Techno-economic analysis of fuel cell auxiliary power units as alternative to idling

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 474-484

  Jain, Semant ^a   Chen, Hsieh Yeh ^a   Schwank, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abram tanks; Economics; Fuel cells; Heavy duty trucks; Idling; Reforming

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; REFORMING REACTIONS; TRUCKS;

ABRAM TANKS; AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS; IDLING;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 33748626520     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.01.083     Document Type: Article

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