Summer series - Master's project (10). Jérémie Pochon has built a test bench for evaluating the type of motor that could one day drive the Hyperloop transportation system. The Hyperloop holds the promise of low-carbon transportation that's fast, efficient and affordable. But before passengers can be enclosed inside a pod and propelled along a vacuum tube at mind-boggling speeds, there's a lot of modeling, simulation, testing and validation work to be done - starting at a pilot scale. That's the work being done by engineers at EPFL's Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory (DESL), as they seek to further research in the field. Two PhD students at DESL are currently working on Hyperloop-related technology. One of them is looking specifically at a key component of the system: the linear induction motor (LIM).
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