AU7125998A - Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment structures using tracer gases - Google Patents

Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment structures using tracer gases

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Publication number
AU7125998A
AU7125998A AU71259/98A AU7125998A AU7125998A AU 7125998 A AU7125998 A AU 7125998A AU 71259/98 A AU71259/98 A AU 71259/98A AU 7125998 A AU7125998 A AU 7125998A AU 7125998 A AU7125998 A AU 7125998A
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Prior art keywords
containment structures
tracer gases
locate leaks
subsurface containment
subsurface
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AU71259/98A
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Sandra Dalvit Dunn
William E. Lowry
Daniel Merewether
Desario V. Rao
Robert Walsh
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Science and Engineering Associates Inc
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Science and Engineering Associates Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B09—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
    • B09B—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B09B1/00—Dumping solid waste
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M3/00—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures
    • G01M3/02—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum
    • G01M3/04—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point
    • G01M3/20—Investigating fluid-tightness of structures by using fluid or vacuum by detecting the presence of fluid at the leakage point using special tracer materials, e.g. dye, fluorescent material, radioactive material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/30—Landfill technologies aiming to mitigate methane emissions

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Examining Or Testing Airtightness (AREA)
AU71259/98A 1997-04-15 1998-04-15 Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment structures using tracer gases Abandoned AU7125998A (en)

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US4359597P 1997-04-15 1997-04-15
US60043595 1997-04-15
PCT/US1998/007687 WO1998046376A1 (en) 1997-04-15 1998-04-15 Method and system to locate leaks in subsurface containment structures using tracer gases

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AU7125998A true AU7125998A (en) 1998-11-11

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase