WO2019162737A1 - Système de transport en commun/de masse aérien hybride - Google Patents

Système de transport en commun/de masse aérien hybride Download PDF

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WO2019162737A1
WO2019162737A1 PCT/IB2018/054659 IB2018054659W WO2019162737A1 WO 2019162737 A1 WO2019162737 A1 WO 2019162737A1 IB 2018054659 W IB2018054659 W IB 2018054659W WO 2019162737 A1 WO2019162737 A1 WO 2019162737A1
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Hrushikesh A Kulkarni
Haripriya H Kulkarni
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B64B1/22—Arrangement of cabins or gondolas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B7/00—Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61C—LOCOMOTIVES; MOTOR RAILCARS
    • B61C11/00—Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by the type of means applying the tractive effort; Arrangement or disposition of running gear other than normal driving wheel
    • B61C11/06—Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by the type of means applying the tractive effort; Arrangement or disposition of running gear other than normal driving wheel tractive effort applied or supplied by aerodynamic force or fluid reaction, e.g. air-screws and jet or rocket propulsion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B64B1/24—Arrangement of propulsion plant
    • B64B1/28—Arrangement of propulsion plant housed in nacelles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/40—Balloons
    • B64B1/50—Captive balloons
    • B64B1/52—Captive balloons attaching trailing entanglements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/58—Arrangements or construction of gas-bags; Filling arrangements
    • B64B1/60—Gas-bags surrounded by separate containers of inert gas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F3/00—Ground installations specially adapted for captive aircraft
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T30/00—Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

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  • the present invention relates to a field of transport system and more particularly relates to system enabled to transport passengers/cargo by a hybrid balloon air ship followed by guide- ways.
  • the multiple transport system comprising the road transport, metros or rail transport and other seaway transport are falling short to provide proper transportation for the passengers are they are overcrowded all the time. Furthermore, such transport systems are resisted with many other individual and other transport vehicle.
  • the cost for the implementation is also very high as a lot of investment in required for constructing roadways comprising the highways, ghats and the like. Establishment of metros too take a lot of investment as they either work on fly overs or through underground tunnels.
  • a system enabled to transport passengers and goods from an initial point to a final point comprising an air ship comprising a carriage enabled to carry the passengers and goods.
  • the airship further comprising a lifting unit comprising a hybrid enclosure comprising a static enclosure and a dynamic enclosure wherein the static enclosure is enabled to lift the dead weight of the air ship and the dynamic enclosure is enabled to control the lifting force depending upon the non-uniform load effected due to the passengers and goods.
  • the airship further comprising a tether and brake assembly comprising a rope guide-way enabled to guide the air ship from the first point to a second point wherein a braking unit is enabled to stop the air- ship at pre-determined points.
  • the airship further comprising a plurality of thrusters enabled to provide a horizontal thrust to the air- ship wherein the horizontal thrust may enable the air ship to move forward and backward.
  • the system further comprising an intelligent real time operating unit enabled to sense the pressure and load on the static enclosure and the dynamic enclosure via a pressure and a load sensor.
  • the intelligent real time operating unit is further enabled to track the air- ship on Global Positioning system and send the co-ordinates to a central operations centre and on arriving at pre-determined intermediate points the breaking unit will stop the air ship.
  • the intelligent real time operating unit is further enabled to sense the wind pressure and operate the thrusters at specific angles to balance the air ship and move the air ship in forward and backward directions.
  • the system may further comprise a central operating unit enabled to receive a data from the intelligent real time operating unit and monitors the operation of cameras and sensors.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a transport system with an air ship enabled to transport passengers between stations with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
  • the present invention relates to a field of transport system and more particularly relates to system enabled to transport passengers by a hybrid balloon air-ship followed by guide-ways.
  • the transport system discloses an air-ship which further comprises a hybrid balloon such that it has a static enclosure and a dynamic enclosure.
  • the static may further comprise a gas lighter than air and may comprise ammonia.
  • the static enclosure may further comprise a hydrogen capsule which will further provide an upward thrust.
