Pnuematic Tube Transport
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Basics
- A Relitively Simple Way to Transport Cargo Fast, from Small to Long Distance
- (Need to dig for info on how it scales)
- Similar to Pipeline Transport , but more versitile
- It is comprable to rail transport in it's versitility
- It also can be very high speed
- Need data on this
- Relitively Simple, as it just uses Pressure Differentials (Can be high pressure on one side (fans+compressors), low pressure on the other side, or both), and Pipe
Data
Speed
Average used by most existing systems
Max possible for positive air pressure systems
Max possible for negative air pressure systems
Max possible for hybrid air pressure systems
Issues and Potential Solutions
Maitenence
- Some large systems were discontinued due to issues with cost and/or ease of maitenence
- This can be solved via easy access to the pipes, and ports themselves (via above ground pipes, or Utility Corridors
- Also they were probably hard to clean/inspect in the past, but this is easily solved via modern Pipeline Pigging techniques
Internal Links
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Pnuematic Tube Transport
- A Video on NYC USA's Old Pnuematic Tube Transport System
- Seemed to be phased out due to difficulty in maitenence (due to inacessible buried pipes, easily fixed), and issue scaling with the sprawling city (fixed by smaller cities (see New Urbanism ) )