Tank truck loading - The Flame Detector Company | Sense-Ware

Tank truck loading

Tank truck loading occurs in multiple applications: refineries, fuel terminals, chemical plants. Until proper grounding was taken as a countermeasure, static discharge was one other most important reasons for fires and explosions.

Detector choice: recommended

Typical risks

Typical features for tanks truck loading are:

  • Spill fires are to be expected To be monitored are valves, pumps, spill pipes.
  • Open fires are to be expected.
  • Static electricity and lightning can act as an ignition source.

Typical requirements

  • The tank truck itself acts as an obstructing object for the detection
  • Often a combination of flame detection and a stationary extinguishing installation are mounted.

Detector choice

Recommended: IR3 or UV/IR Flame Detectors.