Three Mile Island, Challenger, Chernobyl—and now, Deepwater Horizon. Like those earlier disasters, the destruction of the drilling rig was an accident waiting to happen.
Fuel tank Approximately every 5 years, or whenever nec- essary, suck any water or other impurities pres- ent on the bottom of the tank using a separate pump. Boiler Clean the boiler as indicated in its accompany- ing instructions in order to maintain all the origi- nal combustion ...
There would have been no need to fuel a boiler, the turbine could be left dry when no power was required, and the water consumption of the turbine would still have been a small fraction of what conventional locks used. How different things might be today had that one mistake not been ...
Leaking oil tanks are not only a concern as contaminants of the water supply, but have become an increasing general environmental concern addressed by the DEC. Leaking commercial equipment and even simply-suspect equipment have been extremely costly to address. Click to enlarge any image] Such burd...
If you see oil on the floor, check the bottom of the tank, sides and welded seams, and be sure to check the oil lines to the boiler and in particular, check the oil tank safety valve or other tank bottom fittings as there are often leaks at these valves, as shown in this photograph...
Original boiler and I assume an original tank (basement). The previous owner painted things like the oil tank and cast iron sewer line in the famous battleship gray. It's hard for me to judge the tank condition as it is painted. No leaks though other than the weeping fill pipe. I ...
Above is a dual Weil McLain oil to gas conversion we installed for a Church. One of the oil boilers that was older and leaking oil was replaced with a new gas boiler and the other oil boiler, cleaned and converted to gas with a Carlin commercial gas burner. Why trust your Flue Piping...
This paper investigates the failure event of two oil pipes leaking successively during the pipeline pressure-test process before running, and analyzes the reasons for the failure of the pipes. This study also analyzes the critical crack length of the pipeline, the fatigue life of the pipeline, ...
1. Water in Fuel:Water in fuel creates issues such as a decrease in heat transfer rate, loss in efficiency and wear of cylinder liner surface etc. Water can mix with fuel oil in different ways such as change of temperature leading to condensation, leaking steam pipe inside the fuel oil...
Puffbacks can cause damage ranging from a burst of local soot around the oil fired heater to more-significant damage that actually blows parts of a water heater, furnace or boiler apart (often at least the flue vent connector parts) and soot damage can extend widely through the building. ...