by HyRadix to convert natural gas or propane into high-purity, ultra-low CO hydrogen for the refueling of hydrogen vehicles. The 100 Nm 3 /h unit forms the core of the first reformer-based hydrogen refueling station operating in California.
In the first year of operation the HyRadix AdΓ©o unit has logged more than 4400 h of operation. 'Since our hydrogen requirements have been much less than the capacity of the HyRadix AdΓ©o unit, it has operated about 50% of the time,' says Polo Del Toro, the SunLine engineer in charge of the Adeo system. Since it was commissioned last April, SunLine has generated all of its hydrogen requirements with the HyRadix unit. Since last summer it has been approved for continuous unattended operation, following the granting of a permit from the local fire department [FCB, October].
'We are very pleased with the operation of the AdΓ©o unit over the past year and the very successful operating partnership with SunLine Transit,' says Robert L. Gray Jr, president/CEO of HyRadix. 'We have learned a lot about the requirements for true commercial operation. We are pleased the AdΓ©o unit is used on a routine basis to provide the hydrogen for the fueling of SunLine's HCNG buses [running on a blend of hydrogen and natural gas in modified IC engines], as well as fuel cell buses and fuel cell vehicles from most major automobile OEMs.