Self-service Metro

Self-service Metro
Self-service Metro
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The authors of the project, The Facility engineers, made calculations, focusing on the Victoria metro station, one of the busiest in London. On average, 34,000 passengers pass through it per hour, which should provide 6,500 light bulbs with electricity.

The system is based on the principle of operation of mini-generators built into soldiers' boots and successfully tested by the US Army.

To obtain energy, the so-called "heel strike" is used against the floor surface. Special contact pads are located under the top layer of the pavement, which, when pressed, will drive fluid through mini-turbines and thereby generate electricity. The received energy will be stored in special batteries and then used to feed the lamps.

Any space with a constant flow of a large number of pedestrians is suitable for the implementation of such a technology: metro and railway stations and shopping centers.

It is also possible to install such systems under railway tracks and on bridges to get energy from the movement of trains and cars.

This technology has already been tested positively to power a water level sensor on a railroad bridge over a river, as well as under steps leading to the top of the 170-meter Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.

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