Is it possible to creat electricity from air?

[plakhapate]

In the monsoon we see static electricity developed on the clouds due to friction of clouds.

Can we develop electricity from air?

P.J.LAKHAPATE
plakhapate@gmail.com

 

[billvon]

Can we develop electricity from air?

Of course. Take air (specifically nitrogen) heat it until it becomes a plasma, separate the electrons and you have an electric potential that you can use to generate an electric current.

 

[kwhilborn]

Or separate the air with heated air and cooled air to allow for friction. Rub the two together really fast.

 

[Robittybob1]

In the monsoon we see static electricity developed on the clouds due to friction of clouds.

Can we develop electricity from air?

P.J.LAKHAPATE
plakhapate@gmail.com

You are meaning something like harvesting the electrical energy behind electrical storms.

 

[Aqueous Id]

Pump dry air through strips of (not sure what kind of) material at sufficient velocity and you will strip electrons in the process and collect them.

Of course you will waste a lot of energy doing this, so it's useless for harvesting it as an energy source.

In some cases you could let the wind blow dry air through such a device, but you're surely wasting the power you could develop by using the wind to drive a windmill.

 

[cosmictraveler]

Can we develop electricity from air?

Isn't that called lightning? :shrug:

 

[Robittybob1]

You are meaning something like harvesting the electrical energy behind electrical storms.

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Lightning_Power

Sky power sounds fun.