ITM Power and Revolve Collaborate to achieve Euro VI Emissions Standards
ITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that the HICE (Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine) vans developed in collaboration with Revolve Technologies, have recently achieved Euro VI spark ignition emissions levels.
Tested at Millbrook Proving Ground, the vehicle produced just 0.07g/km NOx over the NEDC drive cycle; better than the proposed 2014 Euro VI emissions standards. The vehicle does not utilise any emissions control device, and achieves this low level by close calibration of fueling and spark timing. No factor allowing for the deterioration of these devices has been applied to the result.
The two HICE Ford transit vehicles will now undergo some minor drivability changes in order to improve the power, and therefore load handling capability of the vans for light commercial use. The vehicles will then support ITM Power’s HFuel® product on a number of field trials in early 2011 as part of ITM Power’s recently announced HOST programme.
ITM Power CEO, Graham Cooley commented: “The HOST trials will not only demonstrate ITM Power’s hydrogen production technologies, they will also demonstrate the safe handling and conditioning of hydrogen, and how it may be applied to daily transport. Having a vehicle platform capable of meeting the very high expectations of today’s fleet operators is essential in order to demonstrate that hydrogen is viable here and now”
Revolve Technologies MD, John Mitchell commented: “It has been very exciting working with ITM on the HOST project as it has allowed further developments of the HICE Transit vans, helping us to develop the NOx control strategies to achieve the low NOx results we have known the technology is capable of, whilst improving performance and fuel economy. With this programme we have only completed a limited emissions study and with further work it should be possible to reduce the NOx levels even further to a stage where they would be difficult to measure with today’s emissions equipment giving us a vehicle with zero emissions.”
