Patent ID: 11906479
Assignee: FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method of operating a pressure testing assembly to perform a hydrostatic pressure test on a test subject, the pressure testing assembly comprising:
a manifold comprising:
a pneumatic pressure testing path comprising a plurality of piping components configured to join, in gaseous fluid communication,
a regulator having a high-pressure gauge, a low-pressure gauge, and a source gas inlet,
a ball valve,
system test gauge,
a vent valve,
a system test port, and
a system relief valve;

a hydrostatic pressure testing path comprising a subset of the plurality of piping components configured to join, in liquid fluid communication,
a spare port,
the system test gauge,
the vent valve,
the system test port,
the system relief valve, and
the ball valve; and

a case configured to mechanically carry the manifold;

the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, using a cartridge valve coupling, the system relief valve pressure rate between 50 and 500 psig;
closing the ball valve;
connecting in liquid fluid communication the system test port to the test subject;
receiving, using the spare port, an input liquid;
measuring, using the system test gauge, a cumulative pressure of the input fluid until
upon leak detection at the cumulative pressure, reducing the cumulative pressure by a percentage of the cumulative pressure, and
upon the cumulative pressure equaling a test pressure, holding the test pressure for a time step.