Bio fuelled Hybrid Vehicle for airport ground handling operations

The proposed project aims at demonstrating an electric Toilet Service Unit using bio-based natural gas as fuel for airport operations. The energy for the TSU will be based on a hybrid system combining batteries and fuel cells running on reformed natural gas (and later reformed biogas). The advantage of this concept is that the size of the individual components can be reduced (as compared to a non-hybrid system), while improving the overall energy efficiency by using the most efficient hybridization for a given power requirement. The project is divided into a number of work packages (WP´s) and milestones in order to ensure progress towards the objectives.
WP0 – Project management
WP1 – Detailed market study
WP2 – Fuel cell system
WP3 – Power management system
WP4 – System integration
WP5 – Field test
WP6 – Commercial exploitation
Milestones: M2: Delivery of FC system (DPS) – M30; M2: Delivery of battery and BMS system (LiB) – M30; M3: Utility vehicle ready test (VG) – M34 and M4: Field test at CHP (VG) – M39.
Commercial milestones: CM1: Stop/go decision for vehicle development (VG) – M14; CM2: Exploitation plan – FC system (DPS) – M31; CM3: Exploitation plan – BMS technology (LiB) – M31 and CM4: Exploitation plan – Utility vehicle (VG) – M42.