Prospects of fuel cell auxiliary power units in the civil markets

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4306-4318

  Agnolucci, Paolo ^a  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxiliary power units; Commercialisation; Fuel cells; Niche markets

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEMS; COSTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MARKETING;

COMMERCIALIZATION; ELECTRICITY DEMAND; MARKET PENETRATION; NICHE MARKETS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 36549049300     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.05.017     Document Type: Review

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