Once the ferret head is inflated with water the pressure is higher than in the water pipe so no water can pass.
Water leak detection methods for pipelines.
The ferret leak locator device uses hydraulics to trace a leak within millimetres.
The head of the ferret is made of a robust balloon which blocks the flow of water in the pipe behind it no water can leak past the ferret balloon.
1 leakage assessment methods which are focusing on quantifying the amount of water lost.
The most effective method of detecting pipeline leaks is installing sensing equipment such as fiber optics along the entire length of pipe to be monitored.
Most of the leakage management related methods developed so far can be broadly classified as follows.
Echologics has a long history of developing award winning acoustic technologies for leak detection on buried water pipelines.
Using signal from transmitters this involves inserting the signal transmission apparatus into one end of the underground pipe and on the other end.
The ferret uses a simple hydraulic process to locate leaks.
This is powered by the water pressure in the leaking pipe so the costs of this leak detection is low.