Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 194
idly, provided there isa check valve in the inlet pipe, as there was in this case. This increasein pressure can set up high stresses in the tank, and if during thisprocess enough heat is applied to raise the temperature considerablyabove the atmospheric boiling point, conditions are ripe for a… … Figure 2—The tank which failed. The reversed minus head is clearlyshown. the hot water supply boiler did not permit a rapid enough lowering ofthe temperature and pressure before the tank failed. Although thesafety valve tested satisfactorily after the accident, it may not havefunctioned fully…
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