Floating Roof Tank Earthing Strategies – Bypass conductors for lightning
Floating Roof Tank Fires are Common There are some 15 to 20 known Floating Roof Tank (FRT) fires per year. Floating Roof Tanks are especially vulnerable to the direct and indirect effects of lightning. Direct, or a nearby lightning strike can cause electrical current to flow across the tank shell and roof. When these lightning […]
Your Standard Earthing Design – Are They Valid Anymore?
A number of organisations across the UK recommend a standard earthing design when building smaller scale substations. The key driver behind these is one of cost. Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. For an HV connection using a templated approach to meet Earthing Standards compliance kind of makes sense – or does it? […]
Lightning Risk – Looking ahead at future trend
Lightning Risk. In a world increasingly driven by quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) techniques. It’s important to understand what the predicted impacts are as a result of our current trajectory (as humans). For Example the direction of travel that the population of planet earth seems to be following – in terms of climate change: Increasing Lightning […]
Earthing Calculations for Safe System Design
Earthing Calculations regarding your safety – you’re overdue an update! If 1-ohm is still in circulation on your documentation then this section applies to you. Even though the Earthing Calculations for determining a safe System Earth (Ground) has shifted away from an arbitrary resistance figure, usually <1 ohm. It’s still all too common to see […]
BIM Earthing Demystified… Cutting through the endless jargon
BIM earthing? If like me, you’re a little confused about what BIM REALLY means. This article is for you. It covers some of the misconceptions and demystifies a few uncertainties – without the Governmental jargon! Let’s start with the basics… BIM Earthing Demystified…
Electrical Earth Condition Monitoring Vital When You’re Responsible for Keeping Critical Assets Operational
Smart Maintenance using Electrical Earth Condition Monitoring Electrical Earth Condition Monitoring is vital… Picture the scene. You’re the person responsible for keeping a multitude of mission critical assets operational and available at all times. You can’t afford to have any piece of equipment not performing as it was intended. All decisions you make are usually […]