TerraStreamer® – Early Streamer Emission Terminal (ESE)
Extensive research and development have allowed Alltec Corporation to create a lightweight and low wind loading ESE system to provide a safe and efficient manner of controlling dangerous lightning energy before it damages structures or its important contents, including human occupants. By utilizing advanced technology, TerraStreamer® ESEs provide lightning protection to facilities that would otherwise be difficult or cost-prohibitive to protect by conventional means.
TerraStreamer® – Features & Benefits
- Patented Technology
- NF C 17 – 102 and UNE 21 186 tested and certified
- Lightweight and low wind loading
- Reliable performance in all weather conditions
- Suitable for corrosive environments
- Available in five models for numerous applications
- Economical and easy to install
- No internal electronics or power supply
THE ESE PRINCIPLE
- Thunderstorm begins creating downward step leaders
- Ambient electric field intensity in the area of the ESE terminal increases
- Terminal is triggered to release the stored ground charge
- Upward streamer is formed microseconds earlier than other objects in the immediate area
- The TerraStreamer® ESE terminal becomes the target of the developing lightning strike
Advantages
- Externally mounted, proactive, structural lightning protection devices
- Designed to activate in the moments directly preceding an imminent, direct strike
- Tested to certify gain in triggering time (ΔT) as per NF C 17-102 and UNE 21 186
- Designed to ensure that the system provides a secure zone of protection