China’s independently developed high temperature superconducting electric maglev transportation sys-tem has completed its first suspension run, according to its developer CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. in northeast China’s Jilin Province.
Composed of the sub-systems of vehicle, track, traction power supply and operation communication, the high temperature superconducting electric maglev transportation system is suitable for the application scenarios of high-speed, ultra-high-speed and low vacuum pipelines. It can operate at a speed of 600 km/h or above. In future, the superconducting electric maglev transportation system is expected to be an important candidate for rapid transportation between large cities and developed economic regions.
Since the early 1990s, CRRC Changchun Rail-way Vehicles has been committed to the research, development and manufacturing of maglev trains.
In recent years, it built a 200-meter high tem-perature superconducting maglev traffic test line and independently developed automotive high temperature superconducting magnets that can operate completely without power, as well as electric maglev sample vehicles and a high strength non-magnetic track.—INP
