Pressure vessel for human occupancy

Since 1977, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers PVHO committee has published standards governing the construction of a number of devices which are defined as Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy. The current standard is PVHO-1-2007.[1]

List of PHVO types

Nuclear reactor containments, aerospace cabins, caissons or mild hyperbaric chambers are not considered to be PVHOs according to the standard.

References

  1. "PVHO-1-2007" (PDF). Public.Resource.Org, Inc. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
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