GOST 31827-2012 PDF

Full title and description

GOST 31827-2012 — "Liquid centrifugal separators. Safety requirements. Test methods." This interstate standard specifies safety requirements and test procedures for industrial liquid centrifugal separators used to separate heterogeneous liquid systems.

Abstract

GOST 31827-2012 establishes general safety requirements and standardized test methods for liquid centrifugal separators (industrial centrifuges for liquid–liquid and liquid–solid separation). It covers hazards typical for these machines (rotating parts, dynamic loads, noise, vibration, electrical risks, flammable/toxic products, high surface temperatures) and defines tests and measurement methods to verify compliance. The standard is intended to harmonize safety design and verification across participating states.

General information

• Status: Active / In force (interstate standard).
• Publication date: Approved November 2012; brought into effect 01 January 2014.
• Publisher: Published by Стандартинформ (issued following approval by the Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification and the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology).
• ICS / categories: OKC / ОКС 71.120.20 (equipment for the chemical industry — column-type apparatus / centrifuges).
• Edition / version: GOST 31827-2012 (first issue; adopted 15 Nov 2012; registered 21 Nov 2012).
• Number of pages: 11 (commonly reported; some catalogs list 11–12 pages depending on publication format).

Key bibliographic and status details above are drawn from official-standard catalogues and commercial standard libraries.

Scope

The standard applies to industrial liquid centrifugal separators of all types used for separation of heterogeneous liquid systems in chemical, petrochemical, hydrolysis, pulp-and-paper and other industries. It does not apply to experimental or laboratory separators or separators manufactured under specific technical specifications covered by ГОСТ 24885. The document defines general safety requirements and methods for testing separators to confirm conformity with those safety requirements.

Key topics and requirements

• Identification and control of main hazards: rotating components, dynamic loads, noise, vibration, electrical hazards and static charge, hot surfaces, and hazardous properties of processed liquids (flammability, explosivity, toxicity).
• Design and guarding requirements to prevent access to moving parts and to limit exposure to mechanical and thermal hazards.
• Requirements for electrical safety, grounding/earthing, and protection in potentially explosive atmospheres referenced to relevant GOST/PB documents.
• Measurement and test methods: procedures to measure vibration, noise, leak-tightness and other performance/safety parameters to verify conformity.
• Reference and normative links to related safety standards (multiple ГОСТs and PB safety rules) that must be used together with this standard.

Typical use and users

Primary users are manufacturers and designers of industrial liquid centrifugal separators, safety and compliance engineers, testing laboratories, certification bodies, plant engineering teams, and regulators in chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, pulp & paper and similar process industries. The standard is used when designing equipment, preparing technical documentation, performing factory and acceptance testing, and during conformity assessment.

Related standards

Commonly referenced and related documents include ГОСТ 24885 (general technical specifications for liquid centrifugal separators), ГОСТ Р 51563-2000 (earlier national safety/test-method standard for liquid centrifugal separators), and a set of occupational safety and electrical/explosion-protection standards cited as normative references in the text. Several adjacent GOSTs covering safety and test methods for other process equipment (for example, ГОСТ 31828‑2012, ГОСТ 31836‑2012) form a related cluster.

Keywords

centrifugal separator; liquid separator; safety requirements; test methods; industrial centrifuge; vibration; noise; electrical safety; guarding; ГОСТ 31827-2012.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: GOST 31827-2012 is an interstate (GOST) standard titled "Liquid centrifugal separators. Safety requirements. Test methods" that sets safety requirements and test procedures for industrial liquid centrifugal separators.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers general safety requirements, hazard identification, design/measures to protect personnel and equipment, and standardized test methods to verify compliance (noise, vibration, electrical safety, and other checks). It excludes experimental and laboratory separators and equipment already covered by ГОСТ 24885.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Manufacturers, designers, test labs, certification bodies, plant safety engineers and regulators in chemical, petrochemical, pulp-and-paper, oil & gas and related industries.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: As of the available catalog records the standard was adopted in November 2012 and came into force on 01 January 2014; it is listed as active (in force) in major standard catalogues and commercial libraries, with editorial updates recorded in subsequent database entries (catalog updates noted to 2019–2021). Users should verify the current status in the official national/interstate registry before compliance/contracting activities.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it belongs to a group of safety-and-test-method GOSTs for process equipment (several adjacent 2012-era GOSTs address safety and test methods for dryers, evaporators, industrial centrifuges and other process apparatus). It is also related to older and parallel national standards for separators.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Centrifugal separator, liquid separator, safety requirements, test methods, industrial centrifuge, vibration, noise, electrical safety, guarding, ГОСТ 31827-2012.