Study on Model based Hazard Identification for the Hyperloop System

Abstract

The Hyperloop system is a novel conceptual system aimed to provide a high speed public transportation service in the future, featured with a reduced-pressure tube in which pressurized capsules ride on a cushion of air that is driven by a combination of linear induction motors and air compressors. The project of developing Hyperloop is based on the crowdfunding-sourcing mode, which is dramatically different to the traditional way. Identifying the hazard of the Hyperloop system would be helpful to the publics’ acceptance of the safety from the concept stage. If all the hazards were dealt properly, Hyperloop could be more realizable than ever. From system safety research’s point, it is definitely a good opportunity to carry out different safety analysis and hazard identification methods to verify the effectiveness. With the predefined method of the model based HAZOP, a team work to identify the hazards of the Hyperloop system is carried out to verify the effectiveness. Keywords-Model based HAZOP; inter-model constraint; the Hyperloop system