LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Lightning Protection Technology Comparison
Lightning Protection Technology Comparison
CMCE
Franklin
E.S.E.
D.A.S.
DEVICE
TECHNOLOGY
Compensation
Lightning Attractor
Early Streamer Emitter
Dissipation Array System
Resists Lightning
Stops Lightning
Power-Free Operation
LEMP/EMP Protection
NATO Approved
NFPA 780 Certified
100% Critical Infrastructure Protection
100% Personnel Protection
100% Open Field Protection
100% Marine Vessel Protection
100% Success Rate
Coverage Radius
Statue of Liberty National Monument top view coverage radius diagram.
CMCE120
393 ft. radius
CMCE55
188ft. radius
CMCE25
82 ft. radius
Artists depection of CMCE120 three dimensional 393 ft coverage radius.
Operating Principles
The technological innovation of the CMCE Multiple Electric Field Compensator, creates and maintains a balanced electric environment within its protective three-dimensional radius.
As an electrostatic current PASSIVE CAPTURING SYSTEM, the CMCE:
- Absorbs charges that appear in the surrounding electromagnetic field,
- Arranges charges internally based on their natural form,
- Creates a controlled flow of leakage current in harmless milliamperes – between 50a and 350mA in fair weather and 700a to 1,800mA in storm phase – through the ground wire to the earth take.
When the electric field changes, provoked by variations in the surrounding environment, the CMCE reacts by absorbing and draining excess charges into the ground. This process eliminates upward streamers and prevents the development of lightning within the devices coverage radius.
The real costs of a strike
Realistic numbers show that damage in the U.S. exceeds $7 billion per year.
PETROCHEMICAL DOWNSTREAM COSTS
Plant losses in Texas
Plant losses in Oklahoma
Plant losses in Virginia
Source: Willis Energy Market Review, 12/13
STORAGE & PROCESSING ACTIVITIES
Incidents caused by lighting.
Incidents involving petroleum storage tanks
Source: Journal of Hazardous Materials
U.S. businesses damaged by lightning.
Source: Carnegie Mellon Report