Lightning Protection for Tanks
Earthing and Lightning Protection and static electricity is a smart investment for saltwater generation and disposal tank batteries. Effective lighting and static protection system for tanks can be achieved by grounding, using dissipators, differential air dissipation terminals (Streamer Delaying Air Terminals), installing regulators inside tanks and loading stations and removing rated surges.
The reservoirs for production, seawater separation, distillate, storage and the like, especially fiberglass tanks, have always been susceptible to the catastrophic damage caused by lightning and static discharges. The protection plan detailed below addresses both lightning, static build-up and releases to the flammable environment of the tanks.
All protection systems must be connected to the earth. Aerial terminals delaying banners can reduce the risk of lighting and banner set-up by dissipating increasing ground loads during electrical storms, delaying the formation of banners and reducing the formation of banners the risk of lightning. In the event of a lightning strike, these flight-retarding air terminals still act like traditional lightning rods, collecting the strike and sending its energy into the ground.
The equivalent potential link throughout the tank battery avoids any potential difference during a lightning strike that causes sparks that could ignite flammable gases. Installing an inductive neutralizer (Static Lasso®) inside fiberglass and coated steel tanks also help to collect and ground accumulated static loads to reduce the risk of inflaming vapors inside the tanks.
Static linkage and grounding systems at landfills create an equivalent potential link between the unloading pipe and the trolley. This reduces the risk of dangerous static discharge during loading or unloading in the presence of hydrocarbon vapors.
Industrial-grade surge removal protects critical electronic and communication equipment such as speed dimmers, programmable automatons, ESP and RTUs. A surge suppression system protects your equipment from nearby power surges and lightning strikes.
Earthing and Lightning Protection offers no guarantees, but by following best practices, the damage is minimized. In the event of a lightning strike for a critical central tank battery or an SWD, operators, unfortunately, realize that they could have protected the entire field at a lower cost than the cost of cleaning and rebuilding this unique critical site. Savvy operators now proactively have lightning and static protection at each new site, while the EFA is open during site construction.
The reservoirs for production, seawater separation, distillate, storage and the like, especially fiberglass tanks, have always been susceptible to the catastrophic damage caused by lightning and static discharges. The protection plan detailed below addresses both lightning, static build-up and releases to the flammable environment of the tanks.
All protection systems must be connected to the earth. Aerial terminals delaying banners can reduce the risk of lighting and banner set-up by dissipating increasing ground loads during electrical storms, delaying the formation of banners and reducing the formation of banners the risk of lightning. In the event of a lightning strike, these flight-retarding air terminals still act like traditional lightning rods, collecting the strike and sending its energy into the ground.
The equivalent potential link throughout the tank battery avoids any potential difference during a lightning strike that causes sparks that could ignite flammable gases. Installing an inductive neutralizer (Static Lasso®) inside fiberglass and coated steel tanks also help to collect and ground accumulated static loads to reduce the risk of inflaming vapors inside the tanks.
Static linkage and grounding systems at landfills create an equivalent potential link between the unloading pipe and the trolley. This reduces the risk of dangerous static discharge during loading or unloading in the presence of hydrocarbon vapors.
Industrial-grade surge removal protects critical electronic and communication equipment such as speed dimmers, programmable automatons, ESP and RTUs. A surge suppression system protects your equipment from nearby power surges and lightning strikes.
Earthing and Lightning Protection offers no guarantees, but by following best practices, the damage is minimized. In the event of a lightning strike for a critical central tank battery or an SWD, operators, unfortunately, realize that they could have protected the entire field at a lower cost than the cost of cleaning and rebuilding this unique critical site. Savvy operators now proactively have lightning and static protection at each new site, while the EFA is open during site construction.
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