VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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TECHNICAL SEMINAR REPORT

ON

“Ultra-Fast Hyperloop Transportation System”

Submitted By

Student Name: SADANAND

USN: 1JS17ME437

Under the guidance of

Dr. Mruthunjaya M
Associate Professor,
Dept of Mechanical Engineering

JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
JSS Campus, Dr.Vishnuvardan Road, Srinivaspura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560060
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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. SADANAND (1JS17ME437) of B.E 8th semester has
successfully completed the technical seminar entitled “Ultra-Fast Hyperloop

Transportation System” for the partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of degree in

Mechanical Engineering as prescribed by the Visvesvaraya Technological University,
Belgaum, during the academic year 2019-2020

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G.M. Swamy Dr. Bhimasen Soragaon
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Dept of Mechanical Engg. Dept of Mechanical Engg.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The successful completion of any task could be incomplete without expression of

simple magnitude to the people who encouraged this work.

I consider this as a privilege to express my hearty gratitude to our esteemed HOD

Dr. Bhimasen Soragaon, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Principal Dr.
Mrityunjaya V Latte, JSSATE Bangalore for his valuable guidance and encouragement
so that I am able to complete my seminar successfully.

I also deeply thank the seminar coordinator Sri. G.M. SWAMY, for his help and
cooperation.

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Lastly, I thank entire staff and also all my friends for their help and cooperation.

SADANAND

(1JS17ME437)

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ABSTRACT
Hyperloop transportation technology is amongst the most promising sustainable and
climate-friendly transportation systems of the modern era. We live in a world of fast speed.
The main spines of the economy are Cities. Contrary to the need of the present era, present
transport technologies are slower and expensive both. An innovation such as The
Hyperloop presents itself as a solution to this. The concept of high-speed travel in tubes has
been around for decades and it was first reintroduce by Elon musk and a team of engineers
from Space Exploration Technologies Corporation in August 2013, it is a combination of
a Concorde, Rail gun and an Air hockey table. This idea seeks to change the traditional
transportation by being both fast and inexpensive for people and goods where conventional
modes of transportation tend to be either relatively slow, expensive or a combination of
both. Hyperloop is a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that propels a
pod (train) through a lowpressure tube at 750mph which is more efficient and
environmental friendly, the pod would accelerate to a cruising speed gradually using a
linear electric motor with solar power and glide above their track using passive magnetic
levitation. Passengers can enter or exit from Hyperloop at stations located either at the ends
of the tube, or through the branches along the tube length. Hyperloop minimizes the carbon
footprint globally and also inexpensive and extremely fast intercity travel would be widely
accessible. If both people and goods can move more quickly and comparatively cheaply,
an economic growth will be noticed as well.

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CONTENT

Page No.

1. Introduction 1

2. Historical Review 2-3

3. Problem Discription 4

4. Working Principle 5

5. Construction Features of Hyperloop 6-14

5.1 Capsule 6-17

5.2 Tube 8
5.3 Compressor 9
5.4 Air Bearing 10
5.5 Propulsion 11

5.6 Suspension 12

5.7 Vacuum Pump 13

5.8 Pylon

6. Advantages and Dis-Advantages of Hyperloop 14-15

6.1 Advantages
6.2 Dis-Advantages

7. Present Work 16

8. Future Scope 17

9. Conclusion 18

10. References

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1. INTRODUCTION

Human civilization and transportation system both are intensively involved like the back
of a coin. We are still looking for the methods of new transportation technology which
should be cheaper and faster in the 21st century. Many scientists and engineers have tried
to develop a new sustainable transportation system, but they failed to bring the system
commercially. But in 2013, An open-source paper was proposed by ELON MUSK who is
the founder, CEO, and lead designer of Spacex co-founder, CEO, and product architect of
Tesla, Inc. known as “An Alpha Vision”, which describe the fifth mode of transportation
system named Hyperloop after Rail, Water, Road, Air. Though this transportation system
is in the conceptual stage, this performance would be a lot of times superior to high-speed
rail and air transportation system and also reduce the travel time, transport costs, energy
consumption with better safety.

The concept of hyperloop includes travelling people from one place to another place in a
capsule which is propelling at a very high speed. We can also call hyperloop as a solar
powered transportation system and it is an alternative of high-speed train. Basically,
hyperloop is magnetically levitated train which runs inside a long tube or pipe.

