GOLIAT Project to Explore Use of Liquid Hydrogen in Aviation

Darkish/Gentle Mode
(20/05/24)
 An progressive undertaking has been launched to show small-scale liquid
hydrogen plane floor operations at three European airports.

The undertaking is at the moment scheduled to final for
4 years and is aiming to show how
high-flow liquid hydrogen (LH2) dealing with and refuelling
applied sciences will be developed and used safely and reliably for
airport operations.

As a clear and environment friendly gas, LH2 provides a promising
resolution for decreasing the greenhouse fuel emissions related to
airport operations and their dependence on fossil fuels.

LH2’s
excessive vitality density allows long-range journey for plane, but
there are lots of steps to the widespread deployment of hydrogen at
airports, together with the necessity to higher perceive the operational,
regulatory, financial and security impacts, in addition to the capability
and efficiency of applied sciences.

“We proceed to consider that hydrogen shall be an
vital gas for the way forward for short-haul aviation,” mentioned Karine
Guenan, Vice President of ZEROe Ecosystem, Airbus. “We welcome the
alternative to assist construct the working case for the widespread
day by day use of liquid hydrogen at airports.”

The advantages of hydrogen
in aviation embody:

– Hydrogen is a high-potential know-how with a
particular energy-per-unit mass that’s thrice increased than
conventional jet gas. If generated from renewable vitality by
electrolysis, hydrogen emits no CO2 emissions, thereby enabling
renewable vitality to doubtlessly energy massive plane over lengthy
distances with out the undesirable by-product of CO2 emissions.

– As a result of hydrogen has a decrease volumetric vitality density, the
visible look of future plane will seemingly change to higher
accommodate hydrogen storage options that shall be bulkier than
present jet gas storage tanks.

– Hydrogen has been safely
used within the aerospace and vehicle industries for many years. The
aviation trade’s problem is to adapt this decarbonised vitality
provider to industrial aviation’s wants.

There are two
major makes use of for hydrogen in aviation:

Hydrogen Propulsion: Hydrogen
will be combusted by modified gas-turbine engines or transformed
into electrical energy that enhances the fuel turbine through gas
cells. The mixture of each creates a extremely environment friendly
hybrid-electric propulsion chain powered completely by hydrogen.

Artificial Fuels: Hydrogen can be utilized to create
e-fuels, that are generated solely by renewable vitality.

The GOLIAT (Floor Operations of LIquid hydrogen AircrafT) consortium
is made up of ten
companions from eight international locations: Airbus (France, Germany and UK), Chart
Industries (Czech Republic and Italy), TU Delft (Netherlands),
Leibniz College Hannover (Germany), Royal Schiphol Group
(Netherlands), Rotterdam The Hague Airport (Netherlands), Vinci
Airports (France and Portugal), Stuttgart Airport (Germany), H2FLY
(Germany), and Budapest Airport (Hungary).

The GOLIAT
undertaking will obtain funding of €10.8 million from the EU’s
Horizon Europe Framework Programme through CINEA, the European
Local weather, Infrastructure and Atmosphere Govt Company.

“We’re very happy to hitch the GOLIAT group and
to contribute our experience on techno-economics of inexperienced LH2
provide infrastructures to the undertaking. Such demonstrators will not be
solely an vital step in the direction of making H2-powered aviation a
actuality, but in addition present invaluable insights for the longer term
growth of a price efficient and dependable LH2 provide chain,”
mentioned Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach, Head of Institute of Electrical
Energy Programs, Leibniz College Hannover. “Figuring out the
necessities for the infrastructure as early as potential is
essential to the success of our joint efforts in the direction of a extra
climate-friendly air transport system.”

The undertaking will
help the aviation trade’s adoption of LH2 transportation and
vitality storage options by:

– Growing and demonstrating
LH2 refuelling applied sciences scaled-up for future massive industrial
plane;

– Demonstrating small-scale LH2 plane floor
operations at airports;

– Growing the standardisation and
certification framework for future LH2 operations;

– Assessing
the sizing and economics of the hydrogen worth chains for
airports.

“Leveraging our expertise within the HEAVEN undertaking,
the place we accomplished the world’s first piloted flight of a liquid
hydrogen-powered electrical plane, we look ahead to
contributing our experience in LH2 operations to GOLIAT,” mentioned
Josef Kallo, co-founder and CEO, H2FLY. “We consider within the
potential of hydrogen to remodel aviation and are dedicated to
supporting its adoption for a sustainable future. GOLIAT marks
one other vital step in our journey towards decarbonizing the
aviation trade, and we’re excited to be a part of this vital
initiative.”

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