How the CPLR™ System Works
Lightning Protection Process - Brightex CPLR™ System
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Storm Development
Collisions of water droplets and ice particles within a storm cloud strip electrons and create positive and negative charges. Polarization of the charges within a cloud leads to static buildup. This phenomenon produces millions of volts of electrical potential between a cloud and the ground surface.
Static Buildup
An excess of positive charges typically accumulate at the top of a storm cloud and negative charges accumulate at the bottom. As the static charge in a storm cloud increases, the electric field in the surrounding air grows stronger and more conductive. This situation can lead to charge transfer in the form of a lightning bolt from a cloud to the ground.
Step Leaders
A lightning bolt begins with the development of a step leader. The excess negative electrons in a cloud travel through the conducting air towards the ground. This situation defines a step leader.
Storm Detection – Fore Alarm
As the storm approaches the protected site, the Fore Alarm actively detects and monitors the status from 12 miles away. When the storm is approximately 1.8 miles from the site, the Fore Alarm activates the Brightex CPLR™ unit initiating the generation of high density plasma.
Streamers
Electrons (negative charges) in the bottom of a cloud and in step leaders repel electrons residing on the ground surface thus increasing positive charges on the surface of the Earth. Positive ground surface charges migrate upward through buildings, trees, and people into the atmosphere. The upward rising positive charge, known as a streamer, approaches a step leader.
Plasma Generation – Brightex CPLR™
Streamers continually radiate a strong positive charge during a storm and the Brightex CPLR™ system generates high density plasma containing positive and negative gas ions. As the plasma cloud dissipates into the atmosphere, it neutralizes a portion of the charges from the surrounding step leaders and streamers thus reducing the electrical potential and probability for a conducting pathway.
Monitoring
The Brightex CPLR™ system monitors storms in real time and tracks local lightning strikes and distances near the protection site. The system connects to the Internet and allows secure monitoring of storm activity and operational status.
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