Measuring and testing – With fluid pressure – Leakage
Patent
1996-06-14
1998-06-16
Brock, Michael
Measuring and testing
With fluid pressure
Leakage
73 492, G01M 320
Patent
active
057673900
ABSTRACT:
A leak detection system and method for detecting leaks from a storage system containing a liquid, the leak detection method includes mixing one or more tracers soluble in the liquid to provide a liquid-tracer mixture within the storage system. The tracer provides a detectable component in the liquid-tracer mixture if the liquid-tracer mixture escapes the storage system through a leak. A subsurface sampling device is positioned near the storage system. The sampling device contains an adsorption material for adsorbing tracer from the liquid-tracer mixture that leaks from the system. The adsorption material is a hydrophobic, porous material. In one embodiment, a plurality of sampling devices are contained within a plurality of subsurface monitoring wells positioned around the storage system.
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Brock Michael
Environmental Fuel Systems, Inc.
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