Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Lands at Hickam AFB
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2004-09-22
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Abstract:A FUEL CELL HYBRID ELECTRIC BUS was unveiled at Honolulu’s Hickam Air Force Base (Hickam AFB) in February 2004, becoming the first fuel cell vehicle in Hawaii and the first in the U.S. Air Force. The 30-foot flight crew shuttle bus will undergo 1 year of inservice data collection and evaluation, then will continue in routine service at the base. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are participating in the bus evaluation as part of DOE’s Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies (HFCIT) Program. This program integrates activities in hydrogen production, storage, and delivery with transportation and stationary fuel cell activities. The ultimate goal is a future in which hydrogen energy and fuel cell power are clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable and are an integral part of all sectors of the economy in all regions of the United States. The Hickam AFB evaluation is one of several HFCIT projects that support the research and development of highly efficient, low- or zero-emission fuel cell power systems, which serve as alternatives to internal combustion engines. The U.S. Department of Transportation is also supporting this project through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Bus Initiative. THE HAWAII CENTER FOR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (HCATT) initiated the bus demonstration at Hickam AFB and is managing the project, with support from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. HCATT’s goal for the project is to gain a better understanding of the fuel economy and performance of this fuel cell hybrid technology as well as the operation of the supporting infrastructure and hydrogen delivery. The Air Force Advanced Alternative Power Technology Transformation Office (A2PT2O) will use the results to help make future procurement and technology development and demonstration decisions. Other project partners include power management technology developer Enova Systems and hydrogen and fuel cell technology developer Hydrogenics Corporation. Starting with an ElDorado National propane hybrid shuttle bus, Enova and Hydrogenics worked with HCATT and A2PT2O to design, develop, fabricate, and integrate the fuel cell hybrid shuttle bus. The collaborative effort was completed in 4 months at a cost of $1 million.
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