发明名称 |
System and method for locating leaking tubes |
摘要 |
A system and method for detecting, and then specifically locating, a leaking tube or tubes from among a plurality of tubes which extend through a chamber and are accessible at their opposite ends from outside the chamber, such as, for example, cooling tubes of a steam condenser. The system includes a reservoir containing a supply of tracer fluid, a plurality of conduits forming a matrix which releases tracer fluid in a controllable manner into predetermined groups of tubes without interruption of the flow of normal process fluid through all of the tubes, and a detector for sampling process fluid normally flowing through the chamber for the presence of tracer fluid, the detection of tracer fluid being indicative of a leak and the capability of controllably releasing tracer fluid to the tubes permitting the localization of which specific tube is leaking. The tracer fluid-communicating conduits are preferably formed from elastomeric material and include resilient slits through which tracer fluid is released into the tubes.
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申请公布号 |
US4524607(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1985.06.25 |
申请号 |
US19820365369 |
申请日期 |
1982.04.05 |
申请人 |
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
发明人 |
PELLETIER, CHARLES A.;GONSO, JR., WILLIAM E.;CAMERON, DOUGLAS S.;LEONARD, PATRICK R. |
分类号 |
G01M3/22;(IPC1-7):G01M3/22 |
主分类号 |
G01M3/22 |
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