Leak detection device
AssigneeInficon GmbH
InventorsDaniel Wetzig, Maximilian Reismann, Jochen Purchalla-Konig, Josef Grenz
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Abstract
In a leak detection device comprising a gas analyzer, a vacuum pump, a first gas inlet, and a second gas inlet, it is provided that a first multi-way valve is connected to a first inlet and at least a first and a second outlet, wherein the inlet is connected to the first gas inlet, a second multi-way valve is connected to first inlet and at least a first and a second outlet, wherein the inlet is connected to the second gas inlet, wherein the two first outlets of the two multi-way valves are connected to the gas analyzer, and the two second outlets of the two multi-way valves are connected to the vacuum pump.
Claims8
A leak detection device comprising a gas analyzer, a vacuum pump, a first gas inlet, and a second gas inlet,
- wherein:
- a first multi-way valve has a first inlet and at least a first and a second outlet, wherein the inlet of the first multi-way valve is connected to the first gas inlet, and
- a second multi-way valve has a first inlet and at least a first and a second outlet, wherein the first inlet of the second multi-way valve is connected to the second gas inlet,
- wherein the two first outlets of the two multi-way valves are connected to the gas analyzer, and the two second outlets of the two multi-way valves are connected to the vacuum pump, and
- wherein the multi-way valves are configured and controlled by a valve control device such that the inlet of the first multi-way valve is connected to its first outlet if the inlet of the second multi-way valve is connected to its second outlet and the two multi-way valves are synchronously switched.
A method for sniffer leak detection with a leak detection device according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising:
- switching on the vacuum pump,
- connecting the inlet of the first multi-way valve with its first outlet, and connecting the inlet of the second multi-way valve with its second outlet,
- analyzing the gas drawn in through the first gas inlet by means of the gas analyzer, while gas is drawn in through the second gas inlet by means of the vacuum pump,
- synchronously switching the two multi-way valves, while the vacuum pump remains on, and
- analyzing the gas drawn in through the second gas inlet by means of the gas analyzer, while gas is drawn in through the first gas inlet by means of the vacuum pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.