Safety valve (disambiguation)
A safety valve is a mechanism for the release of a substance from a pressurized vessel when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits.
Safety valve may also refer to:
- Safety valve (law), a provision in the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Safety valve theory, relating unemployment and the Homestead Act of 1862
- Safety Valve (Biscayne Bay), a structure of sand flats and tidal channels separating Biscayne Bay in Florida from the Atlantic Ocean
- Traditional Safety Valves, balances between the public's interest in open access with the property interest of copyright owners
- Safety valve, a method for managing Emissions trading
- Safety shutoff valve, a device to close a line and stop the flow of material
- Downhole safety valve, a shutoff device in a gas or oil well
See also
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