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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Jean-Pierre Dupraz, Lyons, FR;
Edmond Thuries, Meyzieu, FR;
GEC Alsthom T&D SA, Paris, FR;
Abstract
In the method, pairs of pressure and temperature values are recorded using a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor fixed to a case from the outside and communicating with a dielectric gas, thereby enabling a density value to be calculated for the dielectric gas corresponding to each recorded pair of values. Simultaneously with making the pressure and temperature records, an electric current flowing through an electrical apparatus located inside the case and a climate parameter relating to the medium in which the case is located are also recorded for the purpose of giving each density value an index, thereby enabling a leakage rate to be determined with improved accuracy on the basis of indexed leakage rates, each of which is obtained from density values all having the same index.