Testing for leaks in pressure vessels

    公开(公告)号:DE19812284A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-23

    申请号:DE19812284

    申请日:1998-03-20

    Abstract: Testing for leaks in pressure vessels uses a test fluid containing dissolved gases that are the first to escape through a leakage point and can then be detected and measured. The test fluid, water, oil or the like, will contain dissolved gases, ranging from hydrogen, organic or inorganic gases to more exotic compounds such as sulfur hexafluoride. The vessel is filled by evacuating it, feeding in gas to a predetermined pressure and then adding the test fluid. The gas will be the first to escape at a leakage point so that it can be detected and analyzed there with equipment covered by other patents of the present inventor. It is necessary not only to detect the place of leakage but also the amount. This is determined by the concentration of the test gas, as measured by optical means using a mass spectrometer, semiconductors or probes to measure thermal conductivity, electron affinity or resonance characteristics. The initial detection is carried out by manually, or mechanically, operated sniffer probes. The test fluid is recovered and stored after completion of a test.

    Localised leak detection for containers or housings

    公开(公告)号:DE19535720A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-27

    申请号:DE19535720

    申请日:1995-09-26

    Abstract: The method provides localised testing for leaks in containers and/or housings. A test fluid acts on test object. The fluid is pressurised relative to surroundings such that when there is a leak, fluid leaks out from the test object. The point of the leak may be illuminated by light. The test fluid and the light are matched to each other such that the photoacoustic effect can appear. The resulting sound signal can then be detected by sound detector. The test object is only partly illuminated by a spatially limited light bundle. The incident area of light bundle on test object is moved over all points to be examined. When there is a leak, photoacoustically generated sound is detected from the sound detector and characterising parameters are analysed. In dependence on the derived information signal level the characteristic properties of the light bundle are varied such that a closed feedback loop results. The existence of a leak is recognised from the closing of the loop. The location of leak is determined from position of light bundle.

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    公开(公告)号:DE10200349A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-17

    申请号:DE10200349

    申请日:2002-01-08

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an array for detecting foreign substances in the beam path of optical imaging or beam control systems (10), in which the housing enclosing the beam path and the optical components (10') is filled or flushed with a protective gas. Said protective gas is exposed to an intensity-modulated electromagnetic analytical wavefield (4') in a test volume (3). A photoacoustic signal (5) is generated for detecting impurities or foreign gases by means of the photoacoustic effect created when frequency components of the analytical wavefield (4') are absorbed by said foreign gases and/or impurities.

    Leak locating method for containers e.g. water and oil coolers in vehicles

    公开(公告)号:DE19600472A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-10

    申请号:DE19600472

    申请日:1996-01-09

    Abstract: The method involves immersing the test item (3) filled with a pressurised search fluid, preferably a gas, in a test tank (1) filled with test fluid (2). If any search fluid emerges at a leakage point from the test object, if the search fluid is suitably chosen, it can rise up through the test fluid. The search fluid can then show up on the surface of the test fluid indicating the presence of a leak (5). From the position of the search fluid on the surface of the test fluid the location of the leak can be determined.

    Determining beat frequency of modulated pulsed signals - esp. from laser doppler anemometer used for fluid velocity measurement

    公开(公告)号:DE4118700A1

    公开(公告)日:1992-01-02

    申请号:DE4118700

    申请日:1991-06-07

    Abstract: Determination of the beat frequency of amplitude- or intensity-modulated pulsed signals, esp. scattered light signals emitted by moving particles and modulated by spatially alternating light/dark effects, is carried out by (a) initiating at the beginning of the signal, a scanning operation which is interrupted at the signal end; (b) measuring, during the scanning operation, the time-dependent signal intensity in a time sweep adapted to the beat frequency and (c) evaluating the resulting measurement sequence to determine the beat frequency. A system for carrying out the determination is also obtained. USE/ADVANTAGE - The process is esp. useful for signal processing in optical velocimeters and esp. laser Doppler anemometers for non-contact local measurement of fluid velocites. It allows determination of the beat frequency of modulated pulsed signals in a wide frequency range and with high measurement rates.

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