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' )19?=BB>X>2F! ! ' Cover Photo Credit: L. Eudy, NREL ' ! ,9f17N?2FCD21:B! This evaluation at Alameda­Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) would not have been possiBle without the support and cooperation of many people. The authors thank the following: U.S. Department of Transportation UTC Power Federal Transit Administration Matthew Riley Walter Kulyk Rakesh Radhakrishnan Christina Gikakis David Boudreau Sean Ricketson ISE Corporation U.S. Department of Energy Paul Scott John Garbak Tavin Tyler Kevin Stone DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory Keith Wipke Golden Gate Transit Gene Walker AC Transit Steve Miller Jaimie Levin Rich Hibbs Doug Byrne Greg Nordin Stuart Thompson Dan Lafragiola Joe Callaway Mike Greenfield Craig Michels Mallory Nestor­Brush CALSTART Jim Lair Lawrence Wnuk Emilie Beusen Steve Tracey Stephen Reynolds Christina EBojo Jose Vega Miguel Lopez­Vega And many others +7:>92!! This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liaBility for its contents or use thereof. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers’ names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to the objective of this analysis. iii #_290:>I2!Y0DD=6M! The Alameda­Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) has been operating three fuel cell buses in revenue service since March 20, 2006. This operation has been documented in previous evaluation reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This report continues the evaluation at AC Transit; the funding for NREL’s data collection and analysis was transitioned from DOE to the FTA. Specifically, this report presents the results of AC Transit’s accelerated testing of its existing three fuel cell buses as part of the FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program (NFCBP). ,992?26=:2F!&2B:>1C! The accelerated testing project at AC Transit includes preparation and support to maximize operation of the three fuel cell buses, and support of the transition to the next phase of the fuel cell bus program. The maximized operation will help the manufacturers further validate the propulsion system by identifying the weakest areas, analyzing the root causes of failure, and making modifications and upgrades to increase durability and reliability. The accelerated testing results in this report cover operation from NovemBer 2007 through February 2010 for the fuel cell buses, with a focus on fuel cell bus operations from the last installation of new fuel cell power systems (noted as the clean point). The diesel bus evaluation results are from January through December 2007. The evaluation results are summarized in TaBle ES­1. This report also descriBes the achievements and challenges from nearly 4 years of revenue service. &=O?2!#Y\5R!Y0DD=6M!7X!#I=?0=:>71!"2B0?:B! '=:=!-:2D! @02?!(2??! '>2B2?! X"3#)('+0'N"2)2' L' ^' ?4,4'!)(%+/' U$)4-'!+%-,'b'D`CG' C`GR'b'CD`GR' X"3#)('+0'M+-,12' cDE' CD' \+,4$'M%$)4.)'%-'!)(%+/' C^G6GDR' D^^6ECH' I5)(4.)'M+-,1$;'M%$)4.)'*)('N"2' D6CGC' L6RGD' \+,4$']")$'U)$$'A*)(4,%-.'=+"(2' C^6HGL' X`I' I5)(4.)'N"2'A*)(4,%-.':*))/'Q3*1T' a9S' X`I' I54%$4#%$%,;'QSEd'%2',4(.),T' ^^d' X`I' ]")$'W&+-+3;'Q3%$)2`O.T' ^9GC' X`I' ]")$'W&+-+3;'Q3%$)2`?VW4T' ^9Ra' H9DG' M%$)2'#),7))-'B+4/&4$$2'QMNBUT'b'I$$' C6CSE' H6Daa' MNBU'b'!(+*"$2%+-'A-$;' C6ELa#' CG6^^C' \+,4$'M4%-,)-4-&)'Qe`3%$)T&' G9RH' G9Ha' M4%-,)-4-&)'b'!(+*"$2%+-'A-$;'Qe`3%$)T' G9Ca' G9CG' a Diesel gallon equivalent. B For fuel cell propulsion only, MBRC was 10,002. c Work order maintenance cost. iv ZJ=:gB!71!:J2!V76>h71!X76!,(!&6=1B>:i! AC Transit is moving into the next phase of fuel cell bus development, demonstrating 12 new and advanced fuel cell buses. This demonstration is in response to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Transit rule that requires several California agencies (including AC Transit) to purchase new and advanced fuel cell buses as part of their zero­emission bus regulations. Developed by UTC Power and Van Hool, the new buses incorporate the lessons learned during the demonstration of the current fuel cell buses. AC Transit is the managing partner for a Zero Emission Bay Area (ZEBA) working group to respond to CARB’s advanced fuel cell bus demonstration. The ZEBA group includes several Bay Area transit agencies: !' AC Transit !' Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority !' Golden Gate Transit (GGT) !' San Mateo County Transit District !' San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SF MTA).1 AC Transit continues to work on developing hydrogen fueling infrastructure to support the new fuel cell buses. The Chevron station at the East Oakland Division that has been used for hydrogen fueling is scheduled for decommission in September 2010. AC Transit is working with Linde to construct new stations at East Oakland as well as its Emeryville depot (Division 2). The new Emeryville station will Be a convenient fueling location for future bus operations by ZEBA partner transit agencies like GGT and SF MTA. The current evaluation of accelerated testing at AC Transit was funded by FTA in conjunction with their NFCBP. With the completion of this report, the evaluation funding will be transitioned from FTA Back to DOE. The DOE evaluation plans include all 12 of the new fuel cell buses for the planned ZEBA/CARB demonstration. ! '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1 SF MTA is a voluntary participant. Its fleet of trolley Buses already meets CARB zero­emission Bus regulations. v &=O?2!7X!(71:21:B! Introduction and Background ......................................................................................................... 1 National Fuel Cell Bus Program ................................................................................................. 1 AC Transit Fuel Cell Bus Operation and Evaluation .................................................................. 2 Accelerated Testing at AC Transit .............................................................................................. 3 What’s in this Evaluation Report? .............................................................................................. 4 Demonstration Achievements and Challenges ............................................................................... 5 Bus Operations ............................................................................................................................ 5 Hydrogen Fueling ..........................................................................................................................
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