Testing Device for Detecting Vapor Emission of at Least One Leakage Point, Especially of a Mechanical Shaft Seal, Particularly in the Automotive Field

• US 20070193341A1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KACO GmbH + Company KG (JCA Participações S/A)
• Original Assignee: KACO GmbH + Company KG (JCA Participações S/A)
• Inventors: Ogaza, Eckhard, Hoffmann, Tobias, Gwinner, Gerhard
• Application Number:
  US11/675,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20070193341A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/46
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/3492 with monitoring or measuring means associated with the seal

Abstract

A testing device for detecting vapor emission of at least one leakage point has at least one upstream measuring unit arranged upstream of the leakage point and at least one downstream measuring unit arranged downstream of the leakage point. The at least one upstream and the at least one downstream measuring units are connected serially. The at least one upstream measuring unit determines measured values of a reference stream and the at least one downstream measuring unit determines measured values of the reference stream plus a vapor emission of the leakage point. By comparing the measured values, the humidity quantity and thus the vapor emission at the leakage point can be determined.

Claims

1. A testing device for detecting vapor emission of at least one leakage point, the testing device comprising:

at least one upstream measuring unit arranged upstream of a leakage point and at least one downstream measuring unit arranged downstream of the leakage point;

wherein the at least one upstream and the at least one downstream measuring units are connected serially;

wherein the at least one upstream measuring unit determines measured values of a reference stream and the at least one downstream measuring unit determines measured values of the reference stream plus a vapor emission of the leakage point.

2. The testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a computer, wherein the measured values of the at least one upstream and the at least one downstream measuring units are supplied to a computer.

3. The testing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one upstream and the at least one downstream measuring units measure at least one of a relative humidity of the reference stream and a temperature of the reference stream.

4. The testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a flow rate meter arranged upstream of or downstream of the at least one upstream measuring unit.

5. The testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a flow rate meter arranged upstream or downstream of the at least one downstream measuring unit.

6. The testing device according to claim 1, wherein the reference stream is a compressed air stream.

7. The testing device according to claim 1, wherein the testing device has at least one compressed air connector connectable to a compressed air source.

8. The testing device according to claim 7, further comprising a pressure regulator arranged upstream of the at least one upstream measuring unit.

9. The testing device according to claim 8, wherein the pressure regulator is arranged between the compressed air source and the at least one upstream measuring unit.

10. The testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a filter arranged upstream of the at least one upstream measuring unit or the at least one downstream measuring unit.

11. The testing device according to claim 1, further comprising a pump.

12. The testing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one upstream and the at least one downstream measuring units each have a humidity sensor and a thermocouple.

13. The testing device according to claim 1, connected to a mechanical shaft seal.