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    Dead Weight Tester used in Hydrotest

    Thanks so much guys. Youve been a life saver. Truly appreciate your inputs and patience with me.
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    Dead Weight Tester used in Hydrotest

    I learned that theres a specific DWT just for the pipe pressure test. But Im trying to figure out how I could use my typical hyraulic (oil DWT for pressure gauge calibration) DWT for this application. Instead of the pressure difference due to specific gravity, will it be a greater concern for...
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    Dead Weight Tester used in Hydrotest

    I only got the idea from California State Lands Commission A Procedure for the Hydrostatic Pressure Testing of Marine Facility Piping (as per attached, page 11). So initially my pipe is already filled with water using an external pump and I will just raise the pressure using a DWT. It seems I...
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    Dead Weight Tester used in Hydrotest

    We need to do a pretest on a pipe at 350psi for 4hrs. Will report the air content at 0.2% of volume by using a dead weight tester to pressurize the system to target pressure. 1) So in the UUT port of my DWT i will attach a pressure transducer (for the pipe pressure reading) and connected in...

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