4.7 HTS bulk Maglev train Ë 107Fig. 4.11:A real-scale HTS Maglev vehicle prototype in Brazil.
The lower right corner is the on-board HTS Maglev cryostat
[102] (with permission).Fig. 4.12:On-board HTS Maglev cryostat in ATZ, Germany [99] (with permission).
400 kg; maximum speed, 20 km/h; levitation height, 10 mm; propulsion, synchronous
short stator linear motor.
After the breakthrough of the first manned HTS Maglev test vehicle in December,
2000, authors’ group (ASCLab at SWJTU in Chengdu, China) began to conduct test
line design for the next research step. In January 2004, Jia-Su Wang presented a
HTS Maglev train project, which was approved at a meeting. In May 2008, ASCLab
completed a HTS Maglev test line system design. The design calculation validated
that the total construction and operation cost of the HTS Maglev line system would be
lower than the equivalent LRV system. The weight of the support structure of this HTS
Maglev guideway was about 50% that of a LRV. The design specifications of the HTS
Maglev vehicle are listed in Tab. 4.3. The test line length was 2 km, and the maximum
test speed was 160 km/h.
In March, 2013, a 45-m-long HTS Maglev ring test line was successfully developed
by ASCLab under with financial support of State Key Laboratory of Traction Power,