pressure valves
Overpressure safety outlets
Pressure valves are mechanical devices that regulate or release pressure in a system, preventing dangerous buildup in pipes, tanks, or engines.
A pressure valve opens automatically when pressure exceeds a safe threshold: The boiler's pressure valve failed, causing the explosion.
Figuratively, something serving as a pressure valve provides an outlet for stress or tension: Sports act as a pressure valve for teenage aggression.
- blowoffDeliberate avoidance or dismissal
- spring-loadedPowered by compressed coil
- releaseTo let go
- reliefEasing of distress
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
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- plumbingpipes, fittings, faucets, drains, pipe
- valvesdrain cock, gas shutoff, water shutoff, petcock, stopcock
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, life support, nuclear reactors
- HVACair conditioner, furnaces, furnace, ductwork, central air
- cogenerationcogeneration, waste heat, thermal power, power generation, steam turbine
- heating systemsboiler, gas burners, pilot lights, radiator, oil tanks
pressure valvescompressors
Volume-reducing machines
pressurizers · pumps · boosters · hydraulic pumps · air compressors
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