APPROACH FOR TESTING FUEL-CELL/BATTERY HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR BUS APPLICATIONS

The principal objectives of this report are: to describe an approach and outline general procedures for safe operation and testing of fuel cell/battery hybrid power sources, to discuss likely criteria for evaluating the system performance and relative merits of such power sources in a transportation application, and to describe the expected configuration and operation of the specific power sysytems now under development for the Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored transit bus program.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Corporate Authors:

  EG and G Idaho, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 1625
  Idaho Falls, ID  United States  83401
• Publication Date: 1989-5-25

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Electric power transmission; Electric vehicles; Fuel cells; Hybrid vehicles; Public transit; Traffic restraint; Transit vehicle operations; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle restrictions
• Old TRIS Terms: Power systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496211
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EGG-EP-8581
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM