Eberspacher to launch diesel fuel-cell APU for trucks at IAA

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Germany - Eberspacher GmbH of Esslingen, Germany plans to unveil a diesel fuel-cell auxiliary power unit for the truck industry at the world's biggest commercial vehicle fair (IAA) in Hanover next month. The company says that the basis of the Eberspacher APU is a high-temperature fuel cell that can generate electricity from fuel gas of fossil origin - in this case diesel. This fuel gas is produced in a reformer, which sees diesel first mixed with air to create a gas mixture that then passes through a catalytic converter to generate a fuel gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This is then used in a fuel cell to generate electricity for the auxiliary units of the vehicle.