How does storage tank lightning protection work?

Nowadays, storage tank lightning protection involves a three-step process: Structural tank lightning protection employs the basic conventional system with modified air terminals which are designed to reduce the incidence of direct strikes to the protected structure. In other words, SRATS reduces the likelihood of direct lightning strikes.

Does Lightning protect fuel storage tanks?

It is easy to see how Lightning Master Corporation can offer you the best lightning protection for fuel storage tanks. We believe in providing you with a comprehensive plan to reduce the chances of your fuel storage tanks from being struck by lightning.

Why do storage tanks need a lightning'solid' connection?

STORAGE TANKS FROM LIGHTNING FOR SAFETY AND RELIABILITYProviding adequate and effective lightning ‘solid’ connection to ground. This usually con-protection for storage tanks constitutes sists of a conductor attached to a grounding a beneficial and cost-effective step in tab at the base of the tank shell running to a assuring both per

Do I need an external lightning protection system?

Therefore the need for optimized and reliable electrical protection against the influence of lightning and surge events becomes mandatory. A risk assessment per IEC 62305-2 should first be performed to understand better if an external lightning protection system (LPS) is required.

What is lightning protection?

A Faraday Cage follows standard lightning-protection principles, ensuring that whether the lightning strikes the cage or the cables running to the equipment, the current is canceled or minimized in the equipment and discharged into the ground. This is applicable to the protection of scientific instruments, computers, radio transmitters and receivers, and power-switching equipment.

What are the components of a lightning tank?

system: the lightning rods, conductor system and grounding system. On a tank, the tank itself is of sufficient thickness to be substi-tuted for the lightning rods, the shell is of adequate cross section to be substituted as the conductor system, and the s te ground is more than adequate for lightning protectionpurposes. Therefore, the tank is