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Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Mobile Application in Aviation

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Using hydrogen as a fuel for the propulsion of large commercial passenger aircraft has the advantage that it contains about three times the energy content per weight compared to kerosene hydrogen. On the other hand the volume of hydrogen, even at cryogenic liquid state, is about four times the volume of kerosene. Additional tank weight for the storage of the cryogenic hydrogen partially balances the weight advantage again. Other applications in conjunction with fuel cell technology as energy converters achieve higher efficiencies compared to the today’s conventional technologies. Such configurations are currently applied as components for the propulsion of smaller electrically powered aircraft and electrical onboard generators at experimental level. In the case of using this technology as an onboard power generator on large commercial aircraft, it is possible to also use byproducts such as heat of reaction, process water and the low-oxygen exhaust air.

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Abbreviations

AC:

Alternating current

ATA:

Air Transport Association

APU:

Auxiliary power unit

ATRU:

Auto transformer rectifier unit

ATU:

Auto transformer unit

CS:

Certification specification

DARPA:

U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DC:

Direct current

ECS:

Environmental control system

EDP:

Engine driven pump

EHA:

Electro-hydraulic actuator

EMA:

Electromechanical actuator

EMP:

Engine-driven pump

JAA:

Joint Aviation Authorities

JAR:

Joint aviation requirements

K.A.:

Not specified (in German: keine Angabe)

MEA:

Membrane electrolyte assemble

MEA:

More-electric-aircraft

ODA:

Oxygen depleted air

PEM:

Polymer electrolyte membrane or proton exchange membrane

PTU:

Power transfer unit

RAT:

Ram air turbine

WAI:

Wing anti-ice

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Westenberger, A. (2016). Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Mobile Application in Aviation. In: Töpler, J., Lehmann, J. (eds) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44972-1_5

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