It consists of low-pressure tube with capsule that is transported at both low and high speeds.
It is driven by linear induction motor and compressor. It includes passenger pods. For
propulsion, magnetic accelerators will be planted along the length of the tube, propelling
the pods forward. The tubes would house a low-pressure environment, surrounding the pod
with a cushion of air that permits the pod to move safely at such high speeds, like a puck 1
gliding over an air hockey table. Given the tight quarters in the tube, pressure buildup in
front of the pod could be a problem. The tube needs a system to keep air from building up
in this way. Musk’s design recommends an air compressor on the front of the pod that will
move air from the front to the tail, keeping it aloft and preventing pressure building up due
to air displacement. A one-way trip on the Hyperloop is projected to take about 35 minutes
(for comparison, traveling the same distance by car takes roughly six hours.) Passengers
may enter and exit Hyperloop at stations located either at the ends of the tube, or branches
along the tube length.

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2. HISTORICAL REVIEW

Hyperloop concept was invented and designed in 1812 by the British Mechanical Engineer
George Wenger and later on polished by various people like George Medhurst in 1827 and
Alfred Ely Beach in 1869.

Concepts for high-speed trains in vacuum or evacuated tubes can be traced back as far as
1909, when rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard proposed high-speed passenger-carrying
pods traveling through evacuated tubes.

Bachelet introduced the core idea behind magnetically levitating trains as early as 1910.
Over the years these ideas have been further renamed, for instance by the Rand Corporation
in 1972 with their “Very HighSpeed Transport System”.

The concept of Hyperloop is now developed and redesigned by the billionaire Elon Musk
in 2012. Hyperloop is in some countries a registered trademark of the Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for the highspeed transportation of passengers and
goods in partially evacuated tubes. Earlier, in all types of transportation mode, we have
encountered many accidents, cost issues, comfort issues, affordability, conservation issues
and environmental issues. Hyperloop confront all the above point issues to provide better
way to future with help of modern science and engineering solutions.

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Elon Musk, (July 2012) pitched an idea for a fifth mode of transport which would operate
on combined principles of a Concorde, an air hockey table and a rail gun. He patented this
under the name – Hyperloop, of which he published an open sourced white paper. In his
words, Hyperloop incorporates reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride
on air bearings, accelerated by linear induction motors.

Ahmed Hodaib, Samar F. Abdel Fattah (May 2016), proposed the use of linear induction
motor for propulsion of the Hyperloop capsule which can be used for speeding and braking
of the same. The study demonstrated that like rotary synchronous motors, linear motors run
on 3-phase power can support very high speeds. Although rotary induction motors are more
energy efficient, there are end effects that reduce the motor's thrust force, thus proving that
linear induction motors are much more suitable for the required force output. Further
discussions were also made about the manufacturing of the induction motor with regard to
the Hyperloop.

Jeffrey C. Chin, Justin S. Gray, Scott M. Jones, Jeffrey J. Berton, in their paper, conferred
about the Open-Source Conceptual Sizing Models for the travelling capsules of the
Hyperloop. A thorough analysis led them to a conclusion which illuminated several
interdisciplinary couplings that alter two major aspects of the initial concept. Primarily, a
direct relation between the pod travel speed and the tube cross sectional area was found,
forcing the tube size to be to be approximately twice the diameter of the original
specification for the pod to reach the desired value. In addition to this, the steady-state tube
temperature is independent of the heat generated by the pod compression system and is
dominated by ambient thermal interactions.

Mark Sakowski (2016) after a theoretical evaluation of the current maglev as well as the
evacuated tube technology and concluded that the Hyperloop is feasible if properly
designed. It has the potential to be much more efficient in terms of energy usage of pods
traversing down the tube.

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3. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

Today’s transportation majorly includes-

 Roadways(In Expensive, time consuming, not so eco-friendly)

 Airways (Expensive, time saving, not eco-friendly)
 Railways (Expensive – depends upon class of coach, time consuming, not eco-
friendly)
 Hyper Loop Transportation is cheap, time saving, relatively much more eco-
friendly than others.

Present conditions demand for alternate travelling methods which could nullify negative
aspects of above systems with following requirements -

 Which is comfortable with passenger schedule.

