CONVERSION OF LEAK FLOW-RATES FOR VARIOUS FLUIDS AND DIFFERENT PRESSURE CONDITIONS

摘要

This report contains in a concise form the development or rules for conversion of gas and liquid leakages. In many cases for reasons or convenience, leaktightness of components is tested by means of a gaseous medium, although they actually operate with a liquid medium. As leak mechanisms of a liquid and a gas are often principally different, conversion requires the application of appropriate correlations. Based on theoretical considerations, such correlations are derived and presented in this paper.