Citation

Hossain MF. Energy Sustain. Soc. 2017; 7(1): e27.

Affiliation

Department of Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University, 6 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1186/s13705-017-0128-x

PMID

28955649

PMCID

PMC5592195

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Traditional transportation infrastructure built by heat trapping products and the transportation vehiles run by fossil fuel, both causing deadly climate change. Thus, a new technology of invisible Flying Transportation system has been proposed to mitigate energy and environmental crisis caused by traditional infrastructure system.

METHODS: Underground Maglev system has been modeled to be constructed for all transportation systems to run the vehicle smoothly just over two feet over the earth surface by propulsive and impulsive force at flying stage. A wind energy modeling has also been added to meet the vehicle's energy demand when it runs on a non-maglev area. Naturally, all maglev infrastructures network to be covered by evergreen herb except pedestrian walkways to absorb CO2, ambient heat, and moisture (vapor) from the surrounding environment to make it cool.

RESULTS: The research revealed that the vehicle will not require any energy since it will run by superconducting electromagnetic force while it runs on a maglev infrastructure area and directed by wind energy while it runs on non-maglev area.

CONCLUSIONS: The proposed maglev transportation infrastructure technology will indeed be an innovative discovery in modern engineering science which will reduce fossil fuel energy consumption and climate change dramatically.

Language: en

Keywords

Cost reduction; Flying transportation; Maglev technology; Transportation innovation; Wind energy for vehicle