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Maglev Trains
Maglev Trains
electrified.
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Application Information
Safety
The trains are virtually impossible to derail because the train is
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accelerating..
Economic Efficency
The initial investment is similar to
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other railroads.
A train is composed of sections that
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Speed
The train can travel at about 300 mph. (Acela can only go 150
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mph)
For trips of distances up to 500 miles its total travel time is
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every seat on a 300 km trip with 3 stops, the gasoline used per
100 miles varies with the speed. At 200 km/h it is 1 liter, at 300
km/h it is 1.5 liters and at 400 km/h it is 2 liters. This is 1/3 the
energy used by cars and 1/5 the energy used by jets per mile.
•The tracks have less impact on the environment because the
elevated models (50ft in the air) allows all animals to pass, low
models ( 5-10 ft) allow small animals to pass, they use less land
than conventional trains, and they can follow the landscape better
than regular trains since it can climb 10% gradients (while other
trains can only climb 4 gradients) and can handle tighter turns.
Noise Pollution
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•The train makes little noise because it does not touch the track and
it has no motor. Therefore, all noise comes from moving air. This
sound is equivalent to the noise produced by city traffic.
Magnetic Field:
The magnetic field created is low, therefore there are no
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adverse effects.
Transrapid Projects
China is building a 20 mile
system between Shanghai
Pudong and Pudong
International Airport. It will
open in January of 2004,
and it will reach speeds of
over 250 mph. If the project
is successful, then China
will build a system from
Beijing to Shanghai, a
journey of over 800 miles.
•The United States Congress is planning to spend $1
billion for a test project that either connects Pittsburgh’s
suburbs with its airport or Baltimore to the Washington
International Airport.
guide walls of the guide way. This creates a magnetic field that
attracts and repels the superconducting magnets on the train and
propels the train forward.
•Braking is accomplished by sending an alternating current in the
reverse direction so that it is slowed by attractive and repulsive
forces.
Levitation
•The passing of the superconducting magnets by figure eight