Funded by the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) with four million euros, born Segurtrans pointer around a consortium formed by Sacyr, Euroestudios, Sener and Tecnalia own, around the line of transport of Construction Technology Platform (PTEC).

In the final consortium that will develop the project involves, in addition to Tecnalia, organizations such as Sacyr Concessions Euroestudios, KV Consultants Tapusa and University of Minas de Madrid. Tecnalia team Segurtrans participant brings his knowledge to the design of threat scenarios, and model the causes and effects of explosions on the main structural systems and the condition of the people.

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“A high speed train under normal operating conditions and per passenger, uses less energy and produces less CO2 emissions (29% on average) than a conventional train traveling between the same two points at a lower speed” , tells SINC Alberto Garcia, study author and researcher Spanish Railway Foundation.

The engineer explained that the AVE uses less by the intrinsic characteristics of high-speed system, “as the velocity profile more uniform or has fewer stops and turns along the way.” In addition, the use of ancillary services (air conditioning, lighting and ventilation) are also directly reduces the speed.

Regarding emissions, high-speed trains are electric power, so do not expel greenhouse gases and contribute less to the consumption of fossil fuels to other means of transport. In this match the rest of electric trains.

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Maglev trains levitate above the ground under the action of electromagnetic forces. They were developed in order to overcome the friction between the wheels and rails, and so to gain speed. Currently, three lines are operated in the world, including one high speed line between Shanghai and 30 km in China’s airport. The other two lines are located in Japan (Nagoya Linimo) and Korea (Daejeon line).

In Japan, research in the field of high speed maglev began in 1962, two years before the commissioning of the first Shinkansen, the Japanese equivalent of the TGV. The stated aim was to reach 500 km / h.

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In the not too distant future we could be paying less for move in a much more sustainable. The proposed Santiago Forcada is to create a sustainable mobility service, called “stop-station network” based in turn on a fleet of electric vehicles (cars, motorcycles and bicycles) to which any user would own. Each X miles, a “stop” such vehicles (car sharing, in formulas like “car sharing”) networked with other similar stops, so that each would feed small wind and photovoltaic energy.

There would be less noise in the streets, less pollution and more rapid transport. The researcher of Department of Applied Physics, University of Zaragoza also proposes alternative services where, for example, those stops could also become energy stores in so-called “peak hours”, to cater to their environment in rush hour consumption. As he noted, “would pay just for a sustainable move, not the vehicle”, a concept which has received $ 3,000.

For his part, Juan Artieda, UPNA industrial engineering graduate, sees the future differently by public transport: buses electric double layer electrochemical capacitors (so-called “supercapacitors”). For example, focuses his idea on line 4 of the villavesas of Pamplona and considers the current path, but with buses instead of used batteries supercapacitors.

They would be charged in one or two minutes in three posts at the Plaza Príncipe de Viana, in Baranain and Burlada. 12 new buses and adapted that would cost 2 million euros in total, with an estimated savings over the current budget of 400,000 euros, and all without C02 emissions. This type of “energy supply” through supercapacitors, for their special characteristics could only be used for short journeys. Artieda this idea has received € 1,500, 2nd prize.

In total, this competition held last October 16 ideas were submitted, of which 40% came from outside of Navarra (Madrid, Zaragoza, San Sebastian, Formentera, etc.). The jury has been assessed in terms of originality, feasibility, degree of integration (with a global system view across the value chain, from power generation to its application), its impact on market terms and its ability to internationalize. In the different ideas presented, contestants have seen many technologies (hydrogen, batteries …), types of clients (individual and collective) contexts (medium-sized cities and scattered rural environments, specific groups …), business models (based on individual property , rental, car-sharing “…), types of vehicles (cars, bicycles, motorcycles, buses, etc.).

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The State Minister of Delhi has Discussed Launching a program to Promote Electric Vehicles. He Said The program Accompanied by Improved public transport system, Would Improve the air quality of Delhi and Would Reduce Congestion on Roads In The Capital. The Indian economy has a dependency ratio of 70% With respect to fossil fuels. Electric vehicles could “not only to Reduce CO2 emissions aussi Reduce the dependency ratio. Electric Vehicles Have a High Efficiency of 40% In The traditional energy vehicles. Theys Could Reduce CO2 emissions by 13 to 68% DEPENDING ON The System of Electricity Passed. However, Some items Such as batteries (battery life, power and durability) and electric motors The Techniques for Producing Lithium-ion battery Should Be Improved.

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Two solutions coexist on railway application with common goals for optimization and traffic coordination. On the one hand, the mobile application, which is to embed the laser scanner on board the train, which makes measurements of positioning by the way, building on the landscape as a reference. On the other hand, stationary applications, where the scanner will occupy a fixed location on a walkway next to the observation track and measure the geometry of passing trains. The various measurements are as follows:

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The system has been designed by scientists from the University of Madrid for core CC, a developer of surveillance systems in the aeronautical and maritime. The first prototype will be used shortly in Cape Verde (Africa). There have been deployed two types of sensors: a set of radars and a number of monitoring stations AIS (Automatic Identification System), which allow ships to communicate their position and other data relevant to its location and characteristics. These two types of sensors provide additional information that can be merged to become better informed of what’s happening in the maritime and coastal area of interest and that’s what scientists have succeeded in Applied Artificial Intelligence Group (GIAA) UC3M of developers of this project, “Information Fusion in Maritime Traffic.”

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For some time , tourists from Saint-Jean – Cap – Ferrat (Alpes – Maritimes ) have been surprised to see land on their beach this gear along 3.5 meters. Scubster The submarine is a ” wet ” when it is submerged, its Cockpit fills with water , forcing its pilot to wear a combination Diving and a bottle of air. It may fall to 6 feet deep , and going forward as backward , right and left, and if the driver stops pedaling , the submarine rises to the surface . The management is done with two independently rotating propellers that are driven by two joysticks. If a diver can reach 2 to 3 km / h with its fins, meanwhile Scubster can easily reach 8km / h.

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Its feature is not shipping accumulator or battery and it takes power away from power lines equipped with tracks arranged in the ground . A device installed under the car to retrieve the inductive energy and thus fuel the engine. ” The principle is not entirely new , since it is already used in a number of companies for vehicles such as cargo handling , which are however very slow and heavy . The students are now seeking to demonstrate that the use of modern materials and optimization of systems implemented could afford to build electric vehicles such fast and efficient, ” says Jurgen Walter , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics . They thus set out to prove that the principle of wireless energy transfer is well suited for road transport of people.

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