| abstract |
power unit, cabin module and vehicle, as well as process for supplying a vehicle cabin with an operational material. the present invention relates to an energy unit (1) for producing an operational material on board a vehicle, especially aircraft, comprising a unit (2) with at least one fuel cell (3) and a storage unit (5) mobile, executed separate from the fuel cell unit (2), with a store (6) for storing at least one energy carrier required for operation of the fuel cell unit (2). the mobile storage unit (5) and the fuel cell unit (2) are coupleable with each other, whereby in the mutually coupled state at least one first connection (7) of the mobile storage unit (5) is joined with a second corresponding connection (8) of the fuel cell unit (2), in such a way that the at least one energy carrier can be fed by the store (6) to the fuel cell (3). |