OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 17, issue 02-03, article # 3
pdf Sherstov I. V., Kapitanov V. A., Ageev B. G., Karapuzikov A. I., Ponomarev Yu. N. Laser optoacoustic leak detector. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2004. V. 17. No. 02-03. P. 102-105.Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
An optoacoustic (OA) leak detector based on a commercially available CO2 laser is proposed to be used for testing leak-proofness of vacuum vessels. The leak detector with a differential Helmholtz resonator was applied to detection of SF6 admixtures introduced into weak gas flows. The dependence on the flow rate of a gas sample in the detector was analyzed. The minimum detectable flow rate was estimated to be ~ 1 10-9 Pa m3/s, which is comparable with the sensitivity of commercial He leak detectors.