The pressure vessel has the rules of life
Of course, according to the article 6.10 TSGR0004-2009 on say, pressure vessel design use fixed number of year, when if there are no rules, more than 20 years to continue to use the words to entrust the local special equipment inspection institution for inspection, testing approval rear can continue to use.
Design the life of life, which is designed to use life as expected, to set the corrosion allowance. For simple pressure vessels, they are exempt from regular inspection during the life of the design, which requires registration and periodic inspection. The use of other pressure vessels is determined by the level of safety established by the periodic test to determine whether or not to continue using, regardless of the design service life.
We have TSGR0004-2009, the fixed pressure vessel safety technology monitoring procedure.