Study of lightning protection systems in oil plants due maintenance job: Risk analysis

Author

Coelho, Guilherme Hoffmann L ; Paulino, Jose O S ; Moreira, Ronaldo Kascher ; Moreira, Alexandre Kascher

Author_Institution

Grad. Program in Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

3-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Oil refinery industries regularly stop the production of a part of the plant for maintenance job. The workers involved on this job may be subjected to risks related to lightning strikes. This article deals with risk analysis in maintenance job. A study of references about lightning protection systems is made. The IEC 62305-2 toll for risk calculation is present and a tolerable risk is defined. Risk of loss of human life is calculated in several situations and the necessity of implementation of measures to reduce the risk is analyzed. The particularities of the maintenance job are studied and the principles of protection are presented.

Keywords

lightning protection; maintenance engineering; oil refining; petroleum industry; risk analysis; IEC 62305-2 toll; human life; lightning protection systems; maintenance job; oil plants; oil refinery industries; risk analysis; risk calculation; Buildings; Humans; IEC standards; Lightning protection; Maintenance engineering; Voltage measurement; lightning protection system — LPS; lightning strike; oil plant; risk management; tolerable risk;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (XI SIPDA), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Fortaleza

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1898-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIPDA.2011.6088442

Filename

6088442