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April 12, 2011

Another steam turbine bites the dust - the dangers of overspeed

In February 2011 a steam turbine in a power plant in South Africa failed catastrophically when the overspeed trip system was being reportedly being tested. Luckily there were no casualties.  
Steam that you cannot control can kill. See pictures of the accident in this link.
See my earlier post on dangers of turbine overspeed in this link.

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