Re: Reformer/FC efficiency

[eriehl@email.unc.edu]

LEE A HART writes:

>Let's say your Ebike motor draws 10 amps at cruise; that's 12v x 10amps = 
>120 watts. To get ALL of that power from the fuel cells means you'd need
>three of the H-Power 35 watt units; $7500 worth. But your range would be
>limited only by the size of the H2 tank.

120 watts seems very underpowered for an electric bicycle.  The
professional riders can produce well over 300 watts for hours at a
time, and it's fairly easy for a person who works at bicycling to get to
the point where they can produce over 200 watts for, say, an hour.

--Eric Riehl
  eriehl@email.unc.edu