For decades, experts have debated the viability of active lightning protection. It is quite clear that to improve the protective effect of the lightning arrester, it is necessary either to increase the electrical strength of the air along the path of the lightning to the object, or to reduce it on the way to the arrester. Both are physically feasible in theory. The only questions are the cost of such an operation and the efficacy of such technical solutions employed. The new article by Professor E.M. Bazelian provides a thorough explanation of the issue of active lightning rods.
E. M. Bazelyan, Dr. Sc. (Eng.), Professor;
Krzhizhanovsky Energy Institute, Moscow;
recognized Russian Expert in Grounding and Lightning Protection
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