You need to look at the crack and determine if it is a mechanism from bad boiler feed water condition or fatigue failure.
If you are unsure I would investigate the H2O quality. I would look for CO which would be a likely cause of corosion, erosion, or cracking. You could take some test of...
I would not try to design a pressure relief device. If you are protecting against a over pressure event, you need to have very good justification of what you are doing. This is not an application that you can justify cost cutting.
There are several existing products that should meet your...
I wanted to get an idea of what guide lines that you guys use when sizing suction screens for cent pumps.
I have heard a lot of talk about what is best practice, but have never seen any thing writen in any of my pump books.
Most of the basket type suction screens in the refinery that I work are...
