Hyperloop the future of transportation and travelling
What is Hyperloop?
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It is a new form of ground transport service that is
currently under development by number of companies. In this type of transport
we could see passengers travelling over 700 miles an hour in a floating which
races along inside giant low pressure tubes either above or below the ground.
What makes Hyperloop so unique than the others?There
are big differences between Hyperloop and traditional rail. i.e.- the pods
carrying passengers travel through tubes or tunnels from which most of the air
has been removed to reduce friction. This will allow the pods to travel at 750
miles per hour. Another big difference is that
it will not use any
wheels like trains and cars. It will be designed to float on air skis by using
the basic idea of magnetic
levitation to reduce friction which
makes it more faster than normal trains.
Benefits of Hyperloop
-> It will reduce the air pollution.
-> It will be cheaper than traditional railways to
build.
-> It will be used to take the pressure off
gridlocked roads which will make travel between cities a lot more easier than
ever with potentially unlocking major economic benefits as a result.
How Hyperloop tube work?
The basic idea of Hyperloop as envisioned by
Musk is that the passenger pods or capsules travel through a tube, either above
or below ground. To reduce friction, most -- but not all -- of the air is
removed from the tubes by pumps.
Overcoming air resistance is one of the biggest uses of energy in high speed travel. Airliners climb to high altitudes to travel through less dense air; in order to create a similar effect at ground level, Hyperloop encloses the capsules in a reduced-pressure tube,
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effectively allowing the trains to travel at
airplane speeds while still on the ground.In
Musk's model, the pressure of the air inside the Hyperloop tube is about
one-sixth the pressure of the atmosphere on Mars This means an operating
pressure of 100 pascals, which reduces the drag force of the air by 1,000 times
relative to sea level conditions, and would be equivalent to flying above
150,000 feet.
How do Hyperloop capsules work?
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The Hyperloop capsules in Musk's model float
above the tube's surface on a set of 28 air-bearing skis, similar to the way
that the puck floats just above the table on an air hockey game. One major
difference is that it is the pod, not the track, that generates the air cushion
in order to keep the tube as simple and cheap as possible. Other versions of
Hyperloop use magnetic levitation rather than air skis to keep the passenger
pods above the tracks.The pod would get its initial velocity from an external
linear electric motor, which would accelerate it to 'high subsonic velocity'
and then give it a boost every 70 miles or so; in between, the pod would coast
along in near vacuum. Each capsule could carry 28 passengers (other versions
may carry up to 40) plus some luggage; another version of the pods could carry
cargo and vehicles. Pods would depart every two minutes.
How Hyperloop would be powered?
The pods will get there velocity from an
external linear electric motor. Under Musk's model, the Hyperloop would be
powered by solar panels placed on the top of the tube which would allow the
system to generate more energy than it needs to run.
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Hyperloop VS Highspeed trains
Hyperloop is better than high speed trains.
It is lower cost and more energy efficient because, among other things, the
track doesn't need to provide power to the pods continuously and, because the
pods can leave every 30 seconds, it's more like an on-demand service. It's also
potentially two or three times faster than even high-speed rail and ten times
faster than regular trains.
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Cost to build Hyperloop
For Los Angeles
to San Francisco that Musk predicted he
came up with a price tag of under $6bn. Musk envisioned an LA to San Francisco
journey time of half an hour with pod departures every 30 seconds, each
carrying 28 passengers.Spreading the capital cost over 20 years and adding in
operational costs, Musk came up with the figure of $20 plus operating costs for
a one-way ticket on the passenger Hyperloop.Most of the cost of the system lies
in building the tube network: the overall cost of the tube, pillars, vacuum pumps,
and stations was calculated at just over $4bn for the passenger version of
Hyperloop ($7bn for a slightly larger version that could also take cargo). The
cost of the capsules was put at around $1.35m a piece; with 40 needed for the
service, the cost of these is around $54m (or $70m for a mix of passenger and
cargo capsules). That's less than 9% of the cost of the proposed passenger-only
high-speed rail system.
How it feels
while travelling in a Hyperloop?
Critics of Hyperloop have warned
that travelling in the tube might be an uncomfortable experience, due to
nausea-inducing acceleration, plus lateral G-force on bends in the route.
However, Virgin Hyperloop One says that a journey via Hyperloop will feel about
the same as riding in an elevator or a passenger plane.Travelling in a concrete pipe in a windowless pod means
there isn't going to be much to look at; Musk's original vision said that
"beautiful landscape will be displayed in the cabin" and each passenger
will have access their own personal entertainment system.
Who is building
Hyperloop services?
