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PSV

Pressure Safety Valve

Piping

A spring-loaded relief valve that opens at a set pressure and reseats afterwards. The last line of defence on a vessel, because unlike control loops, alarms and trips it is purely mechanical. It fails by sticking shut, silently — which is what proof testing exists to catch.

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