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http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2013.22.3.294

A Study on safety enhancement of Medium and small boilers  

Kim, Dae-Ryong (Korea Energy Management Corporation)
Lee, Keun-Oh (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Abstract
The accidents related to boilers are caused by defects with high risk which can lead to the explosion of the equipment. The number of boiler accidents from 1979 to 2006 is 100 andthe casualties totaled 379, and the scale of accidents has been growing larger every year. The analysis has found that the number of accidents caused by carelessness in management is 59, 72% of total 82 cases and 18by low level of water. The analysis of accidents in foreign countries showed a similar result. From the past till today most of the accidents have been resulted from bad handlingand maintenance. The analysis of accidents for the inspected boilers also showed that the major cause of the accidents was bad handling and maintenance of automatic controllers, safety devices, etc. And in the large-scale explosive accidents, the number one cause of them was the low level of water.
Keywords
boiler safety; boiler defect; boiler accident analysis;
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