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Luis Ayala, Cyber-Physical Attack Recovery Procedures, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2065-8_4

4. Prevent Hackers from Destroying a Pressure Vessel

Luis Ayala

(1)Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA

Pressure vessels are designed to store a gas or liquid at a pressure substantially higher (10,000 psig) than the ambient pressure and are engineered with a safety factor, corrosion allowance, and minimum design temperature (for brittle fracture). A shell and tube heat exchanger is a type of pressure vessel commonly used in buildings. Pressure vessels are typically fitted with a mechanical safety valve or a relief valve to ensure that the design pressure is not exceeded in normal operation; however, the pressure differential is extremely dangerous, and ...

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