so it can be used for domestic distributation
2007-10-01 16:15:10 · 4 answers · asked by Dallas B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
no. thats the basic answer. sometime im sure in the futrue we may come close, but static electricity is just that, static meaning it is not moving, therefore not only is it a tremendous amount of energy at once, but it is also inable to move when you want it to...
plus the amount and the frequency of the bolt, more than 99 percent of it would be lost in heat transfer to the stupid battery. 1% of a bolt is still a lot of energy, but then the problem is catching it.
so as you can see it is currently much more practical to use the mechanical force of tides or of ocean currents than a storm to make energy.
2007-10-01 16:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not DC but a pair of opposing DC pulses.
A lightning bolt is typically a stream of energy flying from the clouds down to the ground with a given polarity. That ionizes the air and makes a conductive path. It is then followed in milliseconds by a much larger lightning stroke leaping from the earth up to the clouds. That reversal of polarity would not help your idea of catching a single polarity power surge in a storage medium (and that is ignoring the practical aspects of capturing high voltage and high current pulses).
2007-10-01 16:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt we currently have the technology or battery storage capacity to store the power of a lightning bolt. It would probably fry anything we have. I remember reading that lightning bolts have an incredible amount of energy.
2007-10-01 16:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can't go technical but if it was possible then the empire state building should hav been running on this type by now.
2007-10-01 17:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by rex 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