Toshiba Corp. has been pioneering superconductor-based technology for the last 50 years. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) A groundbreaking partnership is taking off between Airbus and Toshiba Corp. to explore the potential of superconducting technology for the future development of hydrogen-powered aircraft. ...
Fuel cells would make sense only for general aviation and small commuter aircraft as their engine efficiency is less than half of large gas turbines, but not for usual single or twin-aisle airliners.[3] The efficiency of a hydrogen-fueled aircraft is a trade-off of the larger wetted area,...
The first flight of an aircraft fueled solely by hydrogen became a reality on Sunday, June 19, 1988, at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The aircraft was flown by Mr. William H. “Bill” Conrad, and the event was witnessed and recorded by the National Aeronautics Association's representative...
The next step is a more powerful 500-kilowatt fuel cell system capable of heaving the Army’s vertical lift aircraft into the air. The plan got a leg up last May, when Hydroplane earned a prize from the US Army’s xTechSearch 8 competition. The company’s pitch to xTechSearch included ...
Sbia Libya in its march towards sustainable aviation is focusing on critical technologies like: (a) Integrated modeling of vehicles, atmospheric impact, and noise (b) optimization of new aircraft concepts and operations including environmental impact and (c) distributed, adaptive sensing and control. ...
To enable system level feasibility studies of hydrogen fueled aircraft, a preliminary design model for aircraft liquid hydrogen tanks is developed for both foam and multilayer insulations. This model is then used to design tanks for a small regional airliner as well as a large long range transport...
Rolls-Royce is testing liquid hydrogen pumps able to deal with the low temperatures and pressures needed for future hydrogen-fueled aircraft propulsion systems. Rolls-Royce is working with airline easyJet to develop hydrogen combustion aero engines. The engines will be suitable for u...
the first aircraft to fly fueled by liquid hydrogen (Photos: H2FLY) Elridge believes that in order to meet urgent decarbonization time frames, the aerospace sector must adopt new collaboration models and that there must be an emphasis on digital simulation and reduced physical testi...
tanks to cryogenic storage solutions that allow for compact hydrogen storage with minimum weight and maximum safety. These would be the crucial hydrogen technologies, assuring competitiveness across a needed range and performance characteristics for hydrogen-fueled aircraft compared to traditional aircraft. ...
A hydrogen fueled jet engine for hypersonic aircraft. The compressor of the jet engine is driven directly by a dual-acting rotary piston engine. Heated, high pressure hydrogen is delivered to the rotary piston engine for expansion therein. The crankshaft of the rotary piston engine is attached di...