Accident Database: Boilers, Pressure Vessels, and Piping AIS Accident Inspection Specialists, Inc.

Country: CA

State:  

Year of Accident: 1996

Type of Vessel: Watertube Boiler Chemical Recovery

Units for Size: English

Size of Vessel:  

Pressure Rating: 735

Year Built: 1965

Usage of Vessel: Process

Industry: P&P

What: Property_Damage

Primary Reason of Accident Why: Maintenance

Details of Accident: Economizer tube rupture from corrosion. Boiler ESP.

Size of Vessels are determined as follows:

Boilers are in mass flow rate-

    Pounds per hour [lb/hr ] -English

    Kilograms per hour [ kg/hr ] -Metric

Pressure Vessels are measured in cross sectional area: length times height-

    Sq. Feet - English

    Sq. Meters - Metric

Piping is measured by nominal pipe diameter-

    inches- English

    centimeters -Metric

Pressure

    Pounds per square foot [ psi ]- English

    Bars - Metric where 100-kPa = 1-Bar

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