Leak isolation logic for closed-volume system
US8333210B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/85954
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for isolating a leak in a closed-volume liquid system comprises circulating a fluid through a plurality of isolatable zones and a non-isolatable zone in a closed-volume liquid system, detecting a leak in the closed-volume liquid system, isolating all of the isolatable zones from the non-isolatable zone, sequentially detecting if the leak is present in the non-isolatable zone and each of isolatable zones, and taking corrective action after the leak is detected.
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