Evacuated tube and capsule having interchange capability

A method of interchange for an evacuated tube transport system includes tubes for enabling capsule movement within the tubes. The tubes are evacuated and the capsules magnetically levitated within the tubes. The tubes have an interchanges having diverging and converging tubes, respectively. A contro...

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1. Verfasser:	Oster, Daryl
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PERMANENT WAY PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of interchange for an evacuated tube transport system includes tubes for enabling capsule movement within the tubes. The tubes are evacuated and the capsules magnetically levitated within the tubes. The tubes have an interchanges having diverging and converging tubes, respectively. A control system includes divergence force elements having permanent magnets that are selectively orientable polarity to enable capsule control, or electro magnets with polarity selectively switchable to enable capsule path control. The method selectively energizes the force elements to enable the capsule to diverge or converge in an interchange. An interrupter also regulates the force elements. The method activates the force elements and disables deactivation of the force elements before the capsule diverges in the interchange. The method balances divergence forces through center of gravity and through center of lift on receiving a request for divergence. The control system regulates capsule speed, spacing between capsules, and divergence timing.