U.S. Army Strategy for Utilizing Fuel Cells as Auxiliary Power Units 2001-01-2792
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.
Citation: Dobbs, H., Kallio, E., and Pechacek, J., "U.S. Army Strategy for Utilizing Fuel Cells as Auxiliary Power Units," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-2792, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2792. Download Citation
Author(s):
Herbert H. Dobbs, Erik T. Kallio, James M. Pechacek
Affiliated:
National Automotive Center, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command
Pages: 8
Event:
International Truck & Bus Meeting & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Auxiliary power units
Military vehicles and equipment
Fuel cells
Munitions
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