Project Number:
07-13
Research Project:
Dual use of electric utility rights of way by integration of an urban maglev container corridor and gas insulated transmission lines
P.I. Name & Address:
Kenneth A. James,
Professor of Electrical Engineering,
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
Email: james@csulb.edu
Website: http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/ee/views/personnel/fulltime_emeritus/james.shtml
Phone: (562) 985-5105
Fax: (562) 985-2583
Project Objective:
Presently, goods movement by truck and rail through cities produce both crippling traffic congestion and significant health risks due to diesel particulate emissions. Likewise, unsightly elevated transmission line grids slice through urban neighborhoods, presenting associated safety concerns and possible health risks from long term electromagnetic field exposure. The objectives of this investigation are to (1) determine the feasibility of integrating shielded transmission lines within an electrically driven goods movement corridor over a utility rights of way, and (2) select an existing utility right of way (alignment) for further study of such an integrated system for goods movement from the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach to Inland Empire warehouse facilities.
Task Descriptions:
1. Collect and analyze structural and cost data from a variety of recent maglev passenger systems and per mile cost for an LA ECCO system
2. Gather ECCO system rights of way costs in LA basin
3. Collect and analyze structural and cost per mile information on gas insulated transmission lines as well as comparative maintenance costs
4. Project cost for integrating ECCO system with GITL on a utility right of way. Include delineation of benefits
5. Formulate an alignment of an existing utility right of way for an ECCO system from the Port to the Inland Empire
6. Final Report
Milestones, Dates:
September 1, 2006 – August 31, 2007
Total Budget:
$90,000
Student Involvement:
One Student @ 80% effort, 12 months
Relationship to Other Research Projects:
Related to 00-16; part of goods movement and international trade focus area
Technology Transfer Activities:
Project report posted on the website
Potential Benefits of the Project:
Decreased traffic congestion, decreased pollution
TRB Keywords:
Truck traffic, utility rights of way
Primary Subject:
4b.4 Human and natural environment
Goals:
4c.3 Economic growth and trade
Enabling Research:
4c.11 Tools for modeling and design
Modal Orientation:
4c.13 Highway
