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Data centres have become a necessity in recent times, dedicated buildings for housing data storage systems, telecommunications and computer systems have been built in major cities throughout the World. These can range in size and large data centres are often on an industrial scale and consume as much electricity as a small town.

Bitumen (also known as asphalt) is used widely within the construction of pavements, road and roofs. Its room temperature state is solid and is heated up to 170°C for easy application. It can have various states dependent on its temperature from solid, to tar like where it is thick and tacky, and liquid where it flows and can be easily poured.

The filter has an internal relief valve that will crack at a set pressure,their task in the laboratory was to build a small test circuit for subjecting the relief valves to an open/close cycle simulating real working conditions of hot fuel at 90°C.

Power stations require all equipment to be robust and reliable as their operations are critical to the functions of businesses and households nationwide. Failure of apparatus for even short amounts of time can cause losses in revenue to cascade into hundreds of thousands of pounds. It is also very common that any machinery installed must comply to Atex standards as plant rooms are often non-safe areas, ensuring equipment is explosion proof safeguards the lives of the engineers working on site.