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CA 2092959
A method and system for detecting a leak in a high vapor-evolving hydrocarbon liquid underground storage tank filled incompletely with the liquid, wherein there is a projecting fill pipe connected with the ullage which is filled with hydrocarbon vapor and air. A vacuum source is connected to the fill pipe for withdrawing the atmosphere of the ullage and imposing a prescribed negative pressure. While some of the drawn off vapor and much of the air is exhausted to atmosphere, a significant portion of the ullage content is recirculated to build the relative proportion of hydrocarbon vapor to air in the ullage. The ullage is then isolated from the vacuum source and atmosphere, and allowed to stabilize over a predetermined time period with a reduced rate of hydrocarbon vapor release into the ullage. The recirculation and stabilization are then repeated to achieve further saturation of the ullage with gasoline vapor and vacuum is applied to the ullage to reach a predetermined threshold negative pressure in the ullage. Over a predetermined time period successive negative pressure readings are taken to determine if there is a rate of decay which indicates the existence of a leak in the tank.
Deeth Williams Wall Llp
Horner Creative Products Inc.
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