Technology to Prevent Lightning Striking Your Storage Tank

Colorado based Lightning Eliminators and Consultants (LEC) have been stressing to the public that the danger of your storage tank being struck by lightning is a real threat and the consequences can be catastrophic if precautions are not taken.

Normally conventional lightning protection companies install lightning rods on the tank, or a cable or conductor is suspended over the tank between two poles, LEC actually use a system of warding off lightning. According to Joe Lazoni, the vice president of LEC has said that those techniques are not effective for preventing the effects that cause the ignition of vapours. Conventional techniques are made to collect lightning strikes and bring energy to the ground, instead of warding off and preventing a strike such as the Dissipation Array System (DAS) that LEC provide. It is a lightning strike avoidance system that dissipates the charge that accumulates on the structure prior to a strike.

Lanzoni said that they encourage the public to take preventative measures towards lightning strikes as the consequences can be costly from fire damage and the damage to a tank stating “These tanks, once ignited can be extremely difficult to extinguish and they cause lots of smoke, fire and threatens entire communities”. LEC offer to design, engineer a protection system, manufacture and then install it for individual customers.

For more information visit Lightning Protection.com.