PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-10-0060
Project Name:	Green Energy-Powered Dirigible Transportation
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Lee First Name: Kunik Telephone: 202-493-3491 E-mail: kunik.lee@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Safety Research and Development
Team:	N/A
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Congestion Safety Planning Freight Planning National Security, Defense and Interstate Planning
Project Description:	The project is an 18-month feasibility study of key elements of a transportation system to reduce truck and other vehicle use of highways, using an air-ship approach while utilizing only "green" energy sources, especially microwave beamed power transmission to the vehicle.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 30, 2010
End Date:	September 30, 2012
Funding Amount:	$2,170,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Exploratory Advanced Research
Goals:	The key project objective is to explore the feasibility of developing airships for transportation of goods, and potentially human beings, using high performance photovoltaic, thermoelectric, and microwave beamed energy for power.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	lab and demonstration
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is a three-dimensional transportation system.
Deliverables:	Name: Airship Product Type(s): Research report Description: The product is an experimental airship with a solar cell and rectenna system. Audiences: Safety researchers, Safety planners, Researchers Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Airships Safety Research Energy Resources Materials Solar Cells
FHWA Disciplines:	Air Quality Pavement and Materials Safety
Subject Areas:	Energy Environment Highways