  • the dynamic enclosure may be a hot air balloon enclosure enabled to change the gas density in the enclosure by blowing hot air either by a hot air blower or by a gas burner. Such assembly will enable the system to create a thrust and maintain the position of the air ship.
  • the system further comprises a plurality of thrusters which enable to create a horizontal lateral force to move the air ship in horizontal direction i.e. forward or backward.
  • the whole airship is guided with a tether and brake assembly to move from one point to other.
  • a transport system 100 with an air ship 101 enabled to transport ship from a station is illustrated in accordance with an embodiment of the current subject matter.
  • the current system may be developed at a single digit fraction of what might cost today to build a new mass transit system such as metros.
  • the maintenance may be equally easy and since the present disclosure is enabled to hover above the ground at no more than lOOft, it will be safe even in light storms and rain.
  • the system 100 may not require any pre-built roads and will require plain continuous tethering which can be easily built over static poles and or existing strong structures in cities/or even outside.
  • the primary components of the system may comprise an air ship 101 further comprising a lifting unit 103, an intelligent Real-time Operating Unit (IOU) 110, a Central Operating Unit (COU) 111, a thruster 107, a carriage 102 wherein such air ship 101 will be driven through a tether and breaking assembly 107, a guide-way 108, passenger on-boarding 113, a maintenance and parking enclosures 114 (not shown in figures).
  • IOU Real-time Operating Unit
  • COU Central Operating Unit
  • thruster 107 a thruster 107
  • carriage 102 wherein such air ship 101 will be driven through a tether and breaking assembly 107, a guide-way 108, passenger on-boarding 113, a maintenance and parking enclosures 114 (not shown in figures).
  • the lifting unit 103 may be enabled to carry the weight of the air-ship 100 and the assembled components and may be made up of hybrid composite material which will have 3 main components comprising a hybrid enclosure 104 comprising a static enclosure 105 and a dynamic enclosure 106 wherein the static enclosure 105 is enabled to lift the dead weight of the air ship 101 and the dynamic enclosure 106 is enabled to control the lifting force depending upon the non-uniform load effected due to the passengers and goods.
  • the three main components may further comprise
  • the ammonia enclosure and the hydrogen capsule may form the static enclosure 105 and the hot air enclosure may be a dynamic enclosure 106.
  • the ammonia enclosure may constitute the major portion of the lifting assembly and will comprise of 50 ⁇ 10 % of the total volume of the lifting unit 103. It will contain ammonia.
  • the hydrogen capsule 112 will be made up of a composite material wherein such capsule will be surrounded by ammonia at all times and will comprise of 25 ⁇ 10 % of the lifting unit. Such arrangement of covering of hydrogen capsule 112 by ammonia will provide added safety.
  • the hot air enclosure is the lateral lower part of the lifting unit 103 and will comprise of hot air which will be obtained by burning propane using propane burners.
  • the hot air may constitute 25 ⁇ 10 % of the lifting unit.
  • ammonia and hydrogen filled enclosures will ensure the dead weight lift of the entire assembly.
  • the hot air will dynamically change the burn rate and will account for passenger entry and exit changing weight ratios.
  • the Intelligent real - time Operating unit (IOU) 110 is enabled to control all individual components like Hot Air, Ammonia & Hydrogen enclosures and will have pressure and weight detection sensors and that will be sent to the IOU.
  • the unit may also comprise a plurality of web cameras and a GPS unit to ensure real time tracking and all the captured information may be sent to a Central Operations Center.
  • the IOU 110 may decide the flame and burn ratio of the propane in the hot air enclosure which will be directly proportional to the real-time passenger weight in the carriage 102.
  • the IOU 110 may further comprise sensors for wind pressure and direction and will move the motorized thrusters in the right direction so as to move the assembly forward or backward.
  • the braking unit will be integrated part of the tethered rope and will be operated at pre-defined stops for the passengers to board and leave the carriage 102 wherein IOU 110 will process according to the defined stops and duration to brake and accelerate the motorized rotors.
