The use of surge protection devices in the petroleum/petrochemical industry

Author

Mueller, Tom ; Graff, David

Author_Institution

Tycor Int. Corp., Calgary, Alta., Canada

Volume

34

Issue

6

fYear

1998

Firstpage

1351

Lastpage

1358

Abstract

Without clean power, petroleum and petrochemical equipment is subject to possible upset or catastrophic failure. To cost-effectively eliminate power disturbances due to lightning, fast ringing transients and electrical noise, the use of surge protection devices at building entrance feeders, key branch panels, critical loads and communication lines is recommended. Their use improves the operating reliability of electronic equipment

Keywords

building wiring; industrial power systems; lightning protection; petroleum industry; power distribution faults; power distribution protection; power supply quality; power system transients; surge protection; switchgear; applications; building entrance feeders; communication lines; critical loads; electrical noise; fast ringing transients; key branch panels; lightning; operating reliability; petrochemical industry; petroleum industry; power disturbances elimination; surge protection devices; Chemical industry; Electrical equipment industry; Electronic equipment; Petrochemicals; Petroleum industry; Power system protection; Process control; Productivity; Surge protection; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.739021

Filename

739021