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Lightning Strike Avoidance System for Total Fuel Tank Lightning Protection

Working with hazardous materials should not be taken lightly. A tank fire caused by lightning is estimated to have cost Magellan Midstream Partners around $12m when a storage tank containing approximately 28,000 bbl of unleaded gasoline was struck near Kansas City in June 2008. The good news is that now your plant can be protected with fuel tank lightning protection systems by LECu2019s RGA 750. Contact us for more details: https://www.lightningprotection.com/keeping-the-lids-on-storage-tank-lightning-protection/<br>

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Lightning Strike Avoidance System for Total Fuel Tank Lightning Protection

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  1. Lightning Strike Avoidance System for Total Fuel Tank Lightning Protection

  2. Working with hazardous materials should not be taken lightly. That is why there are an overwhelming amount of regulations for plants when it comes handling toxic materials in a safe way. But oddly enough, there are no regulations to protect these materials from lightning – the one natural event that can cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage, hours of downtime, and also endanger the environment and people around it. A tank fire caused by lightning is estimated to have cost Magellan Midstream Partners around $12m when a storage tank containing approximately 28,000 bbl of unleaded gasoline was struck near Kansas City in June 2008. The good news is that now your plant can be protected with fuel tank lightning protection systems by LEC’s RGA 750. https://www.lightningprotection.com/

  3. Retractable Grounding Assembly (RGA) • The RGA is basically a self-retracting conductor. The RGA retracts and extends based on the roof level thereby maintaining the shortest electrical connection possible and by so prevents the issues and limitations associated with the use of long cables. It is made of multiple weaved strands of low resistance tinned copper wire and is typically installed on the tank shell and connected to the edge of the roof. RGA is more effective due to the shortest possible electrical connection it provides. RGA alone is not considered a complete fuel tank lightning protection against direct strike. https://www.lightningprotection.com/

  4. Reason and solution The safest possible environment for an FRT, even with RGAs, would be one where lightning does not terminate directly on the tank. This can be accomplished by the installation of a Dissipation Array System (DAS) on the FRT. A DAS is a lightning strike avoidance system will prevent the termination of lightning strikes on itself or on the protected structure. The DAS produces a combination of effects on the protected structure, which include: 1. The reduction of the electric field on the protected structure. 2. The reduction of charge accumulation on the protected structure. 3. The retardation of upward streamers being launched from the protected structure. https://www.lightningprotection.com/

  5. Contact us…. • Address: 6687 Arapahoe Rd. Boulder, CO 80303, USA • Phone: 303-447-2828 • Email: info@lecglobal.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lightningeliminators/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightningprotec • Website: https://www.lightningprotection.com/

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