Germany - Konvekta’s HEAT2GO latent heat storage system that first went on public display at Busworld Brussels last October is now undergoing trials in Germany.

HEAT2GO is a new energy-saving heating system for electric buses that is distinct from the series manufactured heat pump variants, the Schwalmstadt-based mobile temperature control specialist, Konvekta AG explains. HEAT2GO has been developed through a joint venture research and development project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Traffic and Infrastructure Systems. It offers a modular latent heat storage system for electric city buses. This heat storage absorbs thermal energy fed to it in a small-time frame, by changing the unit state from solid to liquid. The thermal energy that is then saved is subsequently discharged continuously during bus operation and used to heat the driver's workplace, the passenger cabin, or other secondary consumers requiring high temperature. Konvekta says more than one hour of continuous heat with a capacity of 10kWh is available to electric buses and this is without having to put any burden on the batteries.