PQWT-L50 Acoustic Pipeline Water Leak Detector User Guide

PQWT-L50 Acoustic Pipeline Water Leak Detector

Product Information

The fire-fighting pipeline leak detection method is used to identify and locate leaks in fire-fighting pipelines. The general fire fighting system relies on high-level water tanks and pumps to maintain water pressure in the pipe network. This method helps determine if there is a leak in the fire- fighting pipeline by checking the water replenishment volume and pressure holding capacity.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Step 1: Start the booster pump in the pump room and test the pressure by hitting 6-8 kgbar. Check if the pressure can be maintained. If the pressure drops, it indicates a suspected leak in the fire pipe.
2. Step 2: After confirming a leak, begin investigating the location and direction of the pipe.
3. Step 3: To check the location and direction of the pipeline:
4. Inspect tube wells for clear water flowing out. If clear water flows out without a confirmed source, close the main valve and observe if the surface water continues to flow. If it stops, suspect leakage near the tube well.
5. Observe the surrounding environment for signs such as sinking ground, noticeable differences from wetlands, and cracked ground. These indicate potential leak areas.
6. Use a leak detector to check valves and exposed fire hydrants for abnormal sounds of water leakage.
7. Step 4: Continue investigating the location of valve wells, fire hydrants, joints, branches, and wall-piercing pipes. Pay attention to areas with subsidence, collapse, and road surface cracks.
8. Step 5: Perform filter analysis using the L series instruments in positioning mode.

Please refer to the user manual for detailed instructions on using specific leak detection instruments.

Fire-fighting pipeline leak detection method and Steps

Before carrying out the fire-fighting pipeline leak detection work, we must first determine whether the fire-fighting pipeline is really leaking, and how to judge the fire-fighting pipeline leakage?

The general fire fighting system usually relies on high-level water tanks to replenish the loss of water in the fire fighting pipe network and maintain the pressure in the pipe. In addition, in emergency situations, the pump room is used to replenish water and pressurize.

We usually judge whether the fire-fighting pipeline is leaking from two aspects:

1. The high-level water tank has a large daily replenishment volume;
2. The pump room can’t hold the pipeline under pressure.

First step:
Start the booster pump in the pump room, and test the pressure by hitting 6-8 kg（bar）, to see the pressure holding situation. If the pressure cannot be maintained, it means that the fire pipe is suspected of leaking.

The second step:
After confirming that the fire pipe is leaking, start to investigate the location and direction of the pipe.

How to check the location and direction of the pipeline?

1. The owner needs to provide a distribution drawing of the fire pipe network; or be led by a person familiar with the pipe network;
2. If no distribution drawings of the fire-fighting pipe network, the pipe wells and fire hydrants can be searched through the connection of the distribution of the pipe wells and fire hydrants to locate of the pipelines (fire-fighting pipelines are generally distributed in a ring shape);
3. In the case where neither of the above two are available, if it is a metal pipeline, the pipeline detector can be used to find the location of the pipeline.

Third step:

1. When checking the tube well, check if there is any clear water flowing out, and if there is clear water flowing out, but the source of the water cannot be confirmed, close the main valve and observe whether the surface water continues to flow or not. When the clear water does not flow anymore, we can determine that the pipeline near the tube well is suspected of water leakage, and go on.
2. Observe the surrounding environment to see if the ground is sinking, the ground is obviously different from the surrounding wetlands, and the ground is cracked. If there are the above phenomena, you can focus on the investigation of nearby pipelines.
3. Use a leak detector to check the position of the valve and the exposed fire hydrant to see if there is any abnormal sound of water leakage.

The fourth step:
When the suspected area of water leakage cannot be detected under the above circumstances, the pipeline can be further subjected to a segmented pressure holding test: the fire pipeline starts from the pump room, close the first valve, observe the pressure change of the pressure gauge, the pressure reduction proves that the water is leaking, and vice versa. Close the second valve, open the first valve, and observe the pressure change on the pressure gauge. By analogy, look for “suspected leaking areas.”

The fifth step:
After finding the “suspected water leakage area”, adjust the pressure of the air pump to 6 kg and continue to press the pipeline. If conditions permit, the pressure can be increased. Use the “locating” mode in the leak detector to measure while walking along the ground above the pipeline. Observe the changes in the spectrum bar and the sound changes in the earphones. Once close to the top of the leaking point, the earphone sound volume will become louder, accompanied by a deep and harsh sound or the sound of water tumbling and bursting water droplets. The spectrum cursor signal on the screen will continue to rise and remain at a certain high level, without drastically floating up and down. Because the missing point is a continuous signal.

After finding the suspected leakage point, use the “locating” mode in the leak detector to further verify. Use the filter analysis mode to perform “precision measurement”, and detect the suspected leakage point before, after, and left. Thin bars and thick bars appear on the interface of the instrument. It is caused by external noise, and the thick bar is water leakage noise. After the front, back, left, and right inspections are completed, observe that the thick bar is the highest at that point, which is the suspected leakage dot.

The sixth step:
Fire pipe leak detection focuses on the location of valve wells, fire hydrants, joints, branches, and wall-piercing pipes. The ground has subsidence, collapse, and the road surface cracks should be the focus of the investigation.

Note:
The filter analysis of L series instruments is in positioning mode.

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