Overpressure in the booster pump
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In cast-iron booster pumps, if the relief valve fails, could high pressure cause the pump components to fly out, thereby injuring people? I don’t think so. What do you think?
I haven’t conducted any theoretical research; what happened to me was that the high pressure caused the gaskets to burst – in other words, some of the gaskets ended up outside the pump body – and water started leaking out from the areas where the gaskets failed. By intuition, the possibility of it being exploded is relatively low, as it is after all a liquid being transported, and liquids generally have low compressibility; the energy that can be released when a compressed fluid has its pressure reduced is not as great as that of compressed gases. Haha, just guessing.