Methods for detecting leaks in pressurized piping with a pressure measurement system
US6549857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M3/2815
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of detecting a leak in a pressurized pipeline system, in which a measurement is performed to determine the difference in the rate of change of pressure due to a leak between one pressure level and at least one other pressure level, after compensation has been made for thermally induced changes in the pressure.
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