Pictures of Piping/Pressure System Failures?

[kacarrol]

Good afternoon,

I am preparing a general overview presentation on how the pressure boundary department fits into the organization of the company I work for and what the department does. This presentation will be presented to a range of people, some of whom will not be very technical.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words I was hoping to put a couple of pictures into the presentation of systems that have failed (ie piping, pressure vessels etc.) but have had a difficult time finding some. It is fairly easy to find pictures of the big blow ups on the internet but the more mundane ones don't seem to be as prevalent. At some of the other companies I’ve worked for they had pictures where a patch was welded onto an air compressor receiver tank (not to code) and then the tank failed etc, this is the kind of stuff I’m interested in.

If anyone has a spare moment and a picture they wouldn't mind sharing (maybe even a bit of a story to go with it if you feel it needs one) I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you,
K

 

[DLite30]

Here's a couple...air compressor failure, and the other is a failure of a filter closure during a 2225 psig pressure test with nitrogen.

 

[kacarrol]

Thank you DLiteE30.

 

[DLite30]

File up load here is wierd...anyway, here's the air compressor failure.

 

[europipe]

You can always look on Chemical Safety Board.
They've got nice video's too.

 

[SnTMan]

kacarrol, here are some PV photos, I think I got them off this site a while back.

Regards,

Mike

 

[TBP]

Check out Wayne Kirsner's site -

http://www.kirsner.org

- excellent pictures with write-ups on waterhammer accidents in steam systems.

 

[kacarrol]

Thanks guys, this is great! Please keep them coming.

And for anyone else that may find this thread useful in the future a post went up on the Pipelines Forum that was kind of neat.

 

[msquared48]

I'm not the expert here, but I think BP might have a few photos you could use.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask

 

[MJCronin]

Please explain more about what is meant by your "pressure boundary department"

I have never heard of such a department or group designation.

What are the responsibilities ?

 

[kacarrol]

MJCronin,

I thought for a second there you may have been one of my former professors (his last name was Cronin), but he's here in Canada. He was one of my favourites.

Anyway, onto your question. Before starting work here I had not heard of a “pressure boundary department” either. And since I've only been here a couple of weeks I probably can't give the most thorough answer on what exactly the pressure boundary department does. But I will take a stab at it.

Pretty much anything piping and pressure vessel related falls under the pressure boundary department’s umbrella. We deal with a lot of code and licensing compliance, the codes we follow are CSA N285 (Pressure Retaining Systems and Components in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants) which points to ASME Section III, and CSA B51 (which points to B31.3 etc.).

Hope that helps explain it a bit.
K