U.S. Army Strategy for Utilizing Fuel Cells as Auxiliary Power Units National Automotive Center, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Dobbs, Herbert H., author.

Conference Name:

International Truck and Bus Meeting & Exposition (2001-11-12 : Chicago, Illinois, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2001

Summary:

This paper describes the approach taken by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), Tank-automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center's (TARDEC) National Automotive Center (NAC) to attain practical fuel cell applications for military ground vehicle auxiliary power. This discussion covers the reasons for wanting military vehicle fuel cell Auxiliary Power Units (APUs), their potential role in the Army Transformation, the complications of applying fuel cells in military vehicles, concepts for military vehicle fuel cell APUs, and the NAC's commercial partnership strategy for fuel cell APU development

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Publisher Number:

2001-01-2792

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license