Open AccessSunLine Transit Agency Advanced Technology Fuel Cell Bus Evaluation: Third Results Reports
Author(s) -
Leslie Eudy,
Kevin Chandler
Publication year - 2012
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1046257
Subject(s) - compressed natural gas , fuel cells , revenue , transit (satellite) , engineering , agency (philosophy) , automotive engineering , transport engineering , service (business) , renewable energy , alternative fuel vehicle , reliability (semiconductor) , public transport , diesel fuel , business , electrical engineering , alternative fuels , finance , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , marketing , chemical engineering , quantum mechanics
This report describes operations at SunLine Transit Agency for their newest prototype fuel cell bus and five compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. In May 2010, SunLine began operating its sixth-generation hydrogen fueled bus, an Advanced Technology (AT) fuel cell bus that incorporates the latest design improvements to reduce weight and increase reliability and performance. The agency is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to evaluate the bus in revenue service. NREL has previously published two reports documenting the operation of the fuel cell bus in service. This report provides a summary of the results with a focus on the bus operation from July 2011 through January 2012