21-02-2012, 03:24 PM
maglev train full report
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INTRODUCTION:
Maglev = magnetic + levitation.
1st described by Robert Goddard, American Rocket Scientist, 1909 Scientific American.
Next, 1912, French engineer, modeled it, Emile Bachelet, eddy-current repulsive levititation, amount of power needed too high to run… lack of funding.
POWER SUPPLY
Batteries on the train power the system, and therefore it still functions without propulsion.
The batteries can levitate the train for 30 minutes without any additional energy.
Linear generators in the magnets on board the train use the motion of the train to recharge the batteries.
Levitation system uses less power than the trains air conditioning.
PROPULSION SYSTEM
The system consists of aluminum three-phase cable windings in the stator packs that are on the guideway.
When a current is supplied to the windings, it creates a traveling alternating current that propels the train forward by pushing and pulling.