Connecticut Transit (CTTRANSIT) Fuel Cell Transit Bus : Second Evaluation Report

Details

• Creators:
  Chandler, Kevin ; Eudy, Leslie
• Corporate Creators:
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) ; Battelle
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ; United States. Dept. of Energy. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fuel cell vehicles
  • Bus transit operations
  • Evaluation
  • Electric buses
  • fuel cell bus
  • diesel buses
  • passengers
  • bus operators
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NREL/TP-560-45670-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Connecticut
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) ; United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation
• Description:
  This report describes operations at Connecticut Transit (CTTRANSIT) in Hartford for one prototype fuel cell bus and three new diesel buses operating from the same location. The evaluation period in this report (January 2008 through February 2009) has been chosen to coincide with a UTC Power propulsion system changeout that occurred on January 15, 2008. After this changeout of the propulsion system, the operation of the fuel cell bus was increased as much as the technology would allow. UTC Power reported that this change of the power system incorporated many of the lessons learned from operation including previous early power-loss issues. This evaluation report is focused on measuring the accomplishments and lessons learned from this fuel cell power system and the next steps.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DE-AC36-08-GO28308
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36217/dot_36217_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 883.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:25d700185acf3d175585262a76b4223815c0cbc912abb0b4103c6a3e2f94ddf9