That's how Maglev trains have worked in the past. There's one set of coils for levitation, and another set for the linear induction motor.
Posted on 08/08/2024 6:06:54 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Rolls-Royce breaks all luxury limits and unveils new engine: the end of hydrogen with something better The first biomass engine in history beats hydrogen: It’s submersible, and no one understands how it works This engine was a prediction a century ago, and it runs on steam: It’s the end of EVs and FCEVs Nowadays, cars use batteries and motors to move, however, this way of movement is very inefficient because overcoming friction and gravity takes most of the energy. But Japan presents a very innovative solution which is magnetic levitation and will be the (supposed) end of hydrogen engines.
Will the use of magnetic levitation do away with the need for batteries and motors? A group of Japanese researchers attached to the Quantum Machine Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) report having created a track that provides magnetic levitation, which does not need external maintenance power.
By the latter, we mean that it does need power, but only at start-up for the generation of the magnetic field it initially requires. After that, objects, including cars, will operate by moving on it without using any other type of thrust energy such as batteries or motors.
What does this revolutionary invention consist of? On a surface, magnetic levitation causes objects, cars in our case, to rise a few centimeters above this track. This eliminates friction, so the car is able to move without the need for batteries, motors or any form of mechanical or electrical thrust.
To achieve this effect, the car is required to be made of diamagnetic materials, then magnets along the tracks provide an intense magnetic field that causes the object to “float” on the surface. And it is to generate this magnetic field that the initial energy is needed.
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“By the latter, we mean that it does need power, but only at start-up for the generation of the magnetic field it initially requires.”
Makes no sense. The magnetic field remains even after the power is shut off?? Nice magic!
Well, what is the “energy” that makes the vehicle move forward, stop, and back up? Is this like a Fred Flintstone car that has a hole in the floor so your feet can provide the energy?
How big is the magnet? Could it fit in, say, my pocket?
Which rare earth will need to be exploited to make all the magnets?
That's how Maglev trains have worked in the past. There's one set of coils for levitation, and another set for the linear induction motor.
“Yes, you have to make tracks, but once you put a few of them in, their production will take off.”
But at intersections you need switches, or a switch-less track intersection. I’d like to see an example of the latter.
Bunk
Maybe it will be powered by nuclear fusion. LOL.
That seems to be a website that specializes in technical fantasies.
Well, it is a bit unbelievable.
It’s such new technology even these people don’t seem to know much about it: https://groups.oist.jp/qmech
One of my fast rules for not wasting the little time I have left is that Anything with ‘Eco’ in it’s name is a pipe dream usually caused by pot,crack, meth, etc and a money pit reliant on public funds.
Superconducting magnets do this, but they need to be kept at liquid helium cryogenic temperatures. Like an MRI magnet. And maintaining those temperatures requires energy.
thats a good rule
Excellent rule.
It is pulled by a donkey.
“and no one understands how it works”
exactly like magic!
in other words, a MAGIC engine! ... i wonder if it’s one of those magic engines that “defies” the laws of physics? ... btw, where do i sign up to “invest”?
I guess. Back to the future!
Won’t the magnet levitating a car dissipate it’s magnetism?
Or does supercondictivity turn a material into a permanent magnet?
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