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Transport module for faster travel
Believe it or not! In the not so distant future, commuters can be transported from a point of origin to destination, for instance, Hyderabad to Warangal, within 20 minutes. It may seem surrealistic, or imagination going hyper, but such a transport system is all poised to become a reality.
Hyderabad: Believe it or not! In the not so distant future, commuters can be transported from a point of origin to destination, for instance, Hyderabad to Warangal, within 20 minutes. It may seem surrealistic, or imagination going hyper, but such a transport system is all poised to become a reality.
A technological marvel – appropriately named as Hyperloop - is in the pipeline, which, once it materializes, would revolutionalise the transport system and facilitate commuters to reach their destinations almost 10 times as fast as the existing modes of terrestrial transport.
The transport module of the capsule that carries the passengers is channeled through low pressure tubes at high speeds. According to Bibop Gresta, Chairman and COO of Hyperloop Technologies Inc, low pressure environment enables the levitated capsule to achieve aphenomenal speed with little energy.
The capsule or the transport module can accommodate anywhere between 28 to 50 passengers. An analysis of the dynamics and capability of this novel transport system in the making reveals astounding factors. Taking the proposed interval between the departure of each capsule as 40 seconds into calculation, the system can transport around 3400 people per hour, 1,64,000 per day and 24,million a year.
And, this is the case with only one tube. This figure would increase with increase in number of tubes. The system is operated by using a combination of renewable energy to create more energy than it consumes. This also works out less investment on construction and maintenance, which also means cheaper mode of travel.
The positive spin-offs from faster connectivity and decreased travel time would also cascade into positive impact on the overall economy. Another major advantage envisioned, is the decrease in carbon emission as a result of more people preferring to take the capsule instead of driving to their destination in their cars.
As Gresta very lucidly points out “Our planet becomes more a unit by taking out all the traffic from the roads and giving us back the most important thing that bonds us together – time. The Hyperloop, according to him, because of its speed is ideal for connecting hundred to several hundred kilometers.
The system can also be a substitute or complement a metro in urban locations. The use of passive levitation system exclusively licensed from Lawrence Livermore Labs enable the movement of the capsules to move at only onetenth of the energy consumed by other high speed trains.
So, hopefully, in the near future with the hyperloop transport systems in place, weaving and maneuvering through traffic snarls at snail speed accompanied by the inevitable venting of spleen and frustration may become a scenario of the past.