Despite doing much to lay the groundwork for Hyperloop services,
Musk initially said he was too busy to develop his own service. There are now a
number of companies working to turn the idea into reality, including startups
and others that have been working on the idea for some time already. Among them
are Virgin Hyperloop One , HTT, TransPod, Arrivo, and others. Each is
developing a slightly different set of technologies, but the fundamental
underlying idea remains the same.
Virgin Hyperloop One
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It is one of the leading contenders
attempting to create a commercially viable Hyperloop system. It was founded in
June 2014 and has over 300 staff. It has raised $295m with the aim of building
an operational system by 2021. The company currently has projects underway in
Missouri, Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, the Midwest, India, Saudi Arabia,
and the UAE.The company has already
announced plans for the Indian state of Maharashtra to build a Hyperloop
between Pune to Mumbai beginning with an operational demonstration track. The
project will start with a six-month feasibility study looking at the route,
environmental impact, the economic and commercial aspects of the route, the
regulatory framework, and cost and funding model recommendations.
Assuming all goes well, an operational
demonstration track will be built between two points on the route two to three
years from the signing of the agreement and serve as a platform for testing.
The company said the construction of the full Pune-Mumbai route -- a 25-minute
journey -- would take place in five to seven years. It added the high-capacity
passenger and cargo Hyperloop route could eventually see 150 million passenger trips annually.The
company is also working on a feasibility study into a Hyperloop route linking
Kansas City, Columbia, and St Louis running along the I-70 in Missouri, and is
looking at high-level cost estimate and funding model recommendations.The
company has a 500 meter-long DevLoop, which has a diameter of 3.3m and is
located 30 minutes from Las Vegas in the Nevada desert. In December, the
company said it had completed its third phase of testing, achieving test speeds
of 387 kilometers per hour.It has identified 11 potential routes in the United
States from the short -- a
Boston-Somerset-Providence route of just 64 miles -- to the epic -- the
Cheyenne-Houston route which would run 1,152 miles across four states,
potentially reducing to 1 hour and 45 minutes a journey that currently takes 17
hours by car or truck. The company has also identified 9 routes across
Europe potentially connecting over 75
million people in 44 cities, and spanning 5,000 kilometers.
In June 2019, the Indian project
took a step forward with the government of Maharashtra giving Hyperloop a green
light and preparing to start the public procurement process. This project will
be a partnership between the DP World-Virgin Hyperloop One consortia and the
state government, with DP World expected to invest $500m to complete the first
phase of the project which will certify the new technology for passenger
operations.In July, Virgin Hyperloop One announced a development partnership
with Saudi Arabia's Economic City Authority (ECA) to conduct a study to build a
35-kilometer test and certification Hyperloop track -- the longest so far -- as
well as a research and development center and Hyperloop manufacturing facility
north of Jeddah. In the future, traveling from Riyadh to Jeddah would take 76
minutes (instead of over 10 hours) using Hyperloop technologies.
Hyperloop Transportation
Technologies
It is also a leading company in building Hyperloop. It was founded in 2013 which is also known as HTT(Hyperloop Transportation Technologies). It has a team of 800 engineers and headquartered in
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Los Angeles. It wants to build a
transport system built on a passive magnetic levitation system and says its
30-meter capsules will be able to carry 28 to 40 passengers and travel at a
maximum speed of 1,223 kilometers per hour, moving 164,000 passengers a day on
one line at full efficiency. The company points to reinsurance company Munich
Re deeming its system to be "feasible and insurable" as a reflection
of its progress so far.In September 2019, HyperloopTT said it had signed a
memorandum of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board
to build a Hyperloop between the city centers of Vijaywada and Amaravati,
potentially turning a trip of more than one hour into a six-minute ride. The
project will use a public-private partnership, with funding primarily coming
from private investors and starting with a six-month feasibility study.The
company is also working on development of a route from Bratsilava , Slovakia to
Brno , Czech Republic.The company has a 320-meter test track system in
Toulouse, France. "With tubes assembled and pumps installed, HyperloopTT
is now beginning the process of integrating their full-scale passenger capsule for human
trials in 2020," the company said in June 2019.
Transpod
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TransPod is another contender, and released a study that predicted that a TransPod Hyperloop system would cost 30 percent less than high-speed rail lines in Europe -- and be more efficient for passengers and freight, at more than three times the speed. It also said a Hyperloop will cost 50% less and travel four times faster than high-speed rail between Toronto and Windsor in Canada. In November 2016, TransPod announced the closing of a first $15m round of funding from Angelo Investments.
In the end due to this pandemic every construction work is being slowed down or stopped but once the vaccine is created for the pandemic then the construction will resume and we will see at least in 2 to 3 years Hyperloop will be running in the streets. And it will be easier for every one to travel very long distances in just seconds.
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