Leakage Monitor

The Leakage Monitor is a sophisticated system designed specifically for detecting leaks in water cooling circuits within steel plants. This system addresses critical challenges faced by safety, maintenance, and process engineers. In the steel industry, ensuring operational safety and maintaining continuous, reliable operations are paramount. The Leakage Monitor enhances safety by rapidly detecting dangerous leakages, automating system diagnosis, and reducing the risks associated with unrecognized leakages and non-compliance with safety standards. It achieves this through the use of model-based algorithms, cyclic self-monitoring, and accurate mass flow comparison, all of which adhere to the highest safety standards.

The Leakage Monitor meets the essential demands of steel producers by preventing hazardous incidents. Water contact with liquid steel can cause explosive vaporization, posing significant safety risks. Reliable leakage detection in cooling circuits is crucial, yet often challenging. The Leakage Monitor ensures operational safety and compliance with international safety standards. Rapid detection of dangerous leakages in cooling circuits ensures a high level of safety. The system enhances detection accuracy through model-based algorithms, enabling the identification of even the most minor leaks, thereby improving reliability. This ensures the continuous and reliable operation of cooling systems.

The Leakage Monitor features highly accurate, safety-certified components (SIL 2/Pld) and utilizes model-based calculations of mass flow and compensation for precise leakage detection. It incorporates cyclic self-monitoring and plausibility checks to ensure system reliability and integrity. The system compares the mass flow at the inlet and outlet, taking into account the properties of the cooling medium, including temperature and pressure. This fully integrated leakage monitoring solution is particularly applicable to electric arc furnace (EAF) roofs, ladle furnace (LF) roofs, LD converter (BOF) oxygen lances, sublances, and movable skirts. It provides rapid detection of dangerous leakages in cooling circuits and permanent, automatic diagnosis of measurement equipment, with system self-tests conducted through leakage simulation, ensuring the highest level of safety.

Benefits of the Leakage Monitor

• Rapid detection of dangerous leakages enhances operational safety
• Cyclic automated system diagnosis reduces the risk of unrecognized leakages
• Compliance with international safety standards is ensured
• Model-based algorithms improve detection accuracy and reliability
• Accurate mass flow comparison prevents catastrophic failures
• Fully integrated solution applicable to various steel plant components
• Highest safety standards maintained with SIL 2/ Pld certified components