Product Handbook 2026 - Volume 2

Pipeline ancillaries Vacuum breakers

10

VB14

Sizes and pipe connections ½ "

(system connection) screwed BSP or NPT.

"

(air inlet connection) screwed BSP or NPT.

Pressure/temperature limits

Pressure psi g

0

29

58

87

116 145 174 203 232

500 392 302 212 122 32

Steam saturation curve

Pressure bar g

The product must not be used in this region.

Body design conditions

PN16

PMA Maximum allowable pressure

16 bar g @ 180 °C 232 psi g @ 356 °F

TMA Maximum allowable temperature

260 °C @ 7 bar g

500 °F @ 102 psi g

Minimum allowable temperature

-196 °C

-321 °F

PMO Maximum operating pressure for saturated steam service

14 bar g

203 psi g

7.12.3

TMO Maximum operating temperature

260 °C @ 7 bar g

500 °F @ 102 psi g

Minimum operating temperature

0 °C

32 °F

Note: For lower operating temperatures consult Spirax Sarco Designed for a maximum cold hydraulic test pressure of :

24 bar g

348 psi g

Capacity D p required to open vacuum breaker 4.6 mm Hg (0.2 in Hg)

∆p (in Hg)

1 1.2 1.6 2

4

8

12 16 20

6.4

10.12 2

4.2

2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1

D p (mm Hg)

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VB14, VB21 and VB21 Food+ Vacuum Breakers

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