International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 14 issue 2 1989 [doi 10.1016_0360-3199(89)90010-4] -- Apparatus for monitoring hydrogen gas leakage into the stator coil water cooling system of a.pdf
4766557 The gas is maintained within certain pressure
limits by the addition or venting of gas, and if an APPARATUS FOR MONITORING addition or venting has taken place from one cal- HYDROGEN GAS LEAKAGE INTO culation to a next, a projected value for the num- THE STATOR COIL WATER ber of moles is calculated after the change, had the change not occurred. The difference between COOLING SYSTEM OF A the actual and projected value is then added onto HYDROGEN COOLED ELECTRIC subsequent calculated values to obtain a history GENERATOR of gas leakage.
Michael Twerdochlib assigned to Westinghouse
Electric Corp 4770862 Apparatus which provides an indication of gas leakage from the interior of an electric generator REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN into a closed circuit water-cooling system for the SULFIDE FROM SUPERCRITICAL generator's stator coils. The closed circuit water- CARBON DIOXIDE cooling system includes a water tank for degasification with the closed volume above the Humbert H Chu, Warren V Bush assigned to water level being occupied by a gas of the same Shell Oil Company type as the generator interior. Sensors are pro- vided for obtaining indications of pressure, tem- H2S is removed from substantially supercritical perature and volume of the gas, and from these CO2 by contact with a sorbent solution com- indications the number of moles of gas in the prising (a) a tertiary ~mine; (b) particular phys- tank are calculated in periodic time increments. ical co-sorbent; and (c) 3-10% w water.
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