{"id":140614,"date":"2024-03-26T14:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/urban-vibro-trucks-and-geothermal-energy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T13:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:57:44","slug":"urban-vibro-trucks-and-geothermal-energy","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/urban-vibro-trucks-and-geothermal-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Vibro Trucks monitors and explores geothermal opportunities in urban areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Herrenknecht AG presents its Urban Vibro Trucks, a monitoring vehicle with specialized seismic devices that emit probes to assess the ground for geothermal opportunities in urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you harness geothermal energy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ground heat to generate electricity, using water that is heated at depth and then converted to steam to drive turbines. Although it is a clean source of energy, finding suitable locations for its implementation can be a challenge<\/strong>. Especially in urban environments, where geology and subway heat sources are less obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herrenknecht trucks<\/strong> present themselves as an innovative solution to this problem. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, these vehicles can deploy seismic devices beneath cities, providing detailed subsurface maps and thus facilitating the identification of areas conducive to geothermal energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do Urban Vibro Trucks work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The trucks have been developed in collaboration with the Geophysical Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/strong> and have ideal characteristics for operating in urban environments. Their robust design, with eight wheels and all-wheel drive, ensures excellent maneuverability in narrow streets<\/strong>. In addition, they are equipped with advanced safety systems, making them a safe and efficient option for geothermal exploration. geothermal exploration<\/a><\/strong> in urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real innovation of the vehicles lies in their ability to deploy a high-impact device, which sends seismic waves into the ground, providing accurate data on the composition of the subsurface<\/strong>. This information is essential to identify areas suitable for geothermal energy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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