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The Basics of Lightning Formation
Oil production and salt water disposal sites often report incidents of fire, equipment damage and control system failure due to lightning & static discharges. Petro Guardian’s experienced engineering team works collaboratively with your operations and engineering group to co-develop a standardized approach to protecting your facilities from lightning and static discharge ignitions caused by lightning strikes and static discharge and from lightning induced control system failures. Our plan incorporates recommendations from standards for lightning protection and static mitigation, including NFPA, IEEE, API, and IEC.
The Basics of Lightning Formation
- 1. 1 The Basics ofLightning Formation 985.882.2985 sales@petroguardian.com
- 2. 2 NORTH AMERICA LIGHTNINGDENSITY MAP 2
- 3. 3 SHADOW OF OPPOSITEGROUND CHARGES STORM CLOUD GROUND CHARGE LIGHTNING FORMATION
- 4. 44 CHARGE ACCUMULATION STORM CLOUD GROUNDCHARGE GROUND CHARGE RISES
- 5. 55 STEPPED LEADERS FROMCLOUDS STORM CLOUD GROUND CHARGE STEPPED LEADER STEP LEADER FORMS
- 6. 66 STREAMERS EMITTED FROMSTRUCTURES STORM CLOUD GROUND CHARGE UPWARD STREAMERS UPPER STREAMERS DEVELOP
- 7. 77 ATTACHMENT OF STEPLEADER & STREAMER STORM CLOUD GROUND CHARGE COMPETED STRIKE LIGHTNING STRIKE...
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- 9. 99 Nearby Lightning Strike STORMCLOUD GROUND CHARGECHARGE RUSHES ACROSS THE TANKS AS A RESULT OF A NEARBY STRIKE GROUND POTENTIAL RISE
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