The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress, Japan
Online ISSN : 2424-2667
ISSN-L : 2424-2667
2014
Session ID : S2030104
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S2030104 The Birth and Growth of AEROMOVEL
Kenkichi SATOYasuhiro TAKAMURA
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The present paper summarizes the story of the birth and grows of Aeromovel, which is an environmentally friendly urban transport system. The system of Aeromovel was conceived in the mid 1970's. The system consists of vehicles travelling on an elevated guideway. The main difference between Aeromovel and the more conventional automated people movers or monorails resides on its pneumatic propulsion. A high-speed airflow, generated by stationary units located along convenient intervals, acts on the blocking surface of propulsion plates rigidly connected to the vehicles. The speed of the vehicles is determined by air pressure differential which is controlled by means of valves located at generator units and along the guideway. Aeromovel has been successfully used in Indonesia and Brazil.
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