HPAC Quiz – April/May 2023

This spring, after a four-year hiatus, the ABMA Manufacturers Conference returns, making it the focus of our March-April cover story. With that in mind, our latest quiz here focuses on boiler engineering and the boiler industry in general.
1. To get things started, in what year was the American Boiler Manufacturers Association founded?

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B. 1908

C. 1926
D. 1940
Source: ABMA
2. In 1679, the first boiler with a safety valve was designed by this French-born physicist and inventor. Working in London, he called his invention a “steam digester,” a type of pressure cooker with safety valve, and presented it to the Royal Society. What was this innovator’s name?
A. Robert Boyle

B. Christiaan Huygens

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D. Gottfried Leibniz
Source: Britannica
3. After the industrial revolution transformed manufacturing, transportation and power generation in the early 19th century, engineers everywhere continued to improve upon existing technologies and applications. But advances and setbacks, trial and error also eventually highlighted the need for industry-wide testing and professional standards. As a result, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) established the Boiler Testing Code. What was the year?

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B. 1889
C. 1897
D. 1902
Source: ASME
4. ASME later formed a Boiler Code Committee in 1911 that led to the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), which has since been incorporated into laws in most U.S. states and territories, as well as Canadian provinces. What was the year that the BPVC code was first published? 
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B. 1920
C. 1925
D. 1936
Source: ASME
5. In 1919, renowned boiler inspector Carl O. Myers met with six other state chief inspectors to form a committee empowered to develop uniform qualification and examination requirements for boiler inspectors to be used by all states. The result was the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, known today as NBBI. In which state did this group meet?
A. Illinois
B. Michigan
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D. Pennsylvania

Source: NBBI | Image: ABMA