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HyRadix Adeo Hydrogen Generator Passes First Year Anniversary at SunLine Transit

DES PLAINES, Ill.--April 28, 2005--HyRadix Inc. announced today that their 100 Nm3/h Adeo(TM) hydrogen fuel generator has completed a full year of operation at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California. The Adeo hydrogen generator uses proprietary technology developed by HyRadix to convert natural gas or propane into high purity, ultra-low CO hydrogen for the refueling of hydrogen vehicles. The Adeo unit forms the core of the first reformer-based hydrogen refueling station operating in the State of California.

During the first year of operation the HyRadix Adeo unit has logged over 4,400 hours of operation. "Since our hydrogen requirements have been much less than the capacity of the HyRadix Adeo unit it has operated about 50% of the time," said Polo Del Toro, SunLine Engineer in charge of the Adeo unit, adding, "The unit has proven to be a rugged performer during the past year." C. Mikel Oglesby, SunLine General Manager stated, "Since the commissioning last April, we have generated all of our hydrogen requirements with the HyRadix unit."

"We are very pleased with the operation of the Adeo unit over the past year and the very successful operating partnership with SunLine Transit," said Robert L. Gray Jr., HyRadix President and CEO. "The SunLine organization has been great to work with and we have learned a lot about the requirements for true commercial operation. We are pleased the Adeo unit is used on a routine basis to provide the hydrogen for the fueling of SunLine's own HCNG busses, as well as fuel cell buses and fuel cell vehicles from most major automobile OEMs."

HyRadix, based in Des Plaines, Illinois, is dedicated to the development and global commercialization of hydrogen generation technology for hydrogen vehicle refueling, industrial applications and for fuel cells. Using an innovative combination of technology and equipment, HyRadix's hydrogen generating appliances produce hydrogen from the common infrastructure fuels natural gas and LPG. For industrial applications, HyRadix offers the technology packaged as the Aptus(TM) on-site hydrogen generator. For more information, please visit www.hyradix.com.

SunLine Transit Agency is the public transit provider for a 1,000 square mile area encompassing Southern California's desert resort communities. SunLine runs a 100% alternate fuel fleet of fixed route and paratransit vehicles and operates the nation's first public fueling station dispensing compressed natural gas (CNG), liquid natural gas (LNG), hydrogen (H2), and a blend of 80% CNG and 20%hydrogen (HCNG).