City blood: A visionary infrastructure solution for household energy provision through water distribution networks

Ferhat Karaca, Fatih Camci and Paul Graham Raven

Energy, 2013, vol. 61, issue C, 98-107

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Water and energy distribution; Integrated utility infrastructures; Hydrogen carrier; Emerging technologies; Futures infrastructures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.04.033

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