Alternating current cannot store energy

How to store alternating current in a battery?

To store Alternating current, the battery terminal should change which means during positive half cycle the battery’s positive terminal should connect with the AC source and during negative half cycle, the battery’s negative terminal should be connected with AC source. But in practical this condition highly impossible.

Does one store electrical current?

One does not store electrical current. One stores electric charge. A current only exists when there is a moving electric charge. Or course, there are devices which allow you to convert an AC current into a DC current. Energy could then be stored. Subsequently, the energy could be used and converted back to AC.

How a current can be stored?

One stores electric charge. A current only exists when there is a moving electric charge. Or course, there are devices which allow you to convert an AC current into a DC current. Energy could then be stored. Subsequently, the energy could be used and converted back to AC. AC can also be stored is a dynamic way using capacitors and inductors.

Can a battery store AC current?

This is termed a Galvanic cell. To create a AC current, the chemical reaction in each side of the cell would periodically have to go into reverse, this does not and cannot happen hence you can only store DC in a battery. A battery is conceptually very similar to a water pump.

Why can't we store AC in batteries instead of DC?

Why Can’t We Store AC in Batteries instead of DC? Why AC Can’t be Stored in Batteries like DC? We cannot store AC in batteries because AC changes their polarity up to 50 (When frequency = 50 Hz) or 60 (When frequency = 60 Hz) times in a second.

Why is electrical energy distributed as alternating current?

Electrical energy is distributed as alternating current because AC voltage may be increased or decreased with a transformer. This allows the power to be transmitted through power lines efficiently at high voltage, which reduces the energy lost as heat due to resistance of the wire, and transformed to a lower, safer voltage for use.