India’s population could solve its energy crisis. Here’s how...
‘Eureka!’ An exclamation that was made immortal by Archimedes when he discovered the methodology to calculate the volume of irregular objects, and in his eagerness to share his discovery, he’d run across city streets screaming ‘Eureka’! Since then, many researches and inventions have been made, and a research underway in France, might allow scientists to experience a ‘Eureka’ moment yet again. The idea of this research – of utilising heat energy from the body – was triggered from the railway station at Paris and Sweden. The Paris Metro hauls close to 4.5 million people on a daily basis, which sparked the idea that the huge amount of body heat generated by the commuters could be captured and re-used for other purposes. The devices for this breakthrough scientific experiment are proposed to be installed in rue Beaubourg, which is close to the Rambuteau station (in Paris) and The Stockholm Central Station (in Sweden), where the building would trap the heat energy of all travellers. The proposal for this experiment is still to be released and approved, but scientists are optimistic of the feasibility of the idea. Mr. Narasimhan, Director of Energy Alternatives (India) said, “This proposal is at a very nascent stage, so it’s not possible to comment on this, but the theory of using body heat as a renewable source of energy for other purposes can definitely be brought into practical use.” So, this is how it will work – the heat generated from people, which on an average is speculated to be about 100 watts of energy, would be trapped by the station building. The system would work on the principle of geothermal technology where this heat energy would be transferred to pipes with running water installed in the station building. This heat will warm the water, which will be pumped into a new building and thereby, generate heat in the building. With several kinds of efforts being made to combat global warming, this technology will support the purpose of generating renewable heat energy without damaging the environment. So, within a couple of years, the homes of people of France and Sweden might have heating facility attained from trapping and utilising body heat!
‘Eureka!’ An exclamation that was made immortal by Archimedes when he discovered the methodology to calculate the volume of irregular objects, and in his eagerness to share his discovery, he’d run across city streets screaming ‘Eureka’! Since then, many researches and inventions have been made, and a research underway in France, might allow scientists to experience a ‘Eureka’ moment yet again. The idea of this research – of utilising heat energy from the body – was triggered from the railway station at Paris and Sweden. The Paris Metro hauls close to 4.5 million people on a daily basis, which sparked the idea that the huge amount of body heat generated by the commuters could be captured and re-used for other purposes. The devices for this breakthrough scientific experiment are proposed to be installed in rue Beaubourg, which is close to the Rambuteau station (in Paris) and The Stockholm Central Station (in Sweden), where the building would trap the heat energy of all travellers. The proposal for this experiment is still to be released and approved, but scientists are optimistic of the feasibility of the idea. Mr. Narasimhan, Director of Energy Alternatives (India) said, “This proposal is at a very nascent stage, so it’s not possible to comment on this, but the theory of using body heat as a renewable source of energy for other purposes can definitely be brought into practical use.” So, this is how it will work – the heat generated from people, which on an average is speculated to be about 100 watts of energy, would be trapped by the station building. The system would work on the principle of geothermal technology where this heat energy would be transferred to pipes with running water installed in the station building. This heat will warm the water, which will be pumped into a new building and thereby, generate heat in the building. With several kinds of efforts being made to combat global warming, this technology will support the purpose of generating renewable heat energy without damaging the environment. So, within a couple of years, the homes of people of France and Sweden might have heating facility attained from trapping and utilising body heat!
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