Summary
The paper briefly summarizes a variety of low cost traditional methods of leak detection, the halide torch, electronic hand-held sniffers, soap solutions, ultrasonic leak detection, and reviews at length the latest technical advances of ultra violet fluorescent leak detection. The paper also considers the causes and the environmental and economic implications of leaks, and looks at what might be considered the best available and cheap solutions, particularly for refrigerated transport, storage and display industry.
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- Original title: Detecting refrigerant leaks.
- Record ID : 2000-2390
- Languages: English
- Source: Refrigerated Transport, Storage and Retail Display.
- Publication date: 1999
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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