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safety valve
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safety valve noun alternative, aperture, boundary condition, choice, circumstance, clause condition, contrivance, definition, device, escalator clause, esca clause, escape valve, escape way, evasion, exception, excuse, exit strategy, expedient, frame of reference, given, grounds, hole to creep out of, limitation, limiting condition, loophole, means of escape, mechanism for evasion, obligation, opening, out, outlet, parameter, pretext, provision, proviso, requisite, saving clause, specification, stipulation, technicality, terms, uncommunicativeness, vehicle of escape, way of essape, way out, whereas
Associated concepts: safety valve consideration, safety valve function, stop valve


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The portfolio includes boiler safety valves, safety relief valves and pilot-operated safety relief valves.
Safety valves are used to guarantee refrigeration system safety under abnormal overpressure.
Instead of checking safety valves by raising the pressure in the system to the valve's set point, which wastes energy and is not always possible, Spirax Sarco EasiTest tests valves in situ and without raising the pressure.
 
 
 
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