Safety systems can be a pain when they cause nuisance shutdowns, but they are worth their weight in gold when needed. This is a starting air valve failure on a Worthington ML-7 with no eutectics or pressure shutdowns on the system. Once the valve began leaking combustion gases, it melted and consumed the valve. Then it torched a hole through the header. The building shutdown on fire detection. Want to learn more about safety systems and how to maintain them? Join us at the Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable on September 14-16, 2021 at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

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