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leak Testing
Leak testing is a form
on non-destructive
testing used in either
in pressurized or
evacuated systems
and components for
detection and location
of leaks and
measurement of fluid
leakage.
leak Testing
A leak may be defined as an unintended crack,
hole, or porosity in a containing wall that allows
the admission or escape of liquid or gas.
Leakage refers to the
flow of fluid( Liquid or
gas) through a leak
without regards to
physical size of the
hole through which
flow occurs.
Reasons for leak Testing
• To prevent material leakage loss that interface
with system operation
• To prevent fire ,explosion and environmental
contamination hazards or nuisances caused by
accidental leakage.
• To detect unreliable components whose
leakage rates exceed acceptance standards.
The Sources of leaks
• Leaks in newly-manufactured products,
Typically, these include welds, brazed joints,
soldered joints, glass-to-metal seals, ceramic-
to-metal seals, O-rings and other gaskets,
compound- sealed joints, etc.
• Leaks caused by imperfect or too-thin sections
of the containing wall represent another class
of leaks.
Characteristics of methods and
techniques of leak testing
• The leak testing method is
– detection,
– location and
– measurement of leaks.
• Acoustic Emission
– pressure, hole size and geometry
– sensitive microphone
– simple, fast and non-contacting
– 10-3 mbar-L/s.
Characteristics of methods and
techniques of leak testing
• Helium mass spectrometer leak detection
– Leak existence
– Location
– leak rates as low as 10-9 mbar-L/s
• Radiotracers
– They are the most sensitive tools (10-10 mbar-L/s)
– used on-line
Location of leaks