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quickthrowman 22 hours ago [-]
Hopefully ‘X-ray the pressure vessel to inspect for cracks’ comes before attempting to fire the boiler.
metalman 7 hours ago [-]
no, just dont neglect to use the special alloy plugs that will blow out before a steam explosion gets going.The worst possible thing is a very strong boiler that
can build fantastic pressure before it catestrophicly fails.called a flash boil, bad bad budda BOOM
other projects that replaced the fuseable plugs with welded in steel patches and then overheated with low water on up and down terrain have left very sizable craters, and no actual surviving evidence of the operator.
steam is still used in countless light and heavy industrial operations everywhere, but getting the "ticket" to operate one is not easy, but the basics like fuseable plugs are the same as they were a hundred years ago.
note: high pressure turbines are a different
system altogether and use exotic materials and tecniques, with the critical parts requiring x ray certification