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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Diana E. Hun, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Brenda A. Smith, Knoxville, TN (US);
Linda A. Lewis, Andersonville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a Fluorescent Air Leakage Detection (FALD) system and method for locating a defect in an enclosure that uses a nontoxic fluorescent solution as a marker. The solution is aerosolized with an atomizing device and guided to defects by a gas pressure modifying device. Defects are visually located by surveying the enclosure with an ultraviolet or visible light source and identifying a location where accumulated solution fluoresces.