1. Up-to-date R&D Activities of the Central Japan Railway Company
Akio Seki
Nov. 23, 2005
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Contents
Outline of Railways in Japan
About the Central Japan Railway Company (JR-Central)
R&D of Conventional Type Railways
R&D of Superconducting Maglev
- At the Komaki Technology Research and Development Department -
- At the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line -
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3. Outline of Railways in Japan
Oct. 14, 1872 in Japan
Approx. 27,900 km of railway network in Japan today
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4. About the Central Japan Railway Company
(JR-Central)
Tokaido Shinkansen
Japan:
Area: 380,000 sqkm
Population: 127 million
Area
23.7%
Population
58.4%
GDP
63.4%
JR-Central’s
Operating Area
Other
Area
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5. Consolidated Financial Highlights for the Year
- JR-Central and Consolidated Subsidiaries -
Low-speed
conventional railways
Affiliated
business
Tokaido Shinkansen
69.6%
7.4%
23%
16.4 Billion AUD
Apr.1, 2004 ~ Mar.31, 2005, at the rate of ¥85=1AUD
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6. Principal data of the Tokaido Shinkansen
Maximum Operating Speed km/h
Peak-time hourly departures from Tokyo Station
Total daily number of trains, one way ~ 366
Average daily passenger ridership ,000
Average delay time 0.1~0.3 min./train
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7. Principal data of the Tokaido Shinkansen
1964
2005
60 trains/day, one way,
Maximum operating speed of 210km/h
280~366 trains/day, one way, Maximum operating speed of 270km/h
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Tokaido Shinkansen Vehicles
- Series 0, 100, 300, 700, and 300X -
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Komaki Technology Research and Development Department (KTRD) in JR-Central
JNR
(Japanese National Railways )
RTRI
After being privatized and divided… JR
JR-Hokkaido
JR-East
KTRD
JR-Central
RTRI
JR-West
Komaki Technology
Research and Development Department
Railway Technical Research Institute
JR-Shikoku
JR-Kyushu
JR-Freight
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10. Comparison of Both Research Institutes
RTRI
KTRD
Established
1959
July 2002
Employees
495
120
Area
19.8 ha
20 ha
Promoting applied railway technology, focused on Tokaido Shinkansen
Main R&D Activities
Fundamental technical research
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11. Overview of KTRD in JR-Central
Area: 20ha, located in Komaki City, Japan
Office bldg.
Experiment bldg. A
Experimental
rail track
Experiment bldg. B
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12. Overview of KTRD in JR-Central
Teams:
Environment and High-speed Technology
Safety and Information Technology
Maintenance Technology
Structural and Civil Engineering
New-field Technology
Superconductivity Technology
Number of employees in this research complex:
Researchers: 100; Office staff: 20
Annual budget for R&D: Approx. 200 millions of AUD
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13. Why does JR-Central promote R&D activities?
We have our own needs for technological development:
Competition against airlines
Environmental friendliness
Measures for dealing with natural disasters
- Increase of operating speed and improvement of riding comfort -
- Located in a densely populated area-
- Earthquakes -
We started our own research facility KTRD to promote R&D activities with meeting our needs timely, and with low cost.
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R&D Facilities in KTRD
Vehicle dynamic simulator
Inside the simulator
…Researching riding comfort
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R&D Facilities in KTRD
Low-noise wind tunnel
…Aiming to reduce vehicle noise
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R&D Facilities in KTRD
Railway structure loading test system
… Maintenance and reinforcement
of civil engineering structures
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17. Up-to-date R&D Result at KTRD
- Development of Series N700 Shinkansen Vehicle -
Design Concept:
Time reduction
Improvement of riding comfort
Environmental friendliness
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Series N700
Time reduction
Body tilts on curved rail tracks
Raised acceleration
Air spring
Typical run curve image of Series N700 vs. Series 700
«Raised acceleration»
«Effect of the body tilt system»
270
255
Curved zone
velocity [km/h]
Series N700
Conventional Series 700
distance
Improvement of riding comfort
High-performance semi-active damper
Low noise motor etc.
