Kmb has provided designs and engineering services for over 900 locations and 1gw for a wide range of solar installations from small scale less than 10kw to large scale over 20mw including.
Kmb solar panel bus.
The system serves as an auxiliary electric power supply and drives the air ventilation system inside an alexander dennis enviro500 thereby reducing the greenhouse effect inside the bus.
This higher number of busbars reduces the distance between the busbars which d ecreases the internal resistance losses.
Cheng kmb is the first company in hong kong to incorporate solar.
The easy way to decide what size of charge controller you need is to divide the input wattage by the system voltage and multiply by 1 2 for safety if you have 400 watts of solar panels charging a 12 volt system 400 12 you get 33 33 amps.
The solar panel bus 2 0 reduces the saloon air temperature by around 8 10 c compared to a bus with no solar panel.
Kmb has introduced its first in house developed double deck bus equipped with a solar power system.
Chinese company kmb launches first double decker bus with solar powered cooling system kowloon motor bus recently developed hong kong s first double decker bus that is equipped with a solar powered system keep the vehicle cool and allow the passengers to charge their phones on the go.
The kowloon motor bus co.
20 solar panels have been installed on the roof of the bus which provide a supplementary power source for the air conditioning system and can also supply power to on board usb ports.
Multiply by 1 2 and you need a 40 amp charge controller.
Kmb has introduced the second generation of the in house developed solar panel double deck bus.
Some sizeable solar panel manufacturers such as trina solar solarworld and csun increasingly focus their manufacturing on pv solar panels using perc solar cells with 5bb busbars.
200 watts on 12 volts x1 2 20 amps.
Rooftop installations from small peak roof mount systems for municipal facilities to large ballasted rooftop systems for commercial and educational facilities.
In september 2017 kmb began trials of a solar powered air conditioning system on one of its double deck buses.
Hong kong the kowloon motor bus co.
Solar panels line the roof of a double decker bus in sha tin the only vehicle so far to be equipped with the feature.