Hyperloop
is a supersonic capsule that could, for example, transport you from Delhi to
Mumbai in less than one hour. Hyperloop Transportation Technology (HTT) is
geared to bring its super-fast mode of commuting to India. HTT is a competing
with Elon Musk backed Hyperloop One for launching and commercializing
'Hyperloop'. Currently its conducting roadshows to attract $120 million
for funding its pilot project. Its intending to finish the prototype for India
by 2020. HTT will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a “cheaper and more
efficient” model than its fellow American competitor Hyperloop One. The company
said it will offer not just value for money but is also more suitable for
Indian conditions than its competitor’s model. HTT has submitted a proposal to
Niti Aayog, the government’s think-tank, for its project and is awaiting its
approval. They have identified 15 routes, of which the government would select
one for building the prototype and they can build a full-scale prototype in 38
months.
It would consists of an underground or
above ground pylon-supported tube will create a "special environment"
— a low pressure system — through which passenger pods will travel with very
little air pressure to slow them down. An electric air compressor fan on the front
of the pod will transfer high air pressure from its front to the rear and sides
of the vessel. This will reduce friction in front of the pod, help propel it
and create an air cushion around it, so that the pod is suspended in the air
within the tube. The pod will be battery-powered and propelled by an external
linear electric motor — an electric induction motor that produces motion in a
straight line rather than rotational motion — similar to those us
As envisaged by Elon Musk the “fifth mode of transportation” is
finding initial traction in India with two companies eliciting interest in
developing the Hyperloop project here Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
(HTT) and Hyperloop One (HO). HO claims that “capital cost per mile of Hyperloop
system is 60 per cent that of high speed rail and would be less expensive to
operate”. HO would conduct a full systems test in Nevada this year, and apart
from that, has four projects underway across the world.
It’s a slow start on a long road, but if
realized, the hyperloop would be a big step in the creation of a tech-driven
dream world in which congestion and pollution are memories. In 2015, through
SpaceX, Elon Musk launched a global competition asking mainly student teams to
give his idea a whirl. In 2015, through SpaceX, Elon Musk launched a global
competition asking mainly student teams to give his idea a whirl. “What this
was intended to do is encourage innovation in transportation technology,” Musk
said on race day. “To get people to do things in a way that isn’t just a repeat
of the past.” To be clear, as of now there is no working prototype. But the
pace at which the two biggest players are competing will end up fast-tracking
the development of hyperloop.
The five semi-finalists from India and
their proposed routes are:
AECOM - Bengaluru-to-Chennai: 334 km in 20
minutes. Meeting the demand of a passenger and freight super-corridor growing
at 15% a year.
LUX Hyperloop Network -
Bengaluru-to-Thiruvananthapuram: 736 km in 41 minutes. Connects two major ports
in southern India with population centres of Coimbatore and Kochi.
Dinclix GroundWorks - Delhi-to-Mumbai via
Jaipur and Indore: 1,317 km in 55 minutes. Freight and passengers. Connects two
megacities and creates seaport access for landlocked intermediary cities in the
interior.
Hyperloop India - Mumbai-to-Chennai via
Bengaluru: 1,102 km in 50 minutes. Phased development for freight and
passengers. Boosts capacity at ports of Mumbai and Chennai, creates a Suez
Canal-like link between India’s coasts.
Infi-Alpha - Bengaluru to Chennai: 334 km
in 20 minutes: Meeting the demand of a passenger and freight super-corridor
growing at 15% a year. Connects with major airports.
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