Pressure Vessels

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Biography: George H. Corliss

George Corliss, inventor of the Corliss Steam Engine, started as a merchant and entrepreneur before he was an inventor and engineer. The right balance of skills helped him seize opportunities to work on steam engines during the Industrial era, and the world has been grateful ever since.

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The State of the Union for PVP Technology

State of the Union for PVP Technology

As people outside seemed to wilt under the sweltering heat and debilitating humidity, some 800 engineers and scientists gathered inside the cool clime of the Marriott Waterfront Hotel overlooking the Baltimore Harbor last week for the five-day Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, which addressed, interestingly enough – heat – and its impact on pressure vessel and piping technology.

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Melvin R. Green Codes </br>and Standards Medal Recipient Thomas P. Pastor

Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal Recipient Thomas P. Pastor

Thomas Pastor received the 2011 Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal in recognition of extraordinary leadership and tireless efforts in the development of market-relevant standards products, the implementation of effective organizational and process enhancements, and in advancing the acceptance of ASME codes and standards and conformity assessment programs worldwide.

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Groups

Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

Pressure Vessels hold liquids or gases well above, or below, ambient pressures. Pressure vessels are everywhere in manufacturing and process equipment, refineries and petrochemical plants, submarines, spacecraft and, more generally, in all hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Most pressure vessels are welded steel cylinders with convex or dished head closures. Pressure vessel design and operation are tightly controlled by engineering organizations. Their codes have the force of law.