City blood: A visionary infrastructure solution for household energy provision through water distribution networks
City blood: A visionary infrastructure solution for household energy provision through water distribution networks
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DOI：
10.1016/j.energy.2013.04.033
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发表时间：
2013-11
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9
通讯作者：
F. Karaca;F. Camci;P. Raven
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作者：
F. Karaca;F. Camci;P. Raven
本文旨在通过提出一个激进的想法来扩展当前对能源和水公用事业供应未来的思考：它提出了一种家庭能源和水公用事业的联合输送系统，其灵感来自于与人体的类比。它设想了未来城市的多功能基础设施，以人类循环系统为模型。红细胞在生物能量分配中作为能量载体发挥着至关重要的作用;它们悬浮在血液中，分布在身体周围，为活细胞提供燃料。那么，为什么不使用一个类似的系统--城市循环系统，或“城市血液”--通过一个专用的管道系统同时输送能源和水呢？本文着重分析了科学，技术和经济的features和障碍，需要克服，以实现这一想法，我们提出了一个理由，要求改善家庭公用事业提供基础设施，并讨论了鼓舞人心的类比，实现的小插曲所需的技术组成部分也进行了讨论。我们确定了提案成功的最重要的先决条件：利用通过水管输送的固体或液体基质材料;讨论了它们的好处和风险。
This paper aims to expand current thinking about the future of energy and water utility provision by presenting a radical idea: it proposes a combined delivery system for household energy and water utilities, which is inspired by an analogy with the human body. It envisions a multi-functional infrastructure for cities of the future, modelled on the human circulatory system.Red blood cells play a crucial role as energy carriers in biological energy distribution; they are suspended in the blood, and distributed around the body to fuel the living cells. So why not use an analogous system – an urban circulatory system, or “city blood” – to deliver energy and water simultaneously via one dedicated pipeline system? This paper focuses on analysing the scientific, technological and economic feasibilities and hurdles which would need to be overcome in order to achieve this idea.We present a rationale for the requirement of an improved household utility delivery infrastructure, and discuss the inspirational analogy; the technological components required to realise the vignette are also discussed. We identify the most significant advance requirement for the proposal to succeed: the utilisation of solid or liquid substrate materials, delivered through water pipelines; their benefits and risks are discussed.