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I do appreciate the information for the up keep of boilers, prevention is better then cure. But if you dig deep into your insurance cover under assets, you will definitely be covered for boiler explosion. jonesbk

It is our jobs as engineers to keep the down time to a minimum, but the question is what if? What if all safety system fails / could we loss all three boilers / what are our loss in profits / how much of this risk should we carry and how much should we transfer to insurance companies?

Thanks for the reply. I currently doing a risk assessment and I am trying to predict the worst case scenario. These boilers are existing and are about 8m apart. I have assume that one boiler will be total destroyed and the boilers on either side will have a downtime for approximately 3 months...

How safe are adjacent boilers, if the boiler in the middle had to explode? The boilers of concern are coal fired (55 tons/hour) and how far should these boilers be build from each other? Is there a scientific method of calculating the distance/explosion pressure circles or a rule of thumb that...