Pressure Vessels - Nuclear Reactor Technology, Submarine, Spacecraft, Aerosol, Autoclave, Diving Cylinder, Underwater Habitat (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 91. Chapters: Nuclear reactor technology, Submarine, Spacecraft, Aerosol, Autoclave, Diving cylinder, Underwater habitat, Uncontrolled decompression, Nuclear reactor physics, Cabin pressurization, Pressure vessel, Self-contained breathing apparatus, National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Fusible plug, Gas cylinder, Diving chamber, Bottled gas, Scott 2.2/ 3.5/ 4.5 Air-Pak SCBA, Cascade storage system, Hydrogen tank, Dolfijn class submarine, Oxygen tank, Recompression chamber, Submarine depth ratings, Head, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Reactor vessel, Semi submarine, NASA robots, Hyperbaric stretcher, Composite overwrapped pressure vessel, Vacuum insulated evaporator, Minimum Design Metal Temperature, Bulging factor, Fisher-Porter tube, Maximum allowable operating pressure, Barlow's formula, EN 13445, Active fuel length, Vessel dished end, PD 5500, Atmospheric tank. Excerpt: Industrial autoclaves are pressure vessels used to process parts and materials which require exposure to elevated pressure and temperature. The manufacture of high-performance components from advanced composites often requires autoclave processing. Industrial autoclaves used in the aerospace industry. The autoclave on left is gas-fired; the machine on right is electrically heated. At full pressure, the force acting against the door of the grey machine is over one thousand tons. Both machines use rotating lockring doors; the larger one is hydraulically turned, the smaller is pneumatic. Small autoclave with electric heat, used in the manufacture of advanced composite parts. This autoclave features a low-cost manual-latch door design. Note the removable works-on-a-trolley back end.An autoclave applies both heat and pressure to the workload placed inside of it. Typically, there are two classes of autoclave. Those pressurized with steam pr...