DocumentCode :
1626891
Title :
Lightning protection systems for charged oil metal vessels
Author :
Buccella, Concettina ; Orlandi, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, L´´Aquila Univ., Italy
Volume :
4
fYear :
2001
Firstpage :
2723
Abstract :
This paper presents a method for the simulation of lightning protection systems for charged oil containers. The presented procedure allows to compute the reduction of the electric voltage and field at the inner of the container due to the adopted protections. Three kinds of lightning protection systems are considered in which the distances between the down conductors and between the interconnecting rings and the container are varied. A circuit model is proposed to simulate the lightning protection systems and the vessel. The circuit simulator SPICE is used for the solution of the entire equivalent electrical network and in particular to obtain the electric voltage values at the boundary of the vessel. These values are used as boundary conditions for the equation system valid at the inner of the charged oil metal vessel. The reductions of the electric voltage and field values in the vessel are analyzed in order to detect possible hazards and to identify the better lightning protection system.
Keywords :
SPICE; electric charge; electric fields; electric potential; insulating oils; lightning protection; safety; static electrification; SPICE circuit simulator; boundary conditions; charged oil metal vessels; computer simulation; down conductors; electric field reduction; electric voltage reduction; equation system; interconnecting rings; lightning protection systems; static electrification; Boundary conditions; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Conductors; Containers; Integrated circuit interconnections; Lightning protection; Petroleum; SPICE; Voltage;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
ISSN :
0197-2618
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7114-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2001.956003
Filename :
956003
Link To Document :
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