A door system for a vacuum train includes at least one vehicle with at least one vehicle door and a track including at least one evacuated pipe that guides and propels elements within the pipe. The track includes at least one station outside of the pipe with at least one station door arranged within the wall of the pipe to selectively close and open the station towards the pipe. The vehicle door and the station door being arranged in a corresponding position when the vehicle is at rest, so that persons can leave or enter the vehicle when the vehicle door and the station doors are open at the rest position. The door system comprises at least one inflatable ring shaped seal (22) which surrounds both doors when the doors are in their corresponding position and which seals in its inflated position both doors against the vacuum within the pipes.

A method for producing a tube segment and a tube for an evacuated tube transport system and a method for producing the tube segment.

A method for producing a tube segment and a tube for an evacuated tube transport system and a method for producing the tube segment.

A high-speed transportation system comprises an evacuated travel conduit divided into a plurality of segments by closable gates, and associated with corresponding segment pumps that maintain operating vacuums within the segments when vehicles are present. When a segment is unoccupied, energy is saved by closing the adjoining gates and deactivating the associated segment pump, thereby deactivating the segment and allowing the segment's internal pressure to rise due to leakage. As a vehicle approaches, the segment pump is reactivated, lowering the internal pressure to the operating vacuum, and the gates are opened. Embodiments include a boom-tank system that can accelerate re-evacuation of a segment having an increased internal pressure by establishing fluid communication with at least one recently deactivated segment having a lower internal pressure. As a vehicle transits the conduit, a rolling, contiguous group of activated segments surrounding and in advance of the vehicle can be maintained.

A high-speed transportation system comprises an evacuated travel conduit divided into a plurality of segments by closable gates, and associated with corresponding segment pumps that maintain operating vacuums within the segments when vehicles are present. When a segment is unoccupied, energy is saved by closing the adjoining gates and deactivating the associated segment pump, thereby deactivating the segment and allowing the segment's internal pressure to rise due to leakage. As a vehicle approaches, the segment pump is reactivated, lowering the internal pressure to the operating vacuum, and the gates are opened. Embodiments include a boom-tank system that can accelerate re-evacuation of a segment having an increased internal pressure by establishing fluid communication with at least one recently deactivated segment having a lower internal pressure. As a vehicle transits the conduit, a rolling, contiguous group of activated segments surrounding and in advance of the vehicle can be maintained.

Disclosed are various embodiments for a high-velocity mobile imaging system. The system can include a tube, which may have at least one wire coil extending for a least a portion of a length of the tube. The system can further include a carriage that is movable along an interior of the tube. The carriage can include a permanent magnet, a sensor, a network communications interface, a processor, a memory, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to capture a reading using the sensor and report the reading to a remote computing device through the network communications interface.

Disclosed are various embodiments for a high-velocity mobile imaging system. The system can include a tube, which may have at least one wire coil extending for a least a portion of a length of the tube. The system can further include a carriage that is movable along an interior of the tube. The carriage can include a permanent magnet, a sensor, a network communications interface, a processor, a memory, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to capture a reading using the sensor and report the reading to a remote computing device through the network communications interface.

A solution is disclosed for a state estimation system and method configured for a hyperloop vehicle. Further, the state estimation system provides an estimate of the future position and/or orientation of the hyperloop vehicle such that the hyperloop vehicle can maintain safe, efficient flight during a journey. The state estimation system utilizes a number of sensors to gather data in order to perform state estimation using a Kalman filter. The state estimation is then sent to a motion execution controller such that the state estimation may be translated into commands for engines disposed throughout the hyperloop vehicle such that the position and/or orientation may be reached by hyperloop vehicle.

A solution is disclosed for a state estimation system and method configured for a hyperloop vehicle. Further, the state estimation system provides an estimate of the future position and/or orientation of the hyperloop vehicle such that the hyperloop vehicle can maintain safe, efficient flight during a journey. The state estimation system utilizes a number of sensors to gather data in order to perform state estimation using a Kalman filter. The state estimation is then sent to a motion execution controller such that the state estimation may be translated into commands for engines disposed throughout the hyperloop vehicle such that the position and/or orientation may be reached by hyperloop vehicle.

A heat dissipation system for a high-speed train running in a low-vacuum tube is provided. Component groups that provide power and resistance for the movement and stop of a train are provided at a periphery, close to the train, in a low-vacuum tube. The component group is provided with a group A cooling assembly. The group A cooling assembly includes a group A cooling-type heat exchanger and/or a group A nozzle assembly attached to the back of the component group. Since the friction between the train running at high speed and the air in the low-vacuum tube and the operation of the key equipment in the low-vacuum tube will generate a lot of heat, the group A cooling assembly in the component group in the low-vacuum tube exchanges the heat with the air in the low-vacuum tube.