New transit system for 21st century

1. Tubenet Transit System
Zhengxian Tubenet Transit System
Institute
Feb 2014

2. Metropolitan Transit System
Problems
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3. 3
Problems at a glance

4. Problematic solutions for
traditional metropolitan
transit systems
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5. 5
Road shared with various transportation
vehicles – low efficiency, unsafe
Expensive subway or Bart System –
low coverage rate
Driver’s individual decisions –
random, traffic jams
Energy and other resource consumption –
pollution, unsustainable
Transfer between various transit systems –
time consuming, inconvenient

6. Tubenet Transit System
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Our solution

7. Basic concept
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8. tube-like structure with upper track
and lower rails
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Upper tracks controls turning and merging into other branches
Lower rails provide support and electricity

9. Light-weight single car
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Cars can also be in capsule shape, carrying 2 to 3 people

10. Terminal – branch – main transit
network structure
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11. Distributed PV solar power source
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PV panels and Li-batteries provide most of the electricity to drive
the system, double secured by city power lines

12. Vertical-integrated terminal hub
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Cars are stored in the hubs and ready to be used and scheduling

13. Air-gap prevent collisions
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Cars and tube wall are loosely sealed to provide an air-cushion to prevent
hard collisions between cars

14. Vertical decent for emergency
evacuation
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There many lids installed underneath the tube for emergency evacuation
Even when power is off there is still a manual mechanism to have people
in the car to be decent onto the ground from the car inside the tube-rail

15. Intra-computer network with cloud
control
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16. Modulated design, installation and
modifications
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17. Tubenet fully rely-on a smart transit system
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Smart
management for
all parts
• car
• road
• station
• garage
life-cycle
simulation and
optimization
• Before design
• construction
• In operation
Entire system
metadata
smart
scheduling
• Local network
• Branch
network
• Main network

18. Advantages of tubenet
transit system
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19. Very Safe
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 excluding human factors
 mono-directional, even speed, continuously
moving, no cross pathes
 air-buffer due to sealed tube prevent
collision between cars
人为因素
93%
车辆因素
2.71%
道路因素
0.12%
其他因素
4.20%
道路交通安全事故原因
人为因素 车辆因素 道路因素 其他因素

20. Near zero pollution discharge
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 Using distributed PV solar panels
 Eliminating exhaust, dust and driving noise
 A factor of 22 in CO2 discharge
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30.00
60.00
90.00
120.00
150.00
小汽车 管联网
145.49
6.561
小汽车与管轨网（市电）碳排放比较 （克CO2/人次·千米）

21. Energy Saving
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 light-rail single car
 metal rail, even speed
 a factor of 4 better effective load
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
球形车
小汽车
150
1000
150
150
小汽车与管轨网有效载重比较
自重 载重（两人）
有效载重 13.04%
有效载重 50%
Kg

22. Energy Saving
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Average energy consumption is less
than 1% of a regular car
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
小汽车每千米用能 球形车车每千米用能
2939
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设计能耗比较（千焦/千米）

23. Fast, convenient and optimized traveling
efficiency
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Non-stop
Non-tranfer
Building to building
Full coverage
Definiteness

24. Comfortable and privacy
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As confy
as
railway
As
private
as
driving
No
tiredness
from
driving
Double
sound
insulatio
n

25. Vast transport volume
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管轨网单向干线的设计运力：
单车运载能力=运力
人/小时
Two people
per car
50mile/h for
main tube
Distance
between
cars
2.5meters

26. Very economic
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建设成本 建设成本比较 年运营成本 年运营成本比较
城市轨道交通系统 63,400 100.0% 7,940 100.0%
新建城市高架道路+机动车 14,060 22.2% 1,316 16.6%
新建城市道路+机动车 9,060 14.3% 1,316 16.6%
管轨网双线（对开） 4,000 6.3% 500 6.3%
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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
建设成本 年运营成本
经济性比较 （万元/千米）
城市轨道交通系统 新建城市高架道路+机动车 新建城市道路+机动车 管联网双线（对开）

27. Comparing with other types
of new transit systems
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28. Comparison 1
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H-Bahn
(Germany)
Monorail
（Germany）
Tubenet
（China
）
Volume（10k/h） Cost($M/mile）
H-Bahn 1.2（unidirectional, 90s） 31.6-39.5
monorail 0.6-2.6（unidirectional） 52.7
tubenet 6.4（unidirectional main）
4.8（unidirectional
branch）
5.3

29. Comparison 2
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Skytran（US） VECTUS（Kerea） Tubenet（China）
Volume（10k/h） Cost($M/mile）
Skytran unknown >30
VECTUS 0.72
1（including standing）
>20
tubenet 6.4（unidirectional main）
4.8（unidirectional
branch）
5.3

30. Inventor, R&D team
R&D process
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Mr. Nanzheng Yang, BS in operational research, Ph.D in
Business Management from Scups University of California, US;
research on war game and computer simulation of war; working
on transit system solution since 1993
Inventor

32. R&D Team
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Chief engineer 易政青 Principle
engineer
Operational
research
system
engineering
张永光 Sr. Scientist
System
simulation
计雷 Sr. scientist Environmental
system
李康 Professor
Control system 王宏安 Sr. scientist Network
engineering
system
盛兴旺 Professor
Engineering
system
殷参 Sr. scientist Station/garage
system
黄鹏志 Sr. Engineer
Aero-dynamics
designing
武家陶 Principle
engineer
Complex
material
design
赵京先 Sr. Engineer

33. R&D process
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Researched on
various advanced
transit system
solution in the
world
Designed
“elevated light-
weight
automatic rail
transit system”
Applied
patents for
tubenet
transit
systems
Finished
many round
of simulations
to improve
technology
Established
a small
testing base
for tubenet
transit
system
Established
a real-life
size testing
bad
Proposed EHR
transportatio
n strategic
management
theory
Organized a
meeting to
discuss
tubenet
transit system

34. IP
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Up to now, the tubenet transit system patents have been allowed by
China, USA, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan and
Singapore. The patents have also entered the formal evaluation phase
for the following countries and areas: Canada (dividing), 7 countries in
EU dividing ( Great Britten, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and
Poland), Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brazil.

36. Patent issued
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37. What is next
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Establish a real-life size testing base - done
Sightseeing model design and operation for large tourist
attractions
Last miles to buildings and communities from train stations
and airports
Connecting newly developed areas and large communities
with city centers
Jam areas for the megacities

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demo system for a Beijing suburb community

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A small demo system for a Beijing suburb
community 1.3 miles away from the subway
station
terminal network – 1.2 miles; branch network – 1.2 miles;
12 terminal-hubs

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demo system for a mid-size city in Hubei
province
沙市中山公园

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demo system for a mid-size city in Hubei
province
terminal network – 3.1 miles; branch network – 10 miles;
20 terminal-hubs

43. Bright Futures
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管轨网可望在中型以上城市做到全覆盖，在较大程
度上取代自驾车出行，成为市民出行的主要选择，在非
出行高峰期担负电子商务等中小尺寸货物的配送系统功
能。

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