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Series N700
Environmental friendliness
- Refined body shape to reduce noise -
Experiments in the wind tunnel
Body shape with optimum design
Analytical Simulations
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Series N700
Environmental friendliness
- Less electric power consumption -
Transition of electric power consumption
(Tokyo ~ Osaka) based on “Series 0” as 100
Already discontinued
Series (220km/h)
100
Series (270km/h) 91
Series (270km/h) 84 77
Series N700 (270km/h)
Now undergoing test runs
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21. Superconducting Maglev System - Innovative Transportation -
Oct. 24, 2005
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22. What is Superconducting-Maglev ?
　・The Principles of Superconducting-Maglev
Superconduting Magnets
Panel
Panel - -
type
type
LCX(Leaky coaxial cable)
LCX(Leaky coaxial cable)
Side
Side wall - -
wall
Levitation and guidance
Levitation and
guidance coils
coils
Propulsion Coils
Power/communication
Power/communication
Feeder Cable
Feeder
cable
Propulsion
coils
Cross-inductive cable
Cross -
inductive cable
cables
cables
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23. Targets of Development for Superconducting Maglev
Transportation system of the 21st Century
High-speed of up to 500 km/h
Mass transportation
　　・1,000 passengers per train
　　・10,000 passengers per hour in one direction
　　・200,000 passengers per day
Linking Tokyo and Osaka, the largest cities in Japan, by about one hour
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24. Features of Superconducting Maglev
Larger Air Gap
Ultra High-speed
Less Energy Consumption and Less CO2 Emission
Lighter Vehicles
Higher Acceleration and Deceleration Performance
Less Noise Emission
Operator-developed System
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25. Comparison of CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emission/ person per km
Average speeds in km/h
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Higher Acceleration Performance - Higher Acceleration Performance with Lighter Vehicles
MLX01 (Dec.2, 2003,Yamanashi)
581
Transrapid (Shanghai)
501
300X (Jul.26, 1996, Tokaido)
Speed [km/h]
443
430
TGV (1989-, TGV-Atlantique)
300
285
Series 700 “Nozomi“ (1999-, Tokaido)
(1.3)
(3.5)
(5.2)
8.8
13.3
17.8
20.2
37.5
Total distance of acceleration section.
(1.5)
(3.8)
17.0
［29.2］
Travel Distance of Superconducting Maglev in the time for each system to reach its top speed.
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27. Yamanashi Maglev Test Line
18.4 km 4% 4%
Test Center
Train Depot
Substation
R=8,000m
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28. Current Status of Superconducting Maglev
8 years of running tests made JR-Central technically ready to deploy the Superconducting Maglev system for commercial service
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29. Principal Data of the Test Line
Maximum Speed 581 km/h
Maximum Relative Speed 1,026 km/h;
575 km/h km/h
Maximum Travel Distance in a Day 2,876 km
Cumulative Number of Riders 108,300 Persons
1,792 Test Rides with No Cancellation.
Cumulative Travel Distance 463,782 Km As of Oct. 18, 2005
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Chuo Shinkansen Plan
Chuo Shinkansen
Test Line
Nagoya
Tokyo
Osaka
Tokaido Shinkansen
Linear Chuo Express Construction Promotion Federation Copyright TRIC
Future deployment of Superconducting Maglev technology for the Chuo Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Osaka is planned.
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Conclusion
JR-Central is focusing on safety, speed-up and riding comfort technology developments in order to increase corporate value and win the competition with rival transportation industries.
The completion of the Shinkansen N700 is the fruit of JR Central’s technology development achievements. Test runs are continuing in preparation for commercial launch two years from now.
JR-Central is technically ready to deploy the Superconducting Maglev System for commercial service.
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32. Thank you for your attention
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