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A.2 Testing with Air<br />

• Air is compressible and causes reaction-type valves to relieve<br />

with a short pop and closely approximates operating conditions<br />

for pressure-relief valves in vapor and gas services.<br />

• A quantitative leakage measurement may be made by trapping<br />

the leakage and<br />

• conducting it through a tube submerged in water. Figure 40<br />

shows the standard equipment used to determine leakage rates<br />

in <strong>API</strong> 527.<br />

• Leaks can also be detected with ultrasonic sound detection<br />

equipment.<br />

<strong>API</strong><strong>576</strong> Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang/ He Jungang / Li Xueliang

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