Safety influence of lightning-induced secondary spark discharge on oil tanks area

Author

Huang, Ping ; Qian, Xinming ; Sun, Wenlei

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Explosion Sci. & Technol., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 June 2011

Firstpage

521

Lastpage

526

Abstract

In order to research the safety influence of lightning-induced secondary spark to oil/gas in oil tanks area, the models of lightning, oil tank and steel bar on the roof are set up in HFSS according to the reality of Huangdao fire accident, and the distribution of induction fields in the steel bar is calculated. Then, the field intensity to distance curve is drawn, and the formulas of its fitting curve and envelope curve are achieved, which provided advices and theoretical basis to the division of safety distance and the protection of lightning induced electromagnetic interference.

Keywords

bars; curve fitting; electromagnetic interference; fires; lightning protection; safety; sparks; steel; tanks (containers); HFSS; Huangdao fire accident; curve fitting; lightning induced electromagnetic interference protection; lightning-induced secondary spark discharge; oil tanks area; steel bar; Accidents; Fires; Fuel storage; Lightning; Steel; Lightning induction field; oil tanks area; safety distance; secondary spark;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS), 2011 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guiyang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-667-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRMS.2011.5979322

Filename

5979322