Lightning protection method and device using a mixture of active and passive plasmas

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A lightning protection method uses a mixture of active and passive plasmas. When the strength of an electrical field is detected by a lightning warning signal unit to reach an alarm limit, the unit sends a signal to start an active , plasma generation unit and an air flow source unit. The air flow source unit feeds air or other suitable gases to the active plasma generation unit and via a plasma piping in each lightning rod blows out the high-density plasma generated by the active plasma generation unit at the tip(s) of lightning rod unit. Under the action of the electric field of the lightning cloud the , single or , multi-tip lightning rod unit passively forms a corona discharge …