Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit - Innovation for the Electric Supply of Passenger Cars ? 2000-01-0374
The first application in which the fuel cell will find a market in the passenger car is as an “electrochemical battery” serving the purpose the fuel cell can do best: To generate electricity for the electrical power bus with a high degree of efficiency. Such a fuel cell referred to as an APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) exceeds the power output and endurance of a battery and is able not only to supply power to all conventional electrical power-consuming items in the car, but also to provide new functions such as air conditioning when the car is at a standstill. In the long run, indeed, the fuel cell may even be able to replace the electrical alternator.
Citation: Tachtler, J., Dietsch, T., and Götz, G., "Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit - Innovation for the Electric Supply of Passenger Cars ?," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0374, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-0374. Download Citation
Author(s):
Joachim Tachtler, Thomas Dietsch, Georg Götz
Affiliated:
BMW Group
Pages: 11
Event:
SAE 2000 World Congress
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Fuel Cell Technology for Vehicles-PT-84, Fuel Cell Power for Transportation 2000-SP-1505
Related Topics:
Auxiliary power units
Fuel cells
Electric power
Air conditioning
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