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Fuel Cell Transit Buses : ThunderPower Bus Evaluation at SunLine Transit Agency
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2003-11-01
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Alternative Title:ThunderPower Bus Evaluation at SunLine Transit Agency
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Abstract:This report provides an overview of the ThunderPower fuel cell bus demonstration at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California. Under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) evaluated the bus while it was at SunLine for six months in late 2002 and early 2003. Thor Industries and ISE Research developed and manufactured the 30-foot ThunderPower bus (an ElDorado coach). It uses a compressed hydrogen proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant developed by UTC Fuel Cells. The ThunderPower bus is one of a few fuel cell buses in the United States, and its use is a prelude to an upcoming demonstration program in California that will include seven more full-sized fuel cell buses. AC Transit, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and SunLine will participate in that program. Designed and developed in 2001, the ThunderPower bus started service at SunLine in mid-2002. SunLine was chosen as the first demonstration site because of its desert climate and its experience with fuel cell buses and hydrogen production and dispensing capabilities. This report describes the operation of the ThunderPower fuel cell bus during its six months of operation at SunLine, including an evaluation of the bus’s performance during three months of revenue service. It also includes a description of the hydrogen production operations at SunLine.
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