The Dangerous Steam Engine

Jan Hult
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Jan Hult: Chalmers University of Technology

Chapter 4 in Risks in Technological Systems, 2010, pp 35-45 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In large parts of our modern world, electric power is produced by heating water to produce steam, which is then fed to a steam turbine driving a generator. Every such energy plant contains a pressure vessel – a boiler. Uncontrolled heating may raise the steam pressure to a level high enough to cause the boiler to burst, and this may result in great damage to people and plant. Such explosions were not uncommon in the early years of high-pressure steam technology.

Keywords: Pressure Vessel; Steam Pressure; Nuclear Power Station; Reactor Pressure Vessel; Steam Engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-641-0_4

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