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How the Large Hadron Collider Became the World’s Most Advanced Neighborhood Heater

By District Energy posted 7 hours ago

  

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Dead heating bills during energy crises hurt families, but CERN’s ingenious heat recovery system turns physics research into home comfort. The Large Hadron Collider, famous for smashing particles at near-light speed, now channels its waste heat directly into Ferney-Voltaire’s district heating network. Instead of venting thermal energy into the atmosphere like a giant industrial exhale, two 5-megawatt heat exchangers capture hot water from the LHC’s cooling systems and route it to warm several thousand homes.

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