a unified technical specification and facilitate exchanges and cooperation among countries in gas storage and transportation technologies. The enterprise has begun to upgrade and transform its cylinder production lines in accordance with the new standard, and it is expected to achieve mass production of cylinders meeting the new standard at the beginning of next year.
In an interview, the chairman of the International Gas and Cylinder Safety Association stated that the implementation of this standard will significantly reduce the incidence of cylinder safety accidents and provide a solid guarantee for the sustainable development of the global gas industry. Next, the association will assist various countries in promoting and training the standard to ensure that the new standard can be effectively implemented worldwide.
