Generator Testing and Gas Leak Inspections
For Outages, Emergencies, and More
Electrical Generator Hydrogen System Inspections can be conducted with the unit on- or off-line. There are four main reasons you may wish to conduct an electrical generator hydrogen gas leak inspection. These reasons include:
- Generator Safety: to ensure excessive pockets of hydrogen are not allowed to build up around the unit.
- Routine Generator Leak Inspection: to understand where failures have occurred and to maintain an efficiently operating generator.
- Preparation for an Outage: to ensure components in need of repair are addressed and scheduled accordingly and after the outage to ensure all repairs were made successfully.
- Emergency Generator Inspections: in the event of a catastrophic failure where hydrogen loss exceeded the machine’s recommended amount.
Safe Practice
In addition to the normal utility safety precautions taken, one big change that has been made is that during a Generator Gas Leak Inspection our inspectors do not use any metal during the sniffing process.
Hydrogen Purity
If the generator inspection is conducted with the unit on-line helium is injected into the electrical generator’s hydrogen system. The main question from Generator System Owners is, ‘will the helium degrade my hydrogen purity’. The answer is no. During our generator inspections the purity has always been monitored closely with never a deviation in purity.
Generator Inspection Accuracy
Generator inspections can be as accurate to 1×10-9 cc/sec depending on the surrounding conditions.
Stator Cooling Water Generator Inspections
Stator cooling water generator leaks have been identified as well using helium to identify area of failure on and off-line.
Generator Inspection Availability
American Efficiency Services is available for any routine, safety, outage, or emergency generator inspections that you need for your Electrical Generator Hydrogen System. All personnel are highly trained in all aspects of generator inspection safety and have continued safety credential renewals. Trust us to conduct safe, efficient, and timely inspections for all of your needs.
