New Concept Would Offer Economic, Environmental Benefits for Next-Generation Transit, Energy Transmission, and Storage Researchers have proposed a cost-effective superconductor system that integrates electrical power transmission and transportation using existing highway infrastructure. This conc
Schematic illustration of the superconducting highway for energy transport and storage and superconductor levitation for the transport of people and goods. Credit: Vakaliuk et al.
The promise of superconductivity for electrical power transmission and transportation has long been held back by high costs. Now researchers from the and Germany have demonstrated a way to cut the cost and upend both the transit and energy transport sectors by using superconductors to move people, cargo, and energy along existing highway infrastructure.
A levitated model car zooming over the model of the superconducting guideway in Ren’s lab at the University of Houston. Credit: University of Houston Financing will be another challenge. And while this proof-of-concept paper does not include an economic analysis, he said combining transit and energy systems and using existing roadways would lower the cost substantially compared to that of any individual system. That, along with the project’s potential long-term economic and environmental benefits, would outweigh the upfront costs, he said.
University of Houston researcher Zhifeng Ren discusses his concept of a superconductor-embedded highway with colleague Shaowei Song. His team has demonstrated proof of concept using a model. Credit: University of Houston
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