In January 2004, a U.S. power plant employee was struck by metal fragments and killed as the result of an electric actuator failure. Before the failure, a wedge gate valve on a boiler feedwater line ...
Valves and actuators are critical in almost every aspect of power plant operations. They are used in a wide range of applications, including pollution control, feed water, cooling water, chemical ...
Originally embedded in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code , today the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants standard for inservice testing ...