 Cheap as Road ways
 Time saving as air ways
 Eco-friendly
 More secure

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4. WORKING PRINCIPLE

Hyperloop is based on a principle of magnetic levitation. The principle of magnetic

levitation is that a vehicle can be suspended and propelled on a guidance track made with
magnets. The vehicle on top of the track may be propelled with the help of a linear induction
motor.

Fig-4.1: Operating principle of hyperloop

Fig-4.2: Working Principle of Hyperloop System

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The original Hyperloop concept was described as the vacuum- tube train structure.
Hyperloop is generally consists of number of transparent tubes sealed together throughout
the distance which has to covered by the pod according to the routes made. This vacuum
tube train structure will be constructed either above the ground or below the ground so as
to avoid any kind of disturbance like change in whether condition, earthquakes, etc. A pod
which is also known as capsule of a Hyperloop will floats freely against the air resistance
inside the packed tubes structure which is having a partial vacuum carrying maximum of
28 commuters at a time. This pod will float on a layer of air which is provided to under
pressure pneumatic lifting device. This concept is very similar to that which is used to
levitate the pucks above an air hockey table. In another design of Hyperloop passive maglev
(magnetic levitation) is used in the place of pneumatic lifting device. The pod will also
consists of an electrical driven input fan and axial compressor setup which will used to
overcome the issue of the air resistance responsible for the slowing down the speed. As the
pod will start moving along the sealed tube structure the axial compressor will start moving
and transfers the high pressure air from frontend to the rear end thereby creating vacuum
inside the tube which helps the pod to move freely against the air resistance. The tube will
also consist of linear induction motor which helps in acceleration and deceleration of the
pod to appropriate velocities for each section of tube route.

5. CONSTRUCTION FEATURES OF HYPERLOOP

5.1 CAPSULE

Capsule is the part in which will travel inside the tube. So two types of Hyperloop capsules
are:
Hyperloop passenger capsule Supposing an avg. departure time of two minutes between
capsules, a minimum number of 28 Passengers per capsule are required to meet 840
passengers per hour. By decreasing the time between the departures we can increase the
Hyperloop capacity. During rush hours 40 capsules are required during movement at
current model in which six are used for the loading and unloading purpose.

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Hyperloop passenger plus vehicle capsule This type of capsule will work as a passenger
one but the only difference is it uses 3 more capsules for travelling.

To overcome air resistance high power is required to travel at high speed. Aerodynamics
drag increases as the square of the speed and hence power increases as a cube of speed.
This is an effective pressure of 100 Pascal, which diminishes the drag force of the air by
1000 times comparative to sea level conditions and would be equivalent to flying above
150000 feet height.
Vacuums are costly and difficult to maintain compared with low pressure solutions so the
vacuum is avoided. In spite of the low pressure, aerodynamic challenges must still be
considered.
As the speed of the capsule reaches the speed of the sound then the formation of
shockwaves takes place and the air resistance increases instantly and hence the acceleration
felt by the passengers decreases and a power required by the capsule also decreases.

Fig-5.1: Arrangement in capsule

Fig-5.1.1: Hyperloop passenger capsule version with doors open at the station

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Fig-5.1.2: Hyperloop passenger capsule version cutaway with passengers onboard.

For increasing speed and efficiency of capsules certain geometrical changes are brought in
capsule design by minimizing frontal surface area which makes it more comfortable for
passengers.

The vehicle is streamlined to reduce drag. Interior design was highly concentrated for
comfort of passengers. The seats are design as to nullify high speed acceleration discomfort
produced during the travel. Entertainment of passengers are kept in mind and modern
accessories are equipped to suffice also passengers will be provided with access to
landscape scenery.

5.2 TUBE

The capsule used for travelling moves inside the tube and low air pressure inside the tube
is maintained which increases the speed of transportation. 100 pascal pressure is maintained
inside the tube which is 1/1000 times pressure on earth. The drag forces on the capsule gets
reduced because of the low air pressure inside the tube.

The tubes are constructed on the pillars which will ease the transportation system as it will
not affect the traffic on the roads and will increase the area of construction. This tube also
helps in the smooth journey to the passengers as it is inside the tube with the help of air
bearings and suspension.

To control the speed and by accelerating and decelerating motors are used which will also
guide the capsule in a respective direction.

