Static electrification in supertankers

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, , Citation B. Makin 1975 Physics in Technology 6 109 DOI 10.1088/0305-4624/6/3/I04

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1 Dept. of Electrical Engng. & Electronics, Univ. of Dundee, Dundee, UK

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Abstract

Static electricity can lead to a devastating explosion in today's mammoth supertankers. The author examines the causes of static in supertankers, charge generation in flowing liquids and looks at methods of static prevention

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