Prospects of Hyperloop Transportation Technology: A Case of China

Abstract

Hyperloop transportation technology is amongst the most promising sustainable and climate-friendly transportation systems of the modern era. Now China has taken steps to build this transportation system in Tongren city, which located on Guizhou's eastern part [8]. So far, not much work has been conducted on the prospects of this technology, especially for China. In this paper based on extensive literature review, we have analyzed the prospects of this technology in China. Furthermore, this article also discusses the possible hurdles and proposes some suggestions for overcoming the problems in the adoption of this climatefriendly technology.

The Hyperloop System and Stakeholders: A Review and Future Directions

“…Concrete pylons are expected to support the tube system with a height depending on the configuration of the guideway [53,107]. Three types of guideway infrastructures are under study: elevated, on ground, and underground [8,9,11,13,16,22,66,87,107]. The elevated guideway is expected to be the safer, as there is no need for crossing control systems at roadway intersections [107] and the land footprint is smaller for pylons compared to a railway track [44,107].…”

“…The elevated guideway is expected to be the safer, as there is no need for crossing control systems at roadway intersections [107] and the land footprint is smaller for pylons compared to a railway track [44,107]. Leveraging the surface on top of the tubes, solar panels could be installed [8][9][10][11][12][13][17][18][19][20][21]25,44,53,66,87,88,106] depending on local conditions, thus contributing to the local electric grid.…”