APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN PIPING
Disclosed are a method and device for detecting the location of leaks along a wall or piping system, preferably in double-walled piping. The apparatus comprises a sniffer probe, a rigid cord such as a length of tube attached to the probe on one end and extending out of the piping with the other end, a source of pressurized air, filling the annulus defined between the inner and outer pipe with helium, and then detecting the presence of helium within the inner pipe. The length of the tube at the point where a leak is detected determines the location of the leak in the pipe.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This Government-owned invention available for U.S. licensing and, possibly, for foreign licensing.
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Corporate Authors:
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Aiken, SC United States 29801 -
Authors:
- Trapp, D J
- Publication Date: 1993-6-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 13 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Detectors; Leakage; Maintenance; Patent applications; Pipe; Pipelines
- Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline maintenance
- Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00721721
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: DE95017106
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 3 1996 12:00AM