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Leak detection is an essential aspect of vacuum operations, underlying critical performance indicators like cost, efficiency, and safety. Extraordinary effort has been made to engineer leak-tight systems capable of inducing and maintaining different vacuum regimes without significant loss of pressure due to leaks. Yet no system is perfect. Even the highest-quality chambers, gaskets, pumping ...
A residual gas analyser (RGA) is a crucial piece of equipment known as a mass spectrometer used in many industries to conduct high-sensitivity, real-time analysis. Gas analysers allow analysts to maintain a high level of quality control and gas monitoring by identifying the composition and quality of residual gases and vapour species. This post will examine why residual gas analysis is used in ...
Introduction The traditional method 21-based Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) program quantifies leaks in volumetric concentration units (ppm v). ...
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Your facilities and equipment can cause fugitive emissions, leading to environmental pollution and financial losses for your business. We offer a wide range of gas and particulate analyzers to monitor 24h/day your facility and accurately identify sources of leaks. Odors can thus be immediately linked to your operations, identify system leaks, and act quickly to reduce them for ...
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Natural gas companies like Summit Midstream are using optical gas imaging (OGI) technology to monitor & reduce emissions across operations, making it their mission to not just meet government regulatory goals, but to surpass them. Scenario Summit Midstream is a US based energy production company that develops and operates infrastructure assets in unconventional resource basins, primarily ...
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While many traditional methods such as catalytic bead sniffers, soap bubbles, and acoustics exist for hydrogen leak detection, none are ideal. In a study done by Amec Foster Wheeler and Bruce Power [1] none of these methods provided real time detection and localization, while also permitting measurement from outside of the range ...
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This hydropower plant in Central America is a vital part of its country’s infrastructure, supplying 18% of the country’s power. THE PROBLEM: HEADRACE TUNNEL LEAKAGE Our client observed their 4km headrace tunnel had major leakage problems. In an attempt to better understand the problem, the client underwent several inspections which ultimately proved unsuccessful. Complicating ...
Introduction After initial meetings about suspected leakage and NRW losses with Craig Needham and Piotr Kozeil from Yorkshire Water a trial was arranged to use the GUTERMANN AQUASCAN TM2 correlator. An initial location on an 18” Cast Iron trunk main was identified from Longwood Service Reservoir feeding four large DMAs. Other leak detection methods had previously been carried out with a ...
The city of Trévoux in eastern France has used Hydreka’s PermaNet F to detect leaks in their drinking water network, leading to a 20% decrease in minimum night flow after repairing fewer than half of the detected leaks. 20 PermaNet F with roaming SIM cards, and leak noise sensors with Magpot antenna were installed at key points throughout the network to monitor ...
Introduction Albstadt is a town located in southwest Germany, about 80km south of Stuttgart. Albstadtwerke are the utility network distribution provider in this region supplying potable water, natural gas and electricity. In addition to managing and maintaining the local distribution assets in Albstadt, Albstadtwerke operate and maintain two more potable water distribution networks, seven ...
In January 2015, one of our clients used AGI tools and software for leak and sinkhole detection in the liner of a retention pond in Tennessee. Process Our client’s customer had a retention pond that was designed to hold liquid, but it was leaking through a hole in the liner. The client used the SuperSting R8 with 112 total electrodes arranged in a 4-by-28 electrode 3D grid with ...