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Large Diameter Line Leak Detection Method

UST Program – LG 113

Large Diameter Line Leak Detection Method (6 inches diameter or above)

Revision Date: June 2, 2011

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Vendor Equipment Name Leak Rate/Threshold/Maximum Pipeline Capacity
ATMOS International ATMOS STMS Statistical Tightness Monitoring System for Airports 0.0019% of pipeline volume/0.00095% of pipeline volume/300,000 gallons
Caldon, Inc. Caldon PF2000 Pipeline Leak Detection System for Bulk Pipelines 10 gph/8 gph/212,000 gallons.
EFA Technologies, Inc. LeakNet 3.0 gph/2.2 gph/116,230 gallons.
HansaConsult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH HansaConsult Pressure-Step Tightness Control System (TCS) Pipeline Leak Detection System 0.004% of line volume (0.04 gph per 1000 gallons of product ) /0.002% of line volume in gph/175,110 gallons
Hansa Consult of North America, LLC HCNA Pipeline Leak Detection System, Version 2.0 0.002% of line volume (0.02 gph per 1000 gallons of product) / 0.001% of line volume in gph/175,000 gallons
HCNA Pipeline Leak Detection System, Version 2.1 (for Large Diameter Pipelines) 0.068 gph/0.034 gph / 5,000 gallons
Leak Detection Technologies, Inc. Pipeline Hydrostatic Diagnostic Test Method (PHDleak Test™) 0.0017% of pipeline volume (0.000017 gph per gallon of product)/0.00085% of line volume in gph (0.0000085 gph per gallon of product)/1,127,000 gallons
Leak Detection Technologies, Inc. MDleak Enhanced Leak Detection Method (large diameter pipeline method) 0.005 gph / when the chemical marker detected exceeds the background level outside of the pipeline / Not limited by capacity
Praxair Services, Inc. SeeperTraceTM 0.1 gph/A pipeline system should not be declared tight when a confirmable level of chemical tracer in the sample collected exceeds the background level./Not limited by capacity.
Praxair Services, Inc.
(originally listed as Tracer Research, Corp.)
Tracer ALD 2000 Automated Line Tightness Test 0.1 gph/A pipeline system should not be declared tight when tracer chemical or hydrocarbon greater than the background level is detected outside of the pipeline./Not limited by capacity.
Vista Research, Inc. Model HT-100 Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0, Version 1.1

0.004% of line capacity (0.04 gph per 1000 gallons of product) for Version1.0 /0.00282% of line volume in gph/612,954 gallons
0.00209% of line capacity (0.0209 gph per 1000 gallons of product) for Version 1.1 /0.000916% of line volume in gph/612,954 gallons

Model HT-100-n Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0, Version 1.1

0.004% ÷ v¯(n) of line capacity (for n=4, 0.02 gph per 1000 gallons of product) for Version 1.0 /0.00282% ÷ v¯(n) of line volume in gph; where n is the # of tests averaged together/612,954 gallons
0.00209% ÷ v¯(n) of line capacity (for n=4, 0.01045 gph per 1000 gallons of product) for Version 1.1 /0.000916% ÷ v¯(n) of line volume in gph; where n is the # of tests averaged together/612,954 gallons

Model HT-100 Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method Version 2.1 3.0 gph/2.936 gph/3,400 gallons.
0.2 gph/0.136 gph/3,400 gallons.
Model LT-100 Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0 (Manual Method)

0.2 gph/0.177 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.1 gph/0.077 gph/3,400 gallons.

Model LT-100 Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0 (Primary Method)

0.2 gph/0.148 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.1 gph/0.06 gph/3,400 gallons.

Model LT-100 Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0 (Segmented Method)

0.2 gph/0.174 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.1 gph/0.074 gph/3,400 gallons.

Model LT-100a Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0

0.2 gph at 50 psi/0.148 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.1 gph at 50 psi/0.06 gph/3,400 gallons.

Model LT-100a Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0

0.2 gph at 50 psi/0.174 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.1 gph at 50 psi/0.074 gph/3,400 gallons.

Model LT-100a Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 1.0 (Segmented Method) 0.2 gph at 50 psi/0.174 gph/3,400 gallons.
0.1 gph at 50 psi/0.074 gph/3,400 gallons.
Model LT-100a Hourly and Monthly Monitoring Method and Line Tightness Test Method, Version 2.0 (Segmented Method)

3.0 gph/2.936 gph/3,400 gallons.

0.2 gph/0.136 gph/3,400 gallons.

 

 
 

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