Indian Railways collabs with IIT Madras for developing a Hyperloop System
In Hyperloop system, the vehicle runs in levitating state and in vacuum environment due to which it does not have any type of friction neither rolling nor air drag.
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Madras, May 21: Indian Railways collaborated with IIT Madras for development of an indigenous hyperloop system and will also help set up a centre of excellence for hyperloop technologies at the institute at cost of Rs 8.34 crore. The hyperloop project was one of the budget proposals for current fiscal of the govt.
According to railways, India envisages to develop a project on hyperloop technology indigenously with the help of premier academics institutions under the ‘Make in India’ policy.
IIT Madras formed a student group, Avishkar Hyperloop, & has emerged as a frontrunner in this global race to build the first hyperloop system and also went on to win the “Most Scalable Pod” Award at the European Hyperloop Week in July 2021.
The plan is to build a 500 m tube & track capable of supporting various propulsion and levitation system configurations to enable rapid development of pod technology. The tube will be at par with the Virgin Hyperloop facility in USA in terms of functionality but will significantly outperform it in terms of cost.
The proposed facility would offer world's largest hyperloop vacuum tube that can be used as test bed for further research on hyperloop by Indian Railways.
The proposed hyperloop system is the 5th mode of transportation that can be faster and greener than airplanes and the railways. Hyperloop works on a technology that would use magnetic levitation in low-pressure tubes to transport people and goods at airplane-like speeds.
In this system, the vehicle runs in levitating state and in vacuum environment due to which it does not have any type of friction neither rolling nor air drag. Hyperloop technology is still in the development phase & several different companies around the globe are working to turn the idea into a functioning commercial system.
According to railways, India envisages to develop a project on hyperloop technology indigenously with the help of premier academics institutions under the ‘Make in India’ policy.
IIT Madras formed a student group, Avishkar Hyperloop, & has emerged as a frontrunner in this global race to build the first hyperloop system and also went on to win the “Most Scalable Pod” Award at the European Hyperloop Week in July 2021.
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This team successfully tested a prototype to validate a proprietary design of hyperloop vacuum tube. The low energy requirement makes hyperloop mode of transportation an attractive proposition for Indian Railways.
The plan is to build a 500 m tube & track capable of supporting various propulsion and levitation system configurations to enable rapid development of pod technology. The tube will be at par with the Virgin Hyperloop facility in USA in terms of functionality but will significantly outperform it in terms of cost.
The proposed facility would offer world's largest hyperloop vacuum tube that can be used as test bed for further research on hyperloop by Indian Railways.