This continuous movement generates a well-known physical phenomenon: static electricity. This is the same kind of energy we feel when we take off a woollen garment in winter or touch a metal surface after walking on a carpet.
Although in everyday life these discharges are hardly annoying, in the context of a vehicle carrying thousands of litres of fuel they can become a huge risk. The main associated problems are:
Accumulation of electrical charges: Charges are concentrated on the metal surface of the tank as the vehicle moves forward.
Sudden discharges and sparks: if these charges do not find an
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