This is a Spanish translation of Standard 15-2016, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, completed by Asociacion Tecnica Ecuatoriana de Aire Acondicionado y Refrigeracion (ATEAAR).

ASHRAE Standard 15 establishes safeguards for life, limb, health, and property and prescribes safety requirements. This standard is directed toward the safety of persons and property on or near the premises where refrigeration facilities are located. It includes specifications for fabrication of tight systems but does not address the effects of refrigerant emissions on the environment. This standard applies to (a) the design, construction, test, installation, operation, and inspection of mechanical and absorption refrigeration systems, including heat pump systems used in stationary applications; (b) modifications including replacement of parts or components if they are not identical in function and capacity; and (c) substitutions of refrigerant having a different designation.The 2016 edition incorporates Addenda a, b, c, e, g to ASHRAE Standard 15-2013, which comprise the following changes to the 2013 edition:

• Incorporated changes to improve in the safe design, construction,installation, and operation of refrigeration systems.
• Updated requirements for safety relief systems, including revisions to relief vent pipe discharge locations and design provisions for headered relief vent systems
• Updated design pressure requirements applicable to systems using carbon dioxide;
• Modified overpressure protection for heat exchangers and pressure limiting devices for positive displacement compressors.