PT.

PLN (PERSERO)

CNG PLANT FOR PEAKING GENERATION

(80 MW) SEI GELAM – JAMBI PROJECT

CONTRACT NO : 035.PJ/041/DIR/2012
DOCUMENT NO:
TITLE :

LIGHTNING PROTECTION
CALCULATION

PURPOSE :

FOR APPROVAL

Rev. Description Prepared Checked Approved Date

0 ISSUED FOR APPROVAAL YD YD/TIS MY 02 May 2012

INTERNAL DOCUMENT NO :

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REVISION HISTORICAL SHEET

Rev No Date Description

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DISTRIBUTION ORDER

Internal CONTRACTOR (by DDO): External CONTRACTOR (by Transmittal):

DDO Attachment
Project Director OWNER
Project Manager JakartaOffice
Engineering Manager Site Office
Procurement Manager
Construction Manager
Chief Construction Control
Mechanical GSI
Electrical GSI
Chief QA & QC
Chief Safety
Civil Lead Eng.
Electrical Lead Eng.
Instrument Lead Eng.
Mechanical Lead Eng.
Piping Lead Eng.
Process Lead Eng.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.  GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 

 
2.  DESIGN REQUIREMENT................................................................................................................................ 4 
 
3.  METHOD OF CALCULATION ....................................................................................................................... 6 
 
4.  SUMMARY OF CALCULATION RESULTS................................................................................................. 7 

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1: Summary and Calculation Sheet

Attachment 2: Zone of Protection

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1. GENERAL

1.1. Purpose
The purpose of this document is to study the Lightning Protection System in the CNG Plant
Project at Sei Gelam Jambi, Indonesia.

1.2. Scope
This document covers the building in the CNG Plant Project as follows :
 Control Building
 Administration Building
 Work Shop and Ware House
 Guard House
 Cylinder Storage Shelter
 CNG Compressor Shelter
 Water Treatment Plant Shelter

1.3. Codes and Standards

 IEC 62305-3 (2006-01) : Protection of Structures Against Lightning
 NFPA 780 : Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection
Systems

2. DESIGN REQUIREMENT

2.1. General
A lightning protection system is a complete system of air terminal, down conductor, ground
terminals, interconnecting conductor, surge suppression devices and other connector of
fittings required to complete the system. The lightning protection System shall be designed
and installed in accordance with IEC 62305-3 and NFPA-780.

2.2. Air Terminal

All air terminals shall be minimum 60 cm long and connected to ground grid through down
copper conductor, having minimum size in accordance with the requirement of NFPA 780.
Air terminal shall be located at the top of the building or structure.
Air terminal system shall be in accordance with IEC 62305-3 and NFPA-780.
 The material of the air terminal shall be non-corroding in normal atmosphere
 The air terminal system shall be non radioactive.
 The air terminal shall not be dependent upon batteries or external power supplies for
any part of its operation.
 It shall have no moving parts.

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The efficiency of lightning protection system shall be protection level II in accordance with
IEC 62305-3. The radius of the rolling sphere to define the zone of protection level II is 30
M

Table 1. Positioning air termination according to the protection level (IEC 62305-3)

h(m) 20 30 45 60 Mesh
Protection Width
Level (m)
R(m) ∂0 ∂0 ∂0 ∂0

I 20 25 * * * 5
II 30 35 25 * * 10
III 45 45 35 25 * 15
IV 60 55 45 35 25 20

* Not Applicable.
Note :
H : Is the height of air termination above the reference plane of the area to be protected
R : Is the radius of the rolling spare
∂0 : Is the protection angle

2.3. Down Conductor

At least two independent down conductors for each lightning rod shall be provided on each
structure. Additional down conductor shall be provided, if the perimeter of the structure
exceed 75 meters, so that an additional down conductor is provided for each 30 meters of
perimeter or fraction there of.

All down conductors shall be of copper wires with a cross sectional area in accordance with
the prescribed standard. The conductors shall be supported and protected.

2.4. Permanent Lightning Protection

The down conductor for each concrete structure shall be connected at the top and to the
embedded copper bars at the bottom of the structure.

All equipment and accessories and all metal objects at the top of a structure shall be
connected or bonded to the lightning protection system.

The connection of air terminal to the grounding system shall be separate to avoid induce
over voltage in case of lightning strike. The air terminal is connected through down
conductor to its own grounding

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3. METHOD OF CALCULATION

3.1. Air Terminal on Roof

In the case of two parallel horizontal air terminal placed above the horizontal reference
plane in figure 1, the penetration distance p of the rolling sphere below the level of
conductors in the space between the conductors shall be calculated by the following
formula.

p  R R 2
 (d / 2) 2 
d max  2 x R 2  ( R  ht ) 2

p : Penetration distance of the rolling sphere

d : Distance separating two parallel air terminal
dmax : Distance separating two parallel air terminal in the case p = ht
ht : Physical height of the air terminal above the reference plane
R : Radius of the rolling sphere (refer to table 1)

The protected space generated by the air terminal is the volume not penetrated by the
rolling sphere when it is in contact with the conductor and applied to the building. The
penetration distance p should be less then ht .

Figure 1. Space protected by two parallel air terminal.

Note :

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1 : Space protected by two parallel air terminal

2 : Reference plane.
3 : Whole protected area

3.2. Down Conductor Quantity

The average distance between down conductors refer to NFPA Standard for down
conductor with perimeter exceed 75 meters, so that an additional down conductor is
provided for each 30 meters of perimeter.

3.3. Electrode Rod

Minimum length of electrode according to protection level I, IEC 62305-3 is 5 m.
The grounding electrode expected to be used in this project is as shown below, as
Manufacture Standard.
 Length : approx. 6 m (couple 2 ea of 3 m),
 Materials : solid copper
 Diameter : approx. 17.8 mm

3.4. Zone of Protection

To determine the zone of protection, the geometry of the structure shall be considered. For
CNG Plant Project at Sei Gelam Jambi, Indonesia. the geometry of the structure is flat or
gently sloping roofs. The zone of protection of air terminal on roofs shall be place on ridges
or pitched roofs and around the perimeter of flat or gently sloping roofs at intervals not
exceeding 20 ft ( 6 m ) except that air terminal 24 in ( 600 mm) or higher may be placed at
interval not exceeding dmax (base on equation in section 3.1 above). Air terminals shall be
placed at or within 2 ft (0.6 m) of the ends of ridges or edges and corner of roofs.

p  20   20 2

 (13 / 2) 2  1.08

4. SUMMARY OF CALCULATION RESULTS

The summary of lightning protection calculation for buildings in the CNG Plant Project
shall be refer to attachment 1.

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ATTACHMENT 1
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