A transportation system for people as well as goods that preserves energy by utilising the zero energy travel principle where energy is recycled instead of being wasted as heat or noise. An air tight and self-contained carriage (400) travels in a low pressure tube (100) that is completely sealed in order to maintain the low pressure. Electrical vacuum pumps (200), each equipped with a release valve, are used to remove air or discharge air that is above the desired low pressure, inside the tube (100), and are operated in such a way that the vacuum pumps help the propulsion of the vehicle. The carriages (400) or vehicles (450) themselves help in creating the vacuum by being fitted with seals (300)(350) that can vary in shape and size so as to allow the vehicles (400)(450) to behave as a vacuum pump or to allow the vehicles (400)(450) to be propelled by excess air pressure at the back due to the switching off of vacuum pumps (200) or leaked air. The transportation system can also be used for a vertical movement as shown by air tight elevators (600) equipped with seals (700) moving inside an elevator shaft (800) where vacuum pumps (200) are installed and operated in such a way as to assist the movement of the elevators (600) or alternatively the elevators (700) operating as vacuum pumps.


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    Title :

    Zero Energy Transportation System


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    Publication date :

    2021-03-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen



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