The ultrasonic leak detection is the easiest way to find the leaks. This technique is mostly used to find the gas leaks in a huge plant. Here, we see what is ultrasonic leak detection, how it works and why it is important.
What is Ultrasonic Leak Detection?
The ultrasonic leak detection is finding a gas leak using an ultrasonic leak detector. When any gas flows through a smaller opening at a higher rate than atmospheric then it produces a constant sound but it cannot hear by humans. So, we cannot know that there is a leak in the plant. Using ultrasonic leak detector we can easily locate the leak. This leak detector needs some additional accessories to find a leak such as Parabola, Tubular Adapter, Tubular Extension and Headphones.
How the Ultrasonic Leak Detector Works?
The ultrasonic leak detector works on compressed air system. It is a hand held and high quality equipment that is used to find hidden leaks. It is very easy to use, a person having the ultrasonic leak detector need only aim it in the direction of a suspected area of the leak. If a leak is present then an audible sound can occur and heard in the headphone that is available with leak detector and the LED display of leak detector will light.
Why Ultrasonic Leak Detection is important?
In a huge plant, there is a loud noise all around. If there is any leak in pipes then it’s difficult to listen in a noisy atmosphere. The ultrasonic leak detector can be adjusted to filter out background noise using sensitivity setting. So, the device only detects sound that is generated.