Conceptual Design of an Efficient Heating System for an Electric Bus**

Nova Bus是一家加拿大客车制造商，也是北美可持续交通解决方案的领先供应商。从标准的40英尺长的巴士到大容量的铰接式快速公交车辆，从清洁柴油到混合动力，从100%电动到天然气推进，该公司的巴士可以满足市场上任何类型的服务需求。Nova Bus是低地板系列(LFS)城市客车的制造商，采用混合动力传动系统。2017年，Nova Bus推出了一款全电动重型公交巴士，正在接受蒙特利尔交通协会的测试。在气候恶劣的地区，乘客的舒适性需要用储存的很大一部分能量来加热机舱。用100%的电力加热公交车将需要相当多的额外成本、体积和电池的重量。因此，Nova Bus希望与McGill的研究人员一起开发一种替代的能量存储和热量产生，与电池相比，它将防止温室气体排放，并降低成本、重量和尺寸。****

Nova Bus is a Canadian bus manufacturer and a leading provider of sustainable transit solutions in North America. With a product range from standard 40-ft buses to high-capacity articulated Bus Rapid Transit vehicles, from clean diesel to hybrid-electric and from 100% electric to natural gas propulsion, the company's buses can meet any type of service demand on the market. Nova Bus is known as a builder of the low floor series (LFS) city buses with a hybrid drivetrain. In 2017 Nova Bus launched a fully electric heavy-duty transit bus, being tested by the Society of Transport of Montreal. In regions with harsh climate, passenger comfort requires heating the cabin with a significant portion of the energy stored. Heating the bus with a 100% electric power would require significant additional cost, volume, and weight of the battery. Nova Bus therefore wishes to develop with McGill researchers an alternative energy storage and heat production, that would prevent greenhouse gas emissions, with reduced cost, weight and size compared to batteries. ****