MSLD Procedure
MSLD Procedure
MSLD Procedure
PROCEDURE FOR
HELIUM LEAK TESTING OF HYDROGEN OXIDATION SYSTEM
Heavy Water Plant, Kota
Prepared By
R Sreenivasa Prasad
Service Engineer - VTPL
: Sniffer Probe
Checked/ Reviewed By
Approved By
VTPL/HLT/Rev 0
NO. 2/13, PEENYA INDUSTRIAL AREA, BANGALORE-58
1. Scope
This procedure is applicable for the helium leak testing of Hydrogen Oxidation System
and its components at HWP (Kota)
2. Reference
ASME Section V Article 1 and Article 10 Appendix IV
3. Equipment Details
Instrument
Make:
Model:
Model:
Calibration Standard:
Standard Leak:
Make:
Pressure Gauge:
Range:
Calibration Date:
4. Personal Qualification
The operator should be qualified minimum up to Level II of ASNT/ISNT.
5. Calibration of Equipment
Warm Up: The instrument should be turned on and allowed to warm up
for the minimum 15 mins. prior to calibrating with the
calibrated leak standard.
Calibration: The helium mass spectrometer should be calibrated as per
manufacturers manual to a sensitivity of at least 10 -9 Std
cc/sec by calibrated leak.
6. Testing Procedure
6.1 Connect all Rupture Disc, Safety Valves, and Pressure Transmitters & Pressure gauges
to the system as per the test scheme.
6.2 Pressurize the system with N2 (Inert Gas) up to 1 bar gauge and raise the pressure by
Helium Gas up to 1.7 bar gauge.
6.3 All joints required to be tested should be cleaned with acetone and surface should be
free from oil/grease/dust etc.
Prepared By
R Sreenivasa Prasad
Service Engineer - VTPL
Checked/ Reviewed By
Approved By
VTPL/HLT/Rev 0
NO. 2/13, PEENYA INDUSTRIAL AREA, BANGALORE-58
8.0
Report
Result should be reported in the test report format.
9.0
Post Cleaning
After completion of test, masking tape from all the joints should be removed and the
joints should be cleaned with acetone.
Prepared By
R Sreenivasa Prasad
Service Engineer - VTPL
Checked/ Reviewed By
Approved By