Lightning protection for offshore cold vents (natural gas)
Lightning protection for offshore cold vents (natural gas)
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what protection systems are available to prevent lightning strikes on offshore cold vents (natural gas)?
or do I have to use extinguishing systems or continuous inert gas purge (expensive if vent rate is not extremely small)????
or do I have to use extinguishing systems or continuous inert gas purge (expensive if vent rate is not extremely small)????





RE: Lightning protection for offshore cold vents (natural gas)
1. Reference
Fink D.G., Beaty H.W., "Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers," 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000, Section 27 Lightning and Overvoltage Protection
(for background on lightning and references)
2. Industry Standards.
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/lpdl
3. Safety code. If you have all steel structure floating on the water, then the lightning system is not required. However, if the structure contains, non-metallic (it means less conducting) layers as electrical isolator, then you need the lightning system.
4. Essentially, to avoid a direct lightning strike to your gas vent, an additional and separate taller structure with a lightning system would have to be built.
RE: Lightning protection for offshore cold vents (natural gas)