Dario D.
Does anyone here know if you can harvest enough energy from pressure-plates to be worth anything?
I'm trying to think if there could be some *meaningful* way to collect energy from the weight of people walking on a surface, or cars driving over a road, by using pressure-sensitive plates that move very slightly. (or some other form of generator that responds to pressure)
What I heard was that you can collect energy from "gravitational potential energy", but the object has to be able to move... (in other words, you can collect energy from a boulder that you set on a scale, but only as long as it moves downward)
Any ideas?
I'm trying to figure out if any of these would ever make sense in the future:
- Pressure-plates on the sides of tall buildings, that are compressed by the wind
- Sensors under carpets that produce energy when stepped on
- Pressure-plates under floors/roads that respond to "gravitational potential energy"
I *THINK* the only question is whether or not these things could produce enough energy to be meaningful, but I don't yet know exactly how energy-harvesting works.
I'm trying to think if there could be some *meaningful* way to collect energy from the weight of people walking on a surface, or cars driving over a road, by using pressure-sensitive plates that move very slightly. (or some other form of generator that responds to pressure)
What I heard was that you can collect energy from "gravitational potential energy", but the object has to be able to move... (in other words, you can collect energy from a boulder that you set on a scale, but only as long as it moves downward)
Any ideas?
I'm trying to figure out if any of these would ever make sense in the future:
- Pressure-plates on the sides of tall buildings, that are compressed by the wind
- Sensors under carpets that produce energy when stepped on
- Pressure-plates under floors/roads that respond to "gravitational potential energy"
I *THINK* the only question is whether or not these things could produce enough energy to be meaningful, but I don't yet know exactly how energy-harvesting works.
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