I found a cool, older paper about the use of a fuel cell as an auxiliary power unit.

3 August 2008 in Newest APU Tech | No comments

This is an older paper published by UC Davis.  It gets pretty in depth about the benifits and pitfalls of using a fuel cell as an idling alternative on class 8 trucks.

Evaluation of Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Units for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks

The future of auxiliary power for trucks really is looking good.

If you want to see the basics about how a fuel cell works, click here.

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