Documented Cases – The Acoustic Leak Locator

Documented Cases

The Acoustic Leak Locator (ALL™) has been in service since 1991, with the original installation at Alabama Power Company’s Gaston Station. Since then, over 90 different locations in 10 countries have installed the ALL™ system, with over 2,000 sensors in service.

Tube Leaks

Baltimore Gas & Electric and   Dayton Power & Light

• Average 12 hours of downtime saved for each leak
• Stuck soot blower discovered prior to major damage
• Repair crews in and out in 8 hours

Cinergy and  American Electric Power

• Complete outage avoided because ALL™ determined that there were no leaks while malfunctioning makeup water sensors indicated leaks

Mississippi Power

• Faulty soot blower shutoff valve detected during initial system setup

Alabama Power

• Main steam line leak detected before penthouse was damaged

Steam Line Monitoring

Cleveland Electric

• Internal valve leak discovered 3 months prior to any audible/visible warning
• Valve repaired during scheduled outage – saved on replacement power
• Only seals damaged

Feedwater Heaters

CISE (Italy)

• Experience has shown that monitored FW heaters have only 1 or 2 leaking tubes
• Better heat rate when returned to service
• Limits eventual retubing

Find out more by reading technical papers and case studies on leak detection