Phimega Group Post #63

Hydogen-electric bus debuts in Singapore
posted by soliton at Fri, 23 Jul 2010 - 13:30:48

The first hydrogen-electric bus on Singapore roads, GreenLite, is the
result of a joint research project between NTU and Beijing=92s Tsinghua
University. As it does not run on fossil fuel, GreenLite has zero
carbon emission and only emits clean water. Unlike conventional buses,
GreenLite is not powered by a combustion engine, which makes
travelling on it a pleasantly quiet ride.

NTU=92s President, Professor Su Guaning said: =93Sustainability research
and development is a key thrust for NTU. As one of the world=92s largest
engineering universities, we want to play a part in contributing to
new engineering solutions that are not only cutting-edge, but also
sustainable and friendly to the environment. Through GreenLite we hope
to introduce clean technology in public transport to people in
Singapore as well as the young athletes at the Youth Olympic Games=94.

With professors and researchers from both NTU and Tsinghua University
complementing each other=92s expertise, the research project was
completed within just seven months.

GreenLite is powered by two sources of energy =96 hydrogen and
lithium-ion batteries. A fuel cell system housed on board the bus acts
as an =93energy converter=94 that converts hydrogen into electricity which
powers the bus and charges the batteries when necessary.

Unlike other hydrogen fuel cell buses which typically have capacities
of between 80kW to 150kW, this unique dual design combining a proton
exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack with lithium-ion batteries
enables the bus to run on a fuel cell power capacity of only 40kW.

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