Under pressure

Owen Stephens, safety relief valve specialist for Nacional Safety Valves UK, discusses the importance of correctly sizing, selecting and maintaining a safety relief valve The primary reason to use a safety relief valve is to prevent a pressurised vessel or system from over pressurising. It is there to protect life, property and the environment and is the last line of defence should other safety systems fail. As the last line of defence, the accuracy and quality of a safety relief valve is paramount in ensuring an overpressure situation is avoided. Overpressure scenarios can be defined as a situation resulting from […]