Fuel cell products firm Ballard Power Systems and Chart Industries have tested a fuel cell powered by liquid hydrogen at Chart’s hydrogen test facility in Minnesota, USA.
The Ballard FCmove-HD fuel cell was used with a Chart liquid onboard hydrogen vehicle fuel system for the test. The testing was undertaken under the heavy-duty hydrogen fuel system joint development MOU, which the two firms signed last year.
The companies say the demonstration confirms that Ballard fuel cells-equipped heavy-duty vehicles will be able to use Chart HLH2 vehicle fuel systems that use liquid hydrogen as a fuel.
Liquid hydrogen has significant weight, space and range advantage when compared to gaseous hydrogen. It can double the range and simplify fueling infrastructure for such heavy-duty vehicles, like class-8 trucks, buses, rail, and marine.
In the coming months, the firm will identify a potential demonstrator for liquid hydrogen road testing, according to the companies.
