PRESENT STATUS OF MAGLEV DEVELOPMENT

The new prototype vehicle MLU002, a magnetically levitated vehicle (Maglev) is presented. The coil arrangement on this vehicle is a superconducting material and the track coils are aluminum. A drawing shows the configuration for the linear-repulsion motor. The electrical supply of the system is shown and drawings and chart provides basic parameters on the vehicle. The electrical supply is three phase, 60-cycle, and a newly devised cycle converter provides 0--34 kHz power to the system, with a 100% power factor improvement over the old system. Operating tests were to have begun at Miyazaki Test Station in April of 1987.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

  10-2 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Tanaka, H
• Publication Date: 1987-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 166-170
• Serial:
  • Society of Automotive Engrs of Japan, Inc, Journal
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Electromagnetic coils; Magnetic levitation; Motors; Prototypes; Superconductivity
• Old TRIS Terms: Repulsion motors
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468440
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1988 12:00AM