Earth Rite RTR
Earth Rite RTR
Earth Rite RTR
Earth-Rite® RTR™
Static Grounding for Tank Trucks
IECEx SIL 2
ATEX
® ™
Precision and reliability is what the Earth-Rite RTR
provides to HAZLOC safety professionals and engineers
who are tasked with protecting personnel and plant assets
from the ignition hazards of static electricity during tank
truck loading and unloading operations.
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Technical Specification
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m
5.5" (140mm)
7m
"(
XP (Class I, II, III - Div 1 Installations)
0.3
Ø
Newson
Gale
Monitoring unit
5.5" (140mm)
Power supply 110/120 V or 220/240 V AC, 50-60 Hz
12 V or 24 V DC
3" (75mm)
Terminals 2 x AWG #14 conductor capacity
1.8" (45mm)
Grounding Clamp
Clamp Design 2 pole with tungsten carbide teeth
Body Stainless Steel 2.7" (68mm)
3.15" (80mm)
Approval FM Approved
Simple Apparatus GRP clamp
stowage box with grounding
clamp stowage pin
Spiral Cable
Cable Blue Cen-Stat Hytrel sheath (Static
dissipative, chemical & abrasion resistant)
Additional Certication
IECEx SIL 2
ATEX
Technical Specification
GRP (Class I, II, III - Div 2 Installations)
6.2" (160mm)
Power Supply & Monitoring Unit
1.8" (45mm)
3" (75mm)
Output Relay Contact Rating 2 off dry contacts,
250 V AC, 5 A, 500 VA max resistive
30 V DC, 2 A, 60 W max resistive
Grounding Clamp
Stainless Steel
Clamp Design 2 pole with tungsten carbide teeth Handles (304)
2 x Tungsten
Carbide Teeth
Body Stainless steel
Spiral Cable
Cable Blue Cen-Stat Hytrel sheath (Static dissipative,
chemical & abrasion resistant)
Conductors 2 x AWG #18 copper
Additional Certication
IECEx SIL 2
ATEX
System options
Newson Gale supplies a range of product options that enhance the control and
general safety of transfer processes and aid engineers with system installations
and routine system service checks. Contact Newson Gale or your local Newson
Gale representative for more information on the range of options available.
The strobe light is mounted in an elevated position and when the equipment
is correctly grounded, flashes continuously informing personnel that a
transfer process is underway and is protected from the static hazard. The
strobe light can be used in conjunction with the Earth-Rite RTR and
Earth-Rite PLUS.
RTR Tester
Sun Shield
Designed for operating environments subject to intense sunlight, the ERII Sun
Shield prevents direct sunlight hitting the indicators on the Earth-Rite RTR
and Earth-Rite PLUS static grounding systems.
The Sun Shield casts a shadow over the indicators during peak sun light
hours so that operators can easily view the ground status indicators. The
shield is constructed from stainless steel and can be fitted to any installation
Sun Shield
in a matter of minutes.
Product Code: ER2/SH
As the product (liquid or powder) moves through the transfer system and interacts with pumps, valves,
filters meshes and pipe walls, the product will be building up the amount of electrostatic charge it carries. In
electrical terms this is commonly described as static charge accumulation. When the charged product is
transferred into the tank truck, the tank truck will become electrified and be subjected to a rising voltage.
When a typical tank truck is being filled A truck with capacitance as little as 1000 To counteract this risk, it is important to
with a liquid at recommended flow rates, pico-farads, that has been electrified to ensure that the tank truck does not have
but has no static grounding protection in 30,000 volts, has approximately 450 milli- the capacity to accumulate static
place, it could have its voltage raised to joules of potential spark energy waiting to electricity. The most practical and
between 10,000 volts and 30,000 volts be discharged in the form of a spark. comprehensive way of achieving this is to
within 10 to 50 seconds. This voltage Given that most hydrocarbon vapors and make sure that the tank truck is at “ground
range is very capable of discharging a high gases have MIEs of less than 1 milli-joule potential”, especially before the transfer
energy electrostatic spark towards objects and most combustible dusts have MIEs of process starts. When we describe “ground
at a lower voltage potential, especially less than 200 milli-joules, it’s easy to see potential” we mean that the tank truck is
anything at ground potential. Examples of why tank trucks that do not have static connected to the general mass of the
objects at ground potential could be grounding protection in place can be a Earth, which is commonly referred to, in
operators working in the vicinity of the major ignition source in a hazardous electrical terms, as “True Earth”.
truck, or the filling pipe situated in the location.
hatch on top of the tank truck.
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® ™
Earth-Rite® RTR™ Static Grounding for Tank Trucks
The Earth-Rite RTR then verifies if it …the Earth-Rite RTR will then If the resistance is not more than 10
has a low resistance connection to True establish and continuously monitor the ohms the Earth-Rite RTR will indicate
Earth via the structure to which it is connection resistance between the tank that the tank truck is connected to
connected, e.g. the loading rack. truck and the verified earth ground is ground and indicate this via its ground
10 ohms or less. status indicators, a cluster of green
As any static charges generated by LEDs that pulse continuously.
tank truck loading (unloading) process 10 ohms is the benchmark requirement
will travel to ground via the Earth-Rite repeated in several international Codes
RTR, it is important to ensure the of Practice, the most prominent of
Earth-Rite RTR itself has a low which is the National Fire Protection
resistance connection to True earth. Associations’s NFPA 77
When both of these conditions are “Recommended Practice on Static
positive, i.e.: Electricity” and the IEC’s 60079-32-1
“Explosive Atmspheres: Electrostatic
1. The Earth-Rite RTR knows it is Hazards - Guidance”.
connected to a tank truck.
Objective: ensure
electrostatic charges have
a path to earth via a
General mass of Earth verified ground connection
for the duration of the
product transfer operation.
2 Earth-Rite RTR ensures the resistance of the loading rack structure to ground
is low enough to safely pass static charges off the tank truck to earth. In this
example the RTR verifies that loading rack structure will function as a True earth
grounding point. The shaded area represents the “concentric shells” of
resistance between the mass of the Earth and the desired grounding point (e.g.
loading rack structure).
4. How the Earth-Rite RTR ensures static electricity cannot build-up on the tank truck.
VESI/33U Explosion Proof Strobe Light (colour options amber, clear, blue,
green and red) - Please enquire for more details
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