Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment stru

Details Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment stru Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment stru

1998-04-15

2000-03-14

Williams, Hezron

Measuring and testing

With fluid pressure

Leakage

73 492, 405 54, 405129, 340605, G01M 322, B09B 100, E02D 300, G01N 3322

Patent

active

060357010

ABSTRACT:
The present invention integrates an inverse modeling technique and a field measurement system. The system uses inexpensive and non-hazardous gaseous tracers injected inside the contained volume of a barrier to quantify the location and size of any leaks in the barrier. The vapor sampling point installation, which allows the collection of soil gas samples from multiple points around the barrier installation, can be accomplished with conventional drilling or direct push techniques. The system uses a field-proven soil gas analyzer, incorporated in a sampling system capable of monitoring many sample points with relatively high time resolution. A rigorous inverse modeling technology is integrated with the data system for real time analysis.

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