ULEMCo to demonstrate heavy-duty truck converted to run on hydrogen
17 April 2018
UK-based ULEMCo will demonstrate a Volvo FH16 heavy-duty truck converted to run on hydrogen.
The ULEMCo truck uses hydrogen to power the vehicle using a combustion engine rather than via fuel cells and an electric motor. However, in common with fuel cell versions, there will be none of the usual emissions from hydrocarbons that impact on air quality such as unburnt fuel, particulates, carbon monoxide etc., and the NOx levels will be immeasurably low.
ULEMCo believes that using conventional engines and existing truck designs, rather than the full transformation needed for electrification, the time frame to the target of zero carbon emissions can be shortened significantly, at the same time reducing the cost of the change for customers.
ULEMCo has converted many vehicles from diesel to hydrogen dual-fuel, and these are in current active service around the UK. The demonstration vehicle will be the first all-hydrogen example, will have at least 300HP, and with 17kg of hydrogen on board, a range of just less than 300 km (186 miles) unloaded is expected. As hydrogen storage is the only additional hardware, a smaller reduction in payload is experienced than with other low emission approaches, ULEMCo said.
The demonstrator is co-funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.
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