Who knew that sewers could provide one with anything apart from foul odor? The Paris streets have 1,491 miles of a widespread chain of sewers running below. They were surprisingly renowned, as a place for alluring tourists and for one to be inspired for novels, films and many more sources of entertainment besides the duties it normally implements. Imagine now these sewers are going to be used for an even greater purpose. Apparently these sewers would be feasible in the near future to 10 percent of Paris’s residents as they will be provided with renewable geothermal energy. But this would only be possible if the trial venture is successful.
Amazingly now there is a development as the sewage treatment plants are making progress from being just waste dumps to consummate resource recovery centers. Evidently one can also mine gold in such a place. It is a known fact that the sewage recycling dwells of renewable biogas and a natural soil enhancer but the sewers can accumulate hydrokinetic or geothermal energy.
How It Works:
The standard temperature in these sewers goes up to about 68 degrees, whereas with other geothermal energy systems, you can provide a fluid which conveys heat in pipes running through these warm sewages and then catheterize the energy from the heated fluid. It being a concealed system, will not affect any one with the stench. The project is being implemented at a school at present, to see if it is up to the mark. A surprise that awaits all is that the great Elysee Palace is next in line to acquire the renewable geothermal energy from the sewage maybe after that a town hall and a public swimming pool too. The procedure of Paris acquiring this renewable heat does not depend on combustion. It is also known to work efficiently in areas which are densely built, or where the usage of heat is high, but the building should be within 550 yards of a sewer in order for it to get access to such heat.
Imagine Paris might just end up being in warmer hands, If this trial venture runs as smoothly as hoped for.
