Cellcentric, the joint venture fuel cell company established by Daimler and Volvo Group and with both European and Canadian roots, has announced a NextGen fuel cell system, which it says is tailor-made for sustainable hydrogen-powered long-haul trucks.
The company revealed the information at a recent truck expo in Las Vegas and claims that thanks to a highly integrated single system package solution the fuel cell will boast a net output of more than 350 kW while maintaining a low overall weight.
It said that the NextGen system achieves the performance characteristics of comparable long-haul conventional heavy-duty trucks while reducing fuel consumption by 20 per cent, compared to the current generation BZA150 fuel cell generation.
The company said that this is also enabled by a power density increase of 30 per cent compared to the current generation,
Cellcentric added that the system design enables a 40 per cent reduction in waste heat at peak load, lowering cooling requirements for the truck, while saying that the NextGen’s lifecycle will deliver around 25,000 operating hours, characterised by a high degree of sustainability beyond its useful life.
“Our NextGen fuel cell system takes heavy-duty zero-emission transportation capability to a new level,” said Nicholas Loughlan, chief technology officer of Cellcentric.
“The performance features are tailored to meet the high demands of heavy-duty long-haul truck transport, which is highly sensitive to the total cost of ownership, in all aspects — but above all in fuel efficiency — without compromising on range, durability, or reliability,” Loughlan added.
