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Lightning as Atmospheric Electricity

Authors: Karthick Srinivasan; Jason Gu;

Lightning as Atmospheric Electricity

Abstract

Lightning is one of the most beautiful displays in nature yet it's the most deadly natural phenomenon known to man. Benjamin Franklin was the first to prove Electricity in lightning in 1752, yet, we still remain in awe of lightning which flashes in its mystery. Early studies done to find that lightning is electricity paved the way for this article, to investigate the power behind the lightning, its source and the possibilities of harnessing lightning power. It has been estimated that lightning strikes somewhere on the surface of the earth about 100 times every second. Despite its frequency of occurrence lightning electricity could not be transformed into a useful quality. In this paper first, the electrification of convective clouds are described in order to lay a foundation for discussion; secondly, the analysis so described enable theoretical models of the growth of lightning power plant to be projected. It is evident that lightning has enormous energy which is nothing but electricity, but the challenge with lightning is to suggest a storage device to slowly transform and distribute the lightning power storing the massive power block such that it can be extracted later. This paper describes about lightning phenomenon and different ideas were by we will be able to harness the power of lightning. Understanding lightning helps us to learn about electricity. After all, lightning is a form of electricity.

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