Engineering Plant Guide
PRESSURE PLANT
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Air Receivers
- Description
- This type of plant is used in a variety of situations and industries. Typically compressed air is used for production purposes, operation of hand tools and provision of breathing air.
Systems generally comprise of air receiver, cooler, air dryer, pipework and protective devices e.g. safety valve, pressure gauge, high temperature cut-out.
- Periodicity of Inspection
- Typically 26 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazard with this type of plant is that the vessel may fail because its safe working pressure has been exceeded or because its ability to withstand pressure has been reduced through in-service degradation e.g. corrosion, fatigue. There is a potential in air/oil receivers for carbon residues on the surfaces to spontaneously ignite.
