Hydrostatic leak test duration
Hydrostatic leak test duration
(OP)
Hello,
B31.3 does not seem to mention any duration for an hydrostatic leak test performed on a casted pipe.
We presently perform a 4 hours test.
On your opinion ,what could be an "optimized" test duration?
Thanks for your help.
B31.3 does not seem to mention any duration for an hydrostatic leak test performed on a casted pipe.
We presently perform a 4 hours test.
On your opinion ,what could be an "optimized" test duration?
Thanks for your help.





RE: Hydrostatic leak test duration
This can be a good practice:
Test duration. The minimum test duration shall be ½ hour. The test duration shall not be less than a minimum of ½ hour for each 500 cubic feet (14.2 m3) of pipe volume or fraction thereof. For piping systems having a volume of more than 24,000 cubic feet (680 m3), the duration of the test shall not be required to exceed 24 hours.
RE: Hydrostatic leak test duration
RE: Hydrostatic leak test duration
So, technically, metengr is correct.
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