Foreign lightning energy storage

Can a lightning harvesting system store energy in a limited time?

This article focuses on the hypothetical concept of storing an adequate amount of energy from lightning flashes in a limited time. The harvesting system consists of a lightning rod, transmission wire, storage system and ground.

Can lightning energy be stored in a limited time?

Lightning energy is one of those natural resources with high energy potential. Every second, there are ~100 flashes of lightning that occur on Earth’s surface [ 2 ]. This article focuses on the hypothetical concept of storing an adequate amount of energy from lightning flashes in a limited time.

How does Lightning affect a power system?

Due to the large amount of energy discharges from a lightning strike, it is difficult to harvest energy via direct flashes, as it can damage the storage. The proposed system acquires only a fraction of energy cause by lightning in 11kV/33kV voltage power lines close to a service entrance of a power system.

Can a system collect and store electrical energy from a flash of lightning?

This study describes the hypothetical approach to system design to collect and store electrical energy present in a flash of lightning. The system’s operations include the attraction and handling of the electrical charge obtained from lightning flashes.

Why is lightning harvesting limited?

Due to the very short time period of lightning strokes, it is observed that the harvested energy is not integrating a large amount of electricity as compared with energy demand, which indicates that the lightning harvesting system is limited to those locations where the lightning flash rate is high.

How long does a lightning flash last?

A single lightning flash discharges about few 10^9 to 10^10 of joules and can last from tens to few hundreds of microseconds. Due to the large amount of energy discharges from a lightning strike, it is difficult to harvest energy via direct flashes, as it can damage the storage.