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How do you determine if a boiler has sufficient safety valve capacity - answer-The accumulation test determines if the valve will discharge all the steam pressure, without allowing the pressure to rise more than 6% more than valve setpoint If a safety valve opens at 100 psi, what pressure should it close at? What requirements governors safety valve blowdowns? - answer-A: 96-98 psi, with no chatter, with a blowdown of no more than 4 psi of set pressure. A safety valve is limited to how many...