  • the Central Operating Unit (COU) 111 is enabled to receive all data from all the lifting assemblies through their individual IOUs 110. The cameras, sensors, wind monitors along with speed of the air ship will be monitored centrally by the COU 111. Data will be stored and AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be enabled to improve efficiencies in the operation of the
  • the thrusters 109 may comprise Internal Combustion engine driven rotors to impart forward thrust to the entire ship.
  • the thrusters 109 will require relatively less power to create the forward thrust.
  • the thrusters 109 will also provide the forward direction of movement and will be integrated with IOU’s 110 in real-time.
  • the Approx weight will be 900 kg.
  • the thrusters 109 may also be electrically driven by electric motors further comprising DC motors, brushless DC motors or motor which can deliver enough power and speed to provide thrust through the thrusters.
  • the electrically driven motors for the thrusters 109 may be supplied with power from solar energy apart from the conventional sources.
  • the air ship may comprise a solar panel assembly to obtain the solar energy and store in the form of electrical energy in storage batteries.
  • the carriage 102 will be the place wherein passengers will be sitting / standing within the entire ship.
  • the carbon fiber structure will be light weight and strong enough to carry weight of the passengers and goods. It will also have inflatable air slides or staircases to disembark the passengers in case of breakdowns.
  • the average dimensions of the carriage would be 25ft * l5Ft * 10 ft and may weigh approx. 500 kg. Maximum passenger weight carried will be around that of 50 passengers totaling around 3500 KG.
  • the Tether and Braking unit 107 will enable the entire air ship along with carriage 102 to tether to strong steel ropes which will act as guide- way 108 for the ecosystem.
  • the tether will house the braking unit to ensure pre -determined stops at places of passenger entry and exit points. Approx tether weight will be around 200KG.
  • the system may be equipped with one more tether assembly and further the braking is within the tether slide over the guideway.
  • the guide-way 104 may comprise of two static components further comprising a strong pillars / rigid structures which will hold the guide-way 104 by steel rope.
  • the actual steel rope which has the unique design to allow the tether to freely go over it and it will be strong enough to handle the lateral weight shifts.
  • the pillars will be around 70 to 80 ft in height and with the ability to withstand lateral forces of 8000Nm.
  • the Passenger On-boarding 113 may comprise platform like elevated stands around 70 ft with escalators and may be built to take the passengers to the carriage for boarding and getting down.
  • a plurality of Automated ticketing units may be placed at the elevator entry points.
  • the Central Operating Unit (COU) 111 & Ware house will be storing the entire airships along with everything on night basis and will be checked daily for all required parameters.
  • the COU 111 may have all the data from various ships in real time and required maintenance will be carried out at ware houses. Such COU 111 and ware houses will be located at starting/ and or end points of the entire journey of the airship.
  • the present air- ship 101 may not need any operator as it may be controlled by the combination of Intelligent real - time Operating unit (IOU) 110 and the Central Operating Unit (COU) 111. With the help of data obtained from the both the units, the airship may be controlled automatically without the need of any operator.
  • IOU Intelligent real - time Operating unit
  • COU Central Operating Unit

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La présente invention concerne le domaine des systèmes de transport et concerne plus particulièrement un système permettant de transporter des passagers par un dirigeable à ballon hybride associé à des voies de guidage. L'enceinte statique peut en outre comprendre un gaz plus léger que l'air et peut comprendre de l'ammoniac. L'enceinte statique peut en outre comprendre une capsule d'hydrogène qui permet de fournir une poussée vers le haut. En outre, l'enceinte dynamique peut être une enceinte de ballon d'air chaud apte à modifier la densité de gaz dans l'enceinte par soufflage d'air chaud soit par une soufflante d'air chaud, soit par un brûleur à gaz. Le système comprend en outre une pluralité de propulseurs qui permettent de créer une force latérale horizontale pour déplacer le dirigeable à l'horizontale. L'ensemble du dirigeable est guidé avec un ensemble amarre et frein pour se déplacer d'un point à l'autre. Le dirigeable permet aux passagers de se déplacer d'un point à un autre par l'intermédiaire de voies de guidage.
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