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Southwest Jiaotong University, China
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- On December 31, 2000, the first crewed high-temperature superconducting maglev was tested successfully at Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. This system is based on the principle that bulk high-temperature superconductors can be levitated or suspended stably above or below a permanent magnet. The load was over 530 kg (1166 lb) and the levitation gap over 20 mm (0.79 in). The system uses liquid nitrogen, which is very cheap, to cool the superconductor.
I'm baffled by this. I don't know whether this is a mistranslation or what, but I do know that you cannot use liquid nitrogen to cool something to a high temperature. Unfortunately there is no cite to go to for clarification, so I've added a cite needed tag.
I'm rather tempted to delete the whole section as patent nonsense, but something about it suggests that there is more to it than that. So I'll hold fire for a while and see if anybody reacts to the tag. If not, it is toast. -- Starbois (talk) 11:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Wondering whether cooling can achieve high temperature? Say it's a winter afternoon. The temperature outside is at a maximum ('high') of, say, zero degrees Celsius. Now you put a glass of warm water outside while the temperature is as high as it ever was that day. Now will water at room temperature "cool" to the wintertime high or *warm to that temperature? 02:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)LeucineZIpper —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.234.24 (talk) 02:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)LeucineZipper
In this case, "high temperature" is referring specifically to superconductors. A "high-temperature superconductor" is one that uses temperatures that are relatively much higher than the ones we have been using. They are still very cold "liquid nitrogen" temperatures, but "high-temperature superconductor" is a technical term used to separate new magnet technologies from the old ones. -- Dmitry Murashchik —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.102.22.42 (talk) 17:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
- [It doesn't say it cools something to a high temperature, even isolating the final sentence from its context. It couldn't be clearer to a native English reader. JohndanR (talk) 16:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC)]
Introduction rewrite
[edit]Hi, I've rewritten the introduction. Previously it was a mess (like the rest of the article) and I've done my best with it, but if anyone has any questions or concern about what I've changed, please reply here. If I have the time/energy, I'm planning to rewrite other sections of the article as well. 219.89.31.196 (talk) 05:02, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
T-Flight Does Not Qualify as Train
[edit]I've reverted recent edits which updated the train speed record to T-Flight as I don't believe the T-Flight qualifies as a train. In Railway speed record, "trains" are assumed to mean "Passenger trains", but the T-Flight vehicle appears in pictures to be about the size of a car and unable to carry passengers. Furthermore, the 623 km/h speed record was achieved on just 2km of track. This would have required acceleration/deceleration of over 1g, which in my opinion, makes the T-Flight more comparable to a rocket sled.
As a point of comparison, the previously listed speed record was achieved by the L0 Series Shinkansen while carrying passengers in a 7 car set which was at least 170m long. 219.89.31.196 (talk) 03:59, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Economics
[edit]I am not convinced by the economics section of the article as it seems to aim at manipulating the reader into thinking the Maglev is the best solution for the future of train. No comparison of cost per km/trip, payload, maintenance, installation cost compare to a traditional system… 2604:3D09:A176:E300:8814:E80E:D46D:ED65 (talk) 14:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
1917 Maglev video?
[edit]I've ran into this Video on YouTube depicting something looking like a scaled up Bachelet's model. It's dated 1917 and filmed in an English-speaking country. I hope it would be usefull. Dieſelmaus (talk) 08:07, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
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