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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Xavier Roumeau, Beaumont, TX (US);
Benoit Albinet, Nanterre Cedex, FR;
Christophe Pelet, Angerville L'orcher, FR;
Alain Houlier, Sainte Adresse, FR;
Lionel Casajus-gil, Beuzeville, FR;
Guilhem Frachisse, Anglesqueville l'Esneval, FR;
Xavier Roumeau, Beaumont, TX (US);
Benoit Albinet, Nanterre Cedex, FR;
Christophe Pelet, Angerville L'orcher, FR;
Alain Houlier, Sainte Adresse, FR;
Lionel Casajus-Gil, Beuzeville, FR;
Guilhem Frachisse, Anglesqueville l'Esneval, FR;
TOTAL RAFFINAGE FRANCE, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
A method of tracking the rate of corrosion of a metal conduit traversed by a corrosive fluid, in which is provided a device arranged so as to form, when said device is installed on a wall of the metal conduit, a chamber able to receive gaseous hydrogen issuing by permeation across said wall of said conduit, the method comprising: (i) a step of treatment to eliminate a metallic species from the chamber, (ii) a step of measuring a quantity of hydrogen received in the chamber, with a view to estimating the rate of corrosion of the metal conduit.