Pressure relief valves (PRVs) are a critical line of defense for pressure vessel protection in the power industry. Generating facilities worldwide depend upon these devices to sense and quickly ...

After writing a blog post about leaking temperature and pressure relief (TPR) valves at water heaters, I learned that this particular issue seems to completely befuddle folks. In the two years that I ...

Question: Our hot-water heater safety-pressure valve runs all the time and drains all the water out of the tank. Why? Answer: All water heaters have a valve to control temperature and pressure that is ...

In this installment of Weekly Boiler Tips we cover the safest testing frequencies and what you need to know before pulling that lever. May 21, 2025 Testing a relief valve at the wrong time could ...

H5600A pressure relief valves in 1/2- by 3/4-in. sizes, are now available with 400-psig pressure settings. Matching rupture disc assemblies, also with 400-psig pressure settings, are available to ...

In steam boiler applications, pressure relief valves (PRVs) are the silent sentinels — the last line of defense against potentially disastrous overpressure situations. In a perfect world, boiler ...

Mpumalanga-based wholly black-owned mechanical engineering company Brimis Engineering will procure a pressure relief valve test bench by the end of this month to test more than 90% of all installed ...

Q: My water heater leaks from some type of a brass valve on the side of the tank near the top. There is a pipe that comes out of the valve at a right angle that looks like it goes through the wall.

Compact, metal pressure-relief valves can be preset from 0.5 to 150 psi with settings accurate to + or -5%. Compact, metal pressure-relief valves can be preset from 0.5 to 150 psi with settings ...

CO 2 refrigeration (R-744) systems operate at significantly higher pressures compared to legacy hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) systems. For example, on hot summer days, between its medium-temperature ...