On Nov. 9, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman John Bresland released a new video safety message asking jurisdictions across the country to adopt the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

Learn about the proper location for those valves, managing blowoff steam and turbine exhaust, and more. Very few deaerators utilize vessels that are not constructed and stamped in accordance with ASME ...

Welding inspections have surged 41% nationwide as aging industrial infrastructure raises safety risks across U.S. facilities. Inspections are rising as aging materials, tighter safety standards, and ...

All over the world, pressure vessels are being pressed into service beyond their design lifetimes. Advances in machine learning can lead to the deployment of increasingly reliable non-destructive ...

Reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) constitute a critical safety barrier in nuclear power plants, safeguarding against the potentially catastrophic release of radiation. The structural integrity of these ...

While investigations continue into possible manufacturing defects in the reactor pressure vessel of unit 3 of Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant, nuclear safety authorities in other countries are ...

Composite pressure vessels have emerged as a pivotal technology in the efficient and safe storage of hydrogen, a key enabler for the transition toward sustainable energy systems. These vessels, ...

The term ‘pressure vessel’ signifies a wide range of different systems, all constructed with the express purpose of confining a large quantity of fluid to a small space. This definition includes ...

Following the loss of the OceanGate Expeditions Titan tourist submersible, the company’s use of carbon fiber composite material to construct the sub’s pressure hull has come into question, as the ...

The production of a replica part of the reactor pressure vessel used in unit 1 of Switzerland's Beznau nuclear power plant has shown that aluminium oxide inclusions in the vessel formed during its ...

Technical problems could delay the beginning of regular flights by SpaceX's Crew Dragon (left) and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner until at least late 2018. Credit: SpaceX artist's concept and Boeing ...

AZL CAD design and CAE analysis examples for Type 4 hydrogen pressure vessels, including an example of a winding scheme and relative weight results for different pressure vessel designs. Source (All ...