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Title: A Novel MagPipe Pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives

Abstract

A novel capsule pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives, called Magplane MagPipe, is under development with the intention to replace trucks and railways for hauling materials from the mine to the rail head, power plant, or processing plant with reduced operating cost and energy consumption. The initial demonstration of a MagPipe line in Inner Mongolia will be a 500-m-long double-pipe coal transport system with the design transportation capacity of 3 Mega-Mg per year. The pipeline consists of 6-m-long plastic pipe modules with an I-beam suspension system inside the pipe to carry sets of five coupled capsules. The pipe will also contain noncontinuous motor winding modules spaced at 50-m intervals. A set of Halbach-arrayed permanent magnets on the bottom of the capsules interact with the linear motor windings to provide propulsion. The motor is driven by variable frequency drives outside the pipe to control the speed. This paper briefly describes the overall MagPipe pipeline transportation system, including the preliminary conclusions of the linear synchronous motor analysis.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Magplane Technology Inc., Littleton, MA (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21261654
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the IEEE
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9219
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; CAPSULES; COAL; PIPELINES; PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; PERMANENT MAGNETS; MOTORS; LINEAR MOTORS

Citation Formats

Fang, J R, Montgomery, D B, and Roderick, L. A Novel MagPipe Pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2009.2030241.
Fang, J R, Montgomery, D B, & Roderick, L. A Novel MagPipe Pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2030241
Fang, J R, Montgomery, D B, and Roderick, L. 2009. "A Novel MagPipe Pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2030241.
@article{osti_21261654,
title = {A Novel MagPipe Pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives},
author = {Fang, J R and Montgomery, D B and Roderick, L},
abstractNote = {A novel capsule pipeline transportation system using linear motor drives, called Magplane MagPipe, is under development with the intention to replace trucks and railways for hauling materials from the mine to the rail head, power plant, or processing plant with reduced operating cost and energy consumption. The initial demonstration of a MagPipe line in Inner Mongolia will be a 500-m-long double-pipe coal transport system with the design transportation capacity of 3 Mega-Mg per year. The pipeline consists of 6-m-long plastic pipe modules with an I-beam suspension system inside the pipe to carry sets of five coupled capsules. The pipe will also contain noncontinuous motor winding modules spaced at 50-m intervals. A set of Halbach-arrayed permanent magnets on the bottom of the capsules interact with the linear motor windings to provide propulsion. The motor is driven by variable frequency drives outside the pipe to control the speed. This paper briefly describes the overall MagPipe pipeline transportation system, including the preliminary conclusions of the linear synchronous motor analysis.},
doi = {10.1109/JPROC.2009.2030241},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21261654}, journal = {Proceedings of the IEEE},
issn = {0018-9219},
number = 11,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}