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Fig-5.2: Construction of tube

The tube is made of steel and it is double layered to ensure safety. Two tubes are welded
together side by side configuration to allow the travel in both directions and are supported
by pillars. Solar arrays are provided on the top of the tubes to make this, a self powering
system.

5.3 COMPRESSOR FAN

Since need of vacuum was not sufficed in tube, capsule travelling in low pressure tube
accumulates air on its front side, which is further compressed by motion of capsule, this
compressed air will resist motion of capsule decreasing its velocity, forming a choke inside
the tube and eventually stopping it.

Fig-5.3: Compressor

Thus, hyperloop demands new innovation to solve this problem known as Kantrowitz limit.
Compressor fans were introduced to nullify effect of Kantrowitz limit.

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Compressor fans are installed on front of capsules. These fans suck the accumulated
compressed air from front of train and exhale it to air bearings. Thus, resistance is removed
and no further choking because of Kantrowitz limit is caused.

One important feature of the capsule is the onboard compressor, which serves two purposes.
This system allows the capsule to traverse the relatively narrow tube without choking flow
that travels between the capsule and the tube walls (resulting in a build-up of air mass in
front of the capsule and increasing the drag) by compressing air that is bypassed through
the capsule. It also supplies air to air bearings that support the weight of the capsule
throughout the journey.

5.4 AIR BEARINGS

Friction was another major hurdle of hyperloop, which had only one solution to remove
any surface contact between capsule and tube i.e. capsule should be levitating i.e. it should
float in air.
Air bearings are installed on surface of capsules, the air inhaled by front of capsule’s
compressor fan is exhaled by air bearing providing it hovering and levitation.
Air bearing also provide suspension to capsules so traveling is more smooth in hyperloop.

Fig-5.4: Air Bearings

As the design process began, the Drexel team realized in order to excel in the competition,
they needed to overcome a few obstacles. Drawing on the work of Elon Musk’s original
vision, the team explored the intriguing possibilities of leveraging air bearings to facilitate
levitation for the POD.

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Musk’s original concept for the Hyperloop consisted of a fleet of capsules traveling at high
speeds between Los Angeles and San Francisco through a lowpressure tube. The capsules
themselves would be supported on a cushion of air, created by internal pressurization and
aerodynamic lift. The essential technology for the realization of that vision was the air
bearing.

5.5 PROPULSION

The need of the propulsion system are as follows-

 In urban areas the speed should be low so it is maintained between 0 to 480 kmph.
 For mountain or hilly areas the speed is maintained near 480 kmph.
 For the long coasting area the speed is accelerated from 480 to 1220 kmph.
 After the completion of coastal area the speed is decelerated again to 480 kmph.

The average power consumption is 28000hp or 21MW which involves the power desired
by the propulsion motor including changes, air resistance interruptions, the train
compressor (charging batteries) and to keep the vacuum in the tube throughout. So to fulfil
the needs of the power in Hyperloop system we will cover it with solar plant as this system
is very large.

We will connect batteries at the times of peak demand or peak power as the average power
is 1/3 times the peak power demand so batteries will fulfil the power demand but when the
power demand is very high and the solar plant cannot withstand it only then the power from
the grids will be given.

Large accelerators are used to increase the speed from 480 to 1220 kmph at 1G in long
coastal areas, small accelerators are used in urban areas and this system can also be used in
mountain areas.

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Fig-5.5: Rotor and stator 3D diagram

To accelerate and decelerate the capsule the linear induction motor is used in
hyperloop system. It provides some advantages over a permanent magnet motor. To
accelerate the capsules there is linear accelerators are constructed on a length of the tube.
Stators are placed on the capsules to transfer momentum to the capsules via the linear
accelerators.

5.6 SUSPENSION (Air Bearing)

Suspending the capsule within the tube presents a substantial technical challenge due to
transonic cruising velocities. Conventional wheel and axle systems become impractical at
high speed due frictional losses and dynamic instability. A viable technical solution is
magnetic levitation; however the cost associated with material and construction is
prohibitive. An alternative to these conventional options is an air bearing suspension. Air
bearings offer stability and extremely low drag at a feasible cost by exploiting the ambient
atmosphere in the tube.
Air bearing suspension offers stability and extremely low drag at a feasible cost. A stiff air
bearing suspension is superb for reliability and safety. When there is a gap between ski and
tube walls is high then it shows the nonlinear reaction and which results in large restoring
pressure.

Fig-5.6: Suspension

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Externally pressurized and aerodynamic air bearings are well suited for the Hyperloop due
to exceptionally high stiffness, which is required to maintain stability at high speeds. When
the gap height between a ski and the tube wall is reduced, the flow field in the gap exhibits
a highly non-linear reaction resulting in large restoring pressures. The increased pressure
pushes the ski away from the wall, allowing it to return to its nominal ride height. While a
stiff air bearing suspension is superb for reliability and safety, it could create considerable
discomfort for passengers onboard. To account for this, each ski is integrated into an
independent mechanical suspension, ensuring a smooth ride for passengers. The capsule
may also include traditional deployable wheels similar to aircraft landing gear for ease of
movement at speeds under 100 mph (160 kph) and as a component of the overall safety
system.

5.7 VACUUM PUMP

A vacuum pump generally is a kind of mechanical device that is used for the purpose of
removing the gas molecules from a sealed object in order to leave behind a partial vacuum.
A vacuum pump was invented by Otto von Guericke in the year 1650.

Generally, the vacuum pumps are combined in chambers and operational procedures into a
very broad variation of vacuum systems. Occasionally there are times when one pump will
be working on a single application. Generally, partial vacuum will be created by making
use of a positive displacement pump that transfers a charge of gas from an inlet port to an
outlet port. If there is any kind of mechanical limitations then such type pumps can only
attain a low vacuum. If there is a need of creating a vacuum in a system then it usually
requires throwing all the molecules of gas out of the system. The Molecules of gas will
only be move out of the system if there is a significant pressure difference between two
sections. The section which is having the smaller number of gas molecules will be marked
as the low pressure section of the system and the area with more significantly more number
of gas molecules will be considered the high pressure section of the system.

Fig-5.7: Vacuum Pump

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A device which is used to induce the pressure difference between two sections of the system
is considered a pump. In some system, the pump which is used to create vacuum is
considered as a vacuum pump.

5.8 PYLON

Fig-5.8: Pylon

The tube will be supported by pylons which constrain the tube in the vertical direction but
allow longitudinal slip for thermal expansion as well as dampened lateral slip to reduce the
risk posed by earthquakes. These minimally constrained pylons tube joints will also allow
a smoother ride, the average spacing is 100 ft (30 m) and the pillars will be 20 ft (6 m) tall
whenever possible but may vary in height in hilly areas or where obstacles are in the way,
pylons are not required in all the places.

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HYPERLOOP

6.1 ADVANTAGES

The development of a novel transportation system with many new features

• A fifth mode of transport (after water ways, aviation, road, and rail ).
• Fast and cheap – for people and goods.
• Be anywhere, move everything, connect everyone.
• Broadband for transport.
• Airline speed at the price of a bus ticket.
• Avoids level crossings and collisions with wild animals.
• Avoids human errors and bad weather.

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• Smooth as a ride with an elevator – no turbulences.

• Hyperloop is a metro system.
• Energy self-sufficient (tubes with solar panels)
• Hyperloop will change our way to live and to work.
• We have a safer system than railways.
• It can travel in any kind of weather.

6.2 DISADVANTAGES

 High speed of container (nearly at speed of sound) may make discombobulation

the travellers venturing out because of vibration and jarring.
 Initial cost of venture to have the framework set up is high. The long vacuum
chamber producing requires progressively specialized abilities. Besides this is
exorbitant and furthermore hazardous to keep up.
 Land use rights will be worry for organization of the undertaking.
 It has extremely high hazard to life when something incorrectly happens to the
framework.
 It has restricted space in the train and consequently individuals cannot move
openly.
 As Hyperloop utilizes steel for track, it extends and changes shape when outside
temperature is changed. This may wreck the track of Hyperloop innovation. This
should be considered while planning the framework dependent on condition of the
area where it is being conveyed.
 The establishment requires cutting of substantial number of trees. This prompts
condition misfortune.

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7. PRESENT WORK
Presently the idea of hyperloop was proposed for route between San Francisco, California
and Los Angeles in 35 minutes. This requirement tends to size other portions of the system.
Given the performance specification of the Hyperloop, a route has been devised to satisfy
this design requirement. The Hyperloop route should be based on several considerations,
including:

1. Maintaining the tube as closely as possible to existing rights of way.

2. Limiting the maximum capsule speed to 760 mph (1,220 kph) for aerodynamic
consideration.

3. Limiting accelerations on the passengers to 0.5g.

4. Optimizing locations of the linear motor tube sections driving the capsules.

5. Local geographical constraints, including location of urban areas, mountain ranges,

reservoirs, national parks, roads, railroads, airports, etc. The route must respect existing
structures.

For aerodynamic efficiency, the speed of a capsule in the Hyperloop is typically:



 300 mph (480kmph) where local geography necessitates a tube bend radii <1.0 mile
(1.6 km)

 760 mph (1220 kmph) where local geography necessitates a tube bend radii > 3.0
mile (4.8 km) or where local geography permits a straight tube.

These bend radii have been calculated so that the passenger does not experience inertial
accelerations that exceed 0.5g. This is deemed the maximum inertial acceleration that can
be comfortably sustained by humans for short periods. To further reduce the inertial
acceleration experienced by passengers, the capsule and/or tube will incorporate a
mechanism that will allow a degree of ‘banking’. The Hyperloop route was created by the
authors using Google Earth.

Fig-5.8: map of present work path

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8. FUTURE SCOPE

Hyperloop is having some very great characteristics like it is immunity to weather it is collision
free it’s having a velocity twice the velocity of a plane, consumes less power and having ability
of storing energy for 24-hour of operations. In future Hyperloop will surely replace at least
railways because of its ability to travel much faster than railways slashing the traveling times
by half. When this whole idea of Hyperloop came out in the public it was all looking like a
futuristic science fiction but then its first route got published in the year 2013 and now this
concept is on the edge of becoming reality. The overall market of Hyperloop is most likely to
show a quick expansion in coming couple of years. The first ever Hyperloop route was got
published by Elon Musk in the year 2013 running from the los Angeles region to the San
Francisco bay area with total of five interstate corridor. Recently, many more Hyperloop
projects are getting published by different corporation. A startup company named arrvio
corporation came up with a plan for a magnetic levitated automobile transportation system with
a route running from Colorado to Denver international airport and first leg of this is going to
be completed by 2021. There are some Hyperloop projects for India going to be started in near
future for a proposed route between Chennai and Bengaluru. Hyperloop Transportation
Technologies are in approach to sign a Letter of Point with the Indian Government for this
project. The proposed route is going to be 345 km which could be covered in estimated time of
just 30 minutes. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies proposed another route for India
starting from Amravati till Vijayawada that can be covered in just 6 minutes. These projects
are likely to be started with a 6 month feasibility study. Another Hyperloop project which is
going to be started in Indian soon is by virgin Hyperloop one and the proposed route for this
project is Mumbai – Chennai. The Mumbai-Chennai Hyperloop proposed route will create a
system of cities and will provide a crucial East-West connection across India. Hyperloop will
bring new economic opportunities and industry linkages, and ease the movement of passengers
and goods between Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai. Indore-based Dinclix Arrangements
DGW Hyperloop brings a Hyperloop entranceway between Mumbai and Delhi passing through
Indore, Kota, and Jaipur. All of these projects are likely to be started in near future some 5-6
months of feasibility study and are planned to be completed by 2021. This shows that the future
is going to be very bright and its market is most likely to show a very quick expansion with
many more corporations coming forward in the market. With a rapid urbanization over the
world, the basic requirements for smart and favorable techniques of transportation are also
escalating rapidly.

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9. CONCLUSION

Hyperloop is the technology for the future. For the past decades, innovation in transport
technology has been limited to improving or modifying traditional means. Thus growth in
the transport technology has been stagnant. Hyperloop has the potential to break this slump
and provide a very fast and cheap method of transportation. Proposed Hyperloop between
Mumbai and Pune could cut down the commuting time from 3-4 hours to a mere 30
minutes. Existing transportation technologies such as High speed rail (Bullet train) and
Maglev are found to be wanting when it comes to expenses, effects on ecology and travel
time. Solar arrays installed throughout the track, zero emission transport owing to no fuel
requirement, no interference with communication lines, resistant to earthquakes, high speed
of transportation coupled with low capital and maintenance cost give Hyperloop a leading
edge. The intent of this document has been to bring light to the concept of the Hyperloop.
The various fundamentals involved in making this technology successful have been
briefly discussed in the paper.

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