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Electro Energy Supplying NiMH Pack to Methanol Fuel Cell Bus Project
16 July 2008
Electro Energy Inc. will provide a customized battery pack utilizing its patented Bipolar Wafer Cell Nickel Metal Hydride technology (earlier post) to the Georgetown University Methanol Fuel Cell Transit Bus Integration and Test Project.
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| Prototype Generation III methanol fuel cell system. Click to enlarge. |
Georgetown University, with funding from the US Federal Transit Administration, began work on Phase I of its Generation III Fuel Cell Bus program in 2006 in partnership with EPRI, ZSW, and NuCellSys.
The objective of Phase I, expected to be completed in 2008, is to produce an advanced 60 kW methanol fuel cell system, taking advantage of recent developments in automotive and fuel cell technology.
In Phase II, this methanol fuel cell will be integrated onto a modern, low-floor transit bus with a hybrid electric drive system and energy storage system, now being supplied by EEI. The Generation III fuel cell bus will then be fully tested and demonstrated, in preparation for revenue operation.
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Posted by: sjc | July 16, 2008 at 12:20 PM
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"..an advanced 60 kW methanol fuel cell system."
It is not clear if this is a DMFC or reforming methanol to use in a PEM. The link talks about NECAR 3, which was reforming methanol for a PEM, which makes sense.