HUPHEN FABRICATORS PVT.LTD.

LEAK RATE CALCULATION

INPUTS IN BLUE COLOR ONLY

INSULATOR R
ID 130 mm 0.13 m 0.065 m
Height 820 mm 0.82 m

Volume in meter cube 0.010902782 m3

density(sf6) 6.16 kg/m3
Weight 0.067161134 kg
67.16113404 g

3
V2-volume in m to litre 10.9027815 litre

3
(volume in m x1000)

P1-atmospheric pressure 1 kg/cm2

P2-pressure at which gas is filled 6 kg/cm2

V1 65.416689 litre volume

weight Ingrams 402.9668042 gm

0.402966804 kg.
acceptable leakage in% 0.5 %
acceptable leakage in kg 0.002014834 kg.

kg into per hour 2.30004E-07

kg to litre/hr 3.73383E-05
litre to cc/hr 0.037338293 CC/hr allowed cc per hour as per calculation 0.5% per year

Volume of air of poly bag at leak joint 3 ltr

litreto cc 3000

Parts/hour 1.24461E-05

Parts per million/per hour 12.4460976 ppm

no.of joints 2

Allowed ppm per joint 6.223048801

Actual observed ppm per joint after 24hrs. 1 ppm

Conclusion :-Total measured leakage is 1ppm,which is less than allowed ppm,hence the
annual leak rate less than 0.5%