13.5 Temperature indicating devices
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13.5 Temperature indicating devices

  13.5.1 Each cargo tank shall be provided with at least two devices for indicating cargo temperatures, one placed at the bottom of the cargo tank and the second near the top of the tank, below the highest allowable liquid level. The lowest temperature for which the cargo tank has been designed, as shown on the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk required by 1.4.4, shall be clearly indicated by means of a sign on or near the temperature indicating devices.

  13.5.2 The temperature indicating devices shall be capable of providing temperature indication across the expected cargo operating temperature range of the cargo tanks.

  13.5.3 Where thermowells are fitted, they shall be designed to minimize failure due to fatigue in normal service.

Parent topic: Chapter 13 — Instrumentation and Automation